MP Animation Player

[Richards.D 761]

Hello everyone:

I need to make a simple script that does not need any additional addons and can be placed in a mission file.

The idea is a small GUI with a list of animations named that can be played. A key or scroll menu can bring up said GUI.

The animation needs to be cancelled at any time by moving (Which I recall is standard in Arma).

And yes, it is for MP.

Does anyone know where I could start with this idea?

[fight9 14]

I would start with a good GUI tutorial if you don't already know how to make one.

Dialog Tutorial For Noobs [by A Noob]

or

Killzone Kid's GUI Tutorial

After that you need scripting commands to play animations. There are a few:

switchMove

playAction

playMove

playGesture

[Richards.D 761]

Roger, neither of those tutorials really seem to work; the first the PDF does not and the second really only shows how to make a box.

Are there any other more in depth UI tutorials, especially made for Arma 3?

[fight9 14]

KK's tutorial is in multiple parts. Click the link to part 2... or http://killzonekid.com/tag/gui/

and heres another link to the first one: http://www.armaholic.com/page.php?id=18363

Edited February 7, 2015 by Fight9

[killzone_kid 1333]

My tut has nothing to do with what OP wants. You can add all your animations with addAction to the action menu. The fact that you could always stop any animation by moving is a surprise to me. Just recently a BIS dev made a post on FT saying that he would review all cutscene animations and unify them so that they could be used elsewhere. That is switchMove would start interruptible animation and playMove would make it uninterruptible. AFAIK this is WIP and is still on dev only. The example of such animation is car fixing animation.

[Richards.D 761]

Hey Killzone:

I think it may still apply. I need something a bit less cluttered than the Addaction; although that may work.

As for canceling ALL animations with moving; I am not sure that is true exactly; but for many it is

[Richards.D 761]

Update:

I actually did this with just the Add Action Menu; so It is good to go, thanks everyone.

[fight9 14]

Glad you figured it out. The action menu is always a easy route to go.

However, the action menu does kind of suck. If you want something else that is still easy to add to, try this.

[ussrlongbow 116]

I have done such script for gestures, will publish it a bit later (after recording video with english comments)

Demonstration (speaking russian there)

idea was ti displayt gui while holding the key, after releasing gui closes, while open you may select action to animate.

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Video with demonstration of my script, english will come later.