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Problems I Found on the Project:
PlayerState: The game doesn't run with $Player, only with Player.new().
State: The variable state_machine isn't used.
Idle State & Walk State: The coding is the same for both Nodes.
Main Problem: Even coding the State Machine and the animations, the animations aren't playing properly. The animations should be swapping, but it isn't.
Extra Images: Used Nodes on the Character, Nodes in the Game's Room, Game's Images.
iron abyss
Player.new() is not the right thing to do there
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I know, I just don't know what to replace with
iron abyss
You don't have any node name Player, so $Player would not work.
you are already setting the player as the owner in the ready function
so no need to the variable to be @onready
it can just be var player:Player
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maybe set process to false until player is not null
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Uhm... How would I do this?
iron abyss
set_physics_process(false)
put this as the first thing in the _ready function
then set it true after the player is set
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I put this in which script?
iron abyss
where you have your player variable
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Oh okay
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then set it true after the player is set
Where do i put the set_physics_process(true) in the PlayerState script?
It is a condition?
iron abyss
no, I told you where
in the _ready function where you are getting the owner to set to the player variable
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Yes, I put the false statement, but what about the true one?
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Like this?
iron abyss
althoug you are not using the physics_process in that script, are you?
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No, i'm not
iron abyss
nevermind then. Just put if player == null: return at the start of the function where you are using is_on_floor
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Well, the game opened now.
However, the animations aren't playing.
The way i'm doing so far is calling the animation player specific animation after some conditions
I'm only using the State Machine, because I have too many animations to implement
iron abyss
are the code passing the conditions?
does your state_machine.transition_to() returns something?
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Let me check by printing
iron abyss
I see you are checking that in your ifs
why don't you call the animations in the State itself?
I usually change the animation on the enter function of the state
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So if I change the Physics_Update to Enter, it will work?
iron abyss
not what I meant
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Oh
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It is the Idle one
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class_name CharacterStateIdle
extends CharacterState
func enter(_msg = {}):
character.velocity = Vector3.ZERO
character.play_animation("Idle")
if character.target == null:
Signals.target_requested.emit(character)
func physics_update(_delta:float):
if not character.target == null:
var dist_to_target:float = character.position.distance_to(character.target.global_position)
if dist_to_target >= character.attack_dist + 0.5:
change_to(STATE_CHASE)
else:
if character.can_attack:
change_to(STATE_ATTACK)
here is one example of my Idle state. Upon entering I change the animation.
And in the update I just check for conditions to change the state
and those states take care of updating the animations
btw, did you consider using an AnimationTree instead of StateMachine if it is just for the animations?
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Yes, I did
But it would be very simplistic for what I'm trying to do
Also, the Animation Tree only works with BlendSpace2D
iron abyss
they have a state machine as well
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they have a state machine as well
I know, but it is useful for what I want to do?
iron abyss
if is just for the animations, yes. But the state machine you have implemented can help you with other stuff
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Any examples?
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Ah I see
Well, I definitely think it is useful to make the State Machine, but I do understand it can be very complex for me as a beginner
Because so far, all movement coding is inside of the Player Script
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Good Morning
I have remade some stuff from the StateMachine and Idle / Walk Animations.
This time, i'm trying to follow this tutorial:
StateMachine new coding
Idle Script
Walk Script
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@iron abyss Sorry for the ping, I just wanted to say that the animation only plays when I apply something to the Initial State export slot.
