hi, i'm making a simple test map in which my allied friend is in a friendly chain and then moves off to a couple of nodes. in the last node i want some animation to play, in this case it is a simple arm wave. moving him to nodes and the friendly chain bits work well, unfortunatley my animation will not play when he reaches the last node. i have searched the forums and tuts but nothing i find seems to reflect what i am trying to do. and yes i have an _anim.gsc for my map. here is my gsc:




#include maps\_anim;
main()
{
maps\_load::main();

level.player takeallweapons();
level.player giveWeapon ("m1garand");
level.player giveWeapon ("thompson");
level.player giveWeapon ("fraggrenade");
level.player switchToWeapon ("m1garand");
thread hammer();

}
hammer()
{
guy = getent ("actor_allied1","script_noteworthy");
guy.animname = "guy1";

trig = getent ("trig1_allied","targetname");

trig waittill ("trigger");

node = getnode ("node1_allied1","targetname");
guy.goalradius = 1;
guy setgoalnode(node);

trig2 = getent ("trig2_allied","targetname");

trig2 waittill ("trigger", other);

node2 = getnode ("node2_allied1","targetname");
guy.goalradius = 1;
guy setgoalnode(node2);
guy waittill("goal");
guy anim_single_solo("guy1", "animationname1");


}



any help would be nice.

guy anim_single_solo("guy1", "animationname1");
should be
guy anim_single_solo("guy", "animationname1");

Do you have the animation "animationname1" defined in your map's anim script file?

Just do

guy anim_single_solo(guy, "animationname1");

thanks for the reply gents, i changed it from guy1 to guy, no joy. he just moves to his node and squats. i changed it from "guy" to guy, and the same, he just squats. here is my _anim.gsc if that helps.

#using_animtree("generic_human");
main()

{

level.scr_anim["guy1"]["animationname1"] = (%duhoc_assault_randall_waves);

}

sleep61 writes...

You need to call your anim file in your script. Just do:

#include maps\_anim;
main()
{
maps\yourlevelname_anim::main(); <-----
// this calls the main function of your anim file
// otherwise your animation is not getting initialized
maps\_load::main();

...

Then when you play the animation make sure you:

guy.animname = "guy1";
guy anim_single_solo(guy, "animationname1");

TFlames! You Are The Man!! works beautifully, thanks.