Player Animator is a plugin that allows you to animate the player model using smooth keyframe (json) animations created with blockbench, blender or even by hand. This is done though the help of the playerAnimator library.
Example of a player animation:
How to use:
First, you will need to use blockbench, animate a template player model and extract the .json animation. The animation in the first example is made with blender, but you can use the geckolib plugin in blockbench like I did to make the second example.
Now that you have the animation file, it will need to be placed here:
Once you have placed your animation in the correct folder, you need to make an empty procedure and select the event shown below. The procedure does not need any further inspection.
Now, you are ready to use your animations! All you will need to do is include the procedure block provided by the plugin (and have the playerAnimator library enabled in workspace settings).
Potential issues when using the plugin:
"I can't get the animation parts to work correctly!" -You can find the official bbmodel here
"The game keeps crashing when I try use the animation!" -You either didn't place the file in the right place, or you renamed the animation after exporting it. Don't do that.
"I'm getting a build error!" -You didn't name the SetupAnimations procedure correctly, or your use of the procedure block was simply not accounted for.
"The animation won't play!" -None of the entities in your event are players, therefore it has nothing to play for.
Comments
Hello, I would like to thank you for the plugin. I just have one little quiestion: Can you PLZZZZ publish this plugin on curseforge or modrinth plzz. I need it because if I want to play my mod (wich uses this plugin) with my friends I need to have the plugin available on curseforge or modrinth. I would appreciate it a LOT if you publish it there.
i have a error
Task :compileJava FAILED
C:\Users\......\MCreatorWorkspaces\anim_player\src\main\java\net\mcreator\animplayer\procedures\SetupAnimationsProcedure.java:31: error: cannot find symbol
private static IAnimation registerPlayerAnimations(net.minecraft.client.player.AbstractClientPlayer player) {
^
symbol: class IAnimation
location: class SetupAnimationsProcedure
C:\Users\......\MCreatorWorkspaces\anim_player\src\main\java\net\mcreator\animplayer\procedures\SetupAnimationsProcedure.java:28: error: package PlayerAnimationFactory does not exist
PlayerAnimationFactory.ANIMATION_DATA_FACTORY.registerFactory(new ResourceLocation("anim_player", "player_animation"), 1000, SetupAnimationsProcedure::registerPlayerAnimations);
^
Is it possible to use a plugin without adding a dependency? That is, for example, I use a procedure and make it a condition that it will only work if the mod is installed, and there will be no dependency and animations will be played only for those who have installed the mod
Hello everyone !
I was testing animations when I discovered that some files cannot be loaded and get ignored, causing the game to crash if you try to play them.
I searched for a looong time and found that : animation names are CASE SENSITIVE ! (lowercase only)
Exemple : waving.json : loads / somePose.json : ignored
Hope this'll help :)
Do you need to create the player_animation folder yourself? It hasn't installed it automatically for me but it crashes every time I make the folder for myself and attempt to use an animation in testing.