how to set up fps animations?

Question

I'm hoping for some help or direction with setting up animations for a fps(like hand movement or weapon movements). I've tried to just play the animation when the wsad keys where being pressed but it didn't work because it just kept re-starting the animation. i'm new to GDScript and I've found no useful info on the subject, this is my last resort. :(

Answer 1

Try playing the animation only once when starting to move, using a variable. Something like:

var should_play_anim = true

func _fixed_process(delta):
    if not Input.is_action_pressed("move_forwards"):
        get_node("AnimationPlayer").stop()
        should_play_anim = true

    if Input.is_action_pressed("move_forwards") and should_play_anim:
        get_node("AnimationPlayer").play("walk")
        should_play_anim = false

(Note that this code has not been tested.)

Comments

if you wanted to add an attack animation could you just add to the function something like this?

if Input.ismousebuttonpressed(1):
getnode("AnimationPlayer").play("fire")
"play some sound"

Answer 2

    if (Input.is_action_pressed("up")):#checks for up button pressed
      if(not THE_ANIMATION_PLAYER.get_current_animation()=="WALK_CYCLE"):
      #check if playing move forward animation prevemts aniamtion flickering
      THE_ANIMATION_PLAYER.play("WALK_CYCLE",0.5,1.5,false )
      #playing move forward animation