Hello

I'm using http://www.creationkit.com/SendAnimationEvent_-_Debug to play idle animation to the Player. Some of these idles are looped like "IdlePray". If I use this idle to the Player then it will stuck on this animation unless you jump. I solved this by adding another animation like "IdleTake" after few seconds, however it's ugly to see because of different animations.

The question is: how can I stop a looped animation?

Many thanks.

Maybe use IdleKneelEnter and IdleKneelExit? Would make for a smoother transition. I don't believe there's any other way to interupt a looped idle but to make them do something else.

Doesn't works. The Player don't does any animation... Are these event names correct?

To get the proper names of the animevents, from the gameplay menu, go to animations. Find 0_Master.hkx.
Any event u want to use is listed under the drop down menus. The event will have a corresponding "Anim Event" to the right. Using that value always works.

Do note that initiating an anim event will make the behaviour tied to it actually happen (for example, Bleedout start will actually cause the NPC to go into Bleedout mode)

Duplicate post.

Sorry Manny, I was just looking in the character\animations folder and saw it, not the CK. The actual AnimEvent looks to be IdleKneelingEnter and Exit.

Or maybe try IdleGreybeardMeditateEnter and IdleGreybeardMeditateExit if this is for your power stones mod.

Manny, thank you for actually posting a question I know something about! I've been researching this for a mod I'm making. You made me so happy!

Ok, what Di0 said is correct, sometimes the actual Anim Event will have a slightly different name than the "Idle Animation". For instance, if you wanted to play "IdleBookSitting_Reading" via SendAnimationEvent, it wouldn't work, because that anim event is actually called "ChairReadingStart". These names can be found in the CK by going to Gameplay (up in the file menu) > Animations > Actors\Character\Behaviors\0_Master.hkx > LOOSE and look at where it says "Anim Event". Like others have said, if there's a corresponding "End" or "Exit" animation event for the one you want to use, that may be your solution.

But how to get ANY animation to stop playing? I'm working on this currently myself, and the best way I've found to do it, is to send another animation event called "IdleStop_Loose". This seems to stop any current animation and return the player to the normal idle state. I plan to make it work by using RegisterForControl("Move") right after playing the animation, and OnControlDown() send the idle stop, and quickly un-register for control. No idea if it will work or not, as I have yet to test it in game. My fear is that the unregister won't be fast enough and weird stuff will happen, but we'll see!

I'm sure you've figured out that PlayIdle doesn't work sometimes because the Idles all have conditions tied to them, which is probably why you're using SendAnimationEvent. I'm including my conditions I run before using SendAnimationEvent to prevent unexpected behavior, in case they're helpful.

Finally, in case you didn't know, this has been super helpful for me: You can send animation events using the console, by clicking on your character and typing "SAE ChairReadingStart" or whatever the name of the anim event is, minus the quotes. SAE = SendAnimationEvent to the console. Super helpful for testing in game.

Thank you very much, guys!

Lastly I used "IdleRitualSkull3" only. It's simply perfect with timing.

IdleGreybeardMeditateEnter doesn't have IdleGreybeardMeditateExit

And yes, it's for my Power Stone mod and it have a Framework for modders too