Question About "look_around" Animation

[sophisticatedZombie]

I tried playing these using PlayAnim from within the AI script, but I've run into a bit of a snag. The animation plays fine, but after it completes, the characters arms remain lifeless at their sides for a good 20 to 30 seconds afterword. Is it that the animation is pinning them there, or is it that the walking animation has not been re-established? Is there a way to test if the look_around animation is done so as to re-trigger the previous animation on the torso channel?

[Crispy]

Is there a way to test if the look_around animation is done so as to re-trigger the previous animation on the torso channel?

I can't answer the other questions, but I can answer this one. You can query animDone() to see if the animation on a particular channel has finished. See the beginning of state_TakingCover for how I did it. The only problem is that animDone() results false ("not done") if your animation isn't playing (possibly because an idle animation will be playing at that point), so I had to put in a short timeout to prevent infinite loops. It's not ideal, but it pretty much works.

[sophisticatedZombie]

Thanks Crispy, I'll try some tests along those lines.

[Springheel]

8) WIP: Currently adding "look_around" anim to the search routine. Trying to choose when to do this to look natural is the stumbling block. Right now I am triggering it when the AI pauses at a spot. (Not checked in to CVS yet)

 

Are you talking about the same random looking around the AI do all the time?

[sophisticatedZombie]

No, its the animation where they lift their right hand up to their brow and peer forward a little bit. The problem is that afterword their arms drop to their sides and stay there for quite a while whether running or not. I think it isn't restarting the walk animation automatically, and I need to figure out how to retrigger it.