Help with CalcMainActivity() (Custom Animations)

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Hello All,

I've recently thought about adding some custom animations to my gamemode I've been working on. It's turned out to be a bit harder than I expected. Currently I'm using this snippet of code to initiate animations:

hook.Add("CalcMainActivity", "animations", function(ply, velocity)
   if velocity:Length2D() > 325 then
	   ply:AnimRestartGesture(GESTURE_SLOT_ATTACK_AND_RELOAD, ACT_MP_SPRINT, true)
   end
end)

I'm currently trying to change the run animation into a slightly better suited sprint animation. It doesn't seem to work for whatever reason. It's been hit and miss with other animations I've been testing. I'm wondering what I may be doing wrong or if there's a better way about doing what I said.

Thanks!

[Rubat]

return true or false ( I don't remember which ) to supress the default action. Right now what happens is that your console is being executed, and then the default base gamemode hook is called overriding your stuff.

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[QUOTE=Robotboy655;45613022]return true or false ( I don't remember which ) to supress the default action. Right now what happens is that your console is being executed, and then the default base gamemode hook is called overriding your stuff.[/QUOTE]

Thank you!

I returned true and it seems to work, however my character model goes into a no animation "T" pose when it's called. I'm not sure whether I called it incorrectly or it just doesn't have a "ACT_MP_SPRINT" animation.

hook.Add("CalcMainActivity", "animations", function(ply, velocity)
    if velocity:Length2D() > 325 then
        ply:AnimRestartGesture(GESTURE_SLOT_ATTACK_AND_RELOAD, ACT_MP_SPRINT, true)
        return true
    end
end)

[samm5506]

Try using the following instead of ply.AnimRestartGesture
[lua]ply.CalcIdeal = ACT_MP_SPRINT[/lua]

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[QUOTE=samm5506;45613407]Try using the following instead of ply.AnimRestartGesture
[lua]ply.CalcIdeal = ACT_MP_SPRINT[/lua][/QUOTE]

No luck unfortunately, thanks though!

hook.Add("CalcMainActivity", "animations", function(ply, velocity)
    if velocity:Length2D() > 330 then
        ply.CalcIdeal = ACT_MP_SPRINT
        return true
    end
end)

[samm5506]

You might want to try completely overriding the function by [URL="https://github.com/garrynewman/garrysmod/blob/8bbd0baf143c884afe97ed1abe8550e7d644ab70/garrysmod/gamemodes/base/gamemode/animations.lua#L279"]copying and pasting the code from gmod[/URL]. At least until you can get it working. Setting the ply.CalcIdeal property should work. Maybe you have to return that instead of true? Not sure.

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[QUOTE=samm5506;45613460]You might want to try completely overriding the function by [URL="https://github.com/garrynewman/garrysmod/blob/8bbd0baf143c884afe97ed1abe8550e7d644ab70/garrysmod/gamemodes/base/gamemode/animations.lua#L279"]copying and pasting the code from gmod[/URL]. At least until you can get it working. Setting the ply.CalcIdeal property should work. Maybe you have to return that instead of true? Not sure.[/QUOTE]

I completely overrode it. However the "T" pose keeps happening. I'm starting to think that something is wrong with the "ACT_MP_SPRINT" animation and quite a few others for that matter...

function GM:CalcMainActivity( ply, velocity )	

	ply.CalcIdeal = ACT_MP_STAND_IDLE
	ply.CalcSeqOverride = -1

	self:HandlePlayerLanding( ply, velocity, ply.m_bWasOnGround );

	if ( self:HandlePlayerNoClipping( ply, velocity ) ||
		self:HandlePlayerDriving( ply ) ||
		self:HandlePlayerVaulting( ply, velocity ) ||
		self:HandlePlayerJumping( ply, velocity ) ||
		self:HandlePlayerDucking( ply, velocity ) ||
		self:HandlePlayerSwimming( ply, velocity ) ) then

	else

		local len2d = velocity:Length2D()
		if ( len2d > 150 ) then ply.CalcIdeal = ACT_MP_SPRINT elseif ( len2d > 0.5 ) then ply.CalcIdeal = ACT_MP_WALK end

	end

	ply.m_bWasOnGround = ply:IsOnGround()
	ply.m_bWasNoclipping = ( ply:GetMoveType() == MOVETYPE_NOCLIP && !ply:InVehicle() )

	return ply.CalcIdeal, ply.CalcSeqOverride

end

[editline]6th August 2014[/editline]

I figured it after some experimentation. I'm not sure why "ACT_MP_SPRINT" was in the wiki if it wasn't a valid animation. After some digging I found one that did what I wanted "ACT_HL2MP_RUN_FAST". It seems you have to return the animation you want, with "-1" as a second argument. I'm not sure as to why but it works as I needed.

[B]For the future curious:[/B]

hook.Add("CalcMainActivity", "animations", function(ply, velocity)
    if velocity:Length2D() > 326 then
        return ACT_HL2MP_RUN_FAST, -1
    end
end)

Also a list of valid animations I apparently misread/didn't understand: [URL="http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Player_animations"]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Player_animations[/URL]

You can thank me later :wink:

Thanks to everyone who helped me out!

[MostRush]

Many thanks for your answers. Including @LearningLua for an answer in my two threads.