Script To Loop Animations

[MacRae 12]

Im Trying to loop an sitting animation because of the fact once the timer runs out the player stands up?

Im just wondering is there anyway to add an Initialization script for the script to repeat?

[samatra 85]

In init line:

nul = this spawn {while{true} do {this switchMove "SomeAnimation"; sleep 2;};};

This will play "SomeAnimation" each 2 seconds.

[MacRae 12]

Thankyou SaMatra - But do i replace "SomeAnimation" with the name of my animation?

[samatra 85]

Yes, of course. You can as well change 2 seconds to whatever you need so animation will be smooth.

[kylania 567]

Could also do it like BIS did in one of their missions:

removeAllWeapons this; 
this setBehaviour "CARELESS"; 
0 = this spawn {
   waitUntil {time > 0}; 
   _this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"; 
   while {alive _this} do {
       waitUntil {animationState _this != "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"}; 
       _this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"}
   };

Edited June 30, 2013 by kylania

[MacRae 12]

So Kylania, Do i put that into the Initialization ?

[kylania 567]

Of the unit, yeah.

[MacRae 12]

When i pase that in it says:

Missing ;

[kylania 567]

Oops, had a stray " in there! Recopy it now. heh

[MacRae 12]

Thanks so much for your help, but that is not what im looking for sadly :/

[Conscisior 0]

Could also do it like BIS did in one of their missions:

 

removeAllWeapons this; 
this setBehaviour "CARELESS"; 
0 = this spawn {
    waitUntil {time > 0}; 
    _this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"; 
    while {alive _this} do {
        waitUntil {animationState _this != "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"}; 
        _this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"}
    };

Sorry to resurrect an old post but how do I enable this animation to stop as soon as they hear/see people.

[sarogahtyp 1105]

removeAllWeapons this;

this setBehaviour "CARELESS";

0 = this spawn

{

waitUntil {time > 0};

_this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2";

while {alive _this} do

{

if (toLower (behaviour _this) == "careless") then

{

waitUntil {animationState _this != "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"};

_this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2";

}

else

{

_this switchMove "";

waitUntil { sleep 1; toLower (behaviour _this) == "careless"};

};

};

};

[VedKay 2]

On 7/1/2013 at 7:39 AM, kylania said:

Could also do it like BIS did in one of their missions:

 

removeAllWeapons this; 
this setBehaviour "CARELESS"; 
0 = this spawn {
   waitUntil {time > 0}; 
   _this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"; 
   while {alive _this} do {
       waitUntil {animationState _this != "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"}; 
       _this switchMove "InBaseMoves_HandsBehindBack2"}
   };

 

 

Hey there kylania. Apologies for dredging up an old post but I have a few questions regarding this cool little script. Would appreciate your input.
So I've got this in a trigger's onAct, all is good. 
Is it possible to add in the "In" and "out" parts of the animations while keeping them in the loop as is here?
And then secondly. By ticking the 'server only' checkbox in the trigger's options, is that enough to make it global and synced on a Dedi server? Or does something like (isMultiplayer && isDedicated) need to be slipped into the switchMove? 

Appreciate any help,
Cheers,
Ved

[lucasvdb 0]

Ho can I make this code "global" so that I can call the script with the execution function? 🙂
 

Cheers

[Melody_Mike 127]

Hi @lucasvdb; welcome to the forums!

The effects of an animation command like switchMove are usually Global. That is, all players can see them. You see this marked at the top of the BIKI for every command. 

If you want to generalize the code so you can easily use it multiple times during a mission, you can make a Function out of it.