Change state when player walks or runs?

[R4L]

Hey guys!

I've made a replacement set of sprites for the Doom Fist, and what I would like to achieve sounds simple. Basically, I'd like to have no hands on screen when the player is idle, but when the player moves I'd like to loop through my animation so you can see the hands move. When the player runs I want the animation to move faster, which if I can get the walking part down, its as simple as using lower tic amounts.

Is there a way to check if a player is walking, and then go to a certain state and use that animation? Maybe a way to check if the player is idle and then do no animation?

[Apeirogon]

Look into project msx.

[Matt]

Would this work?

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if(
 player
 && player.onground //don't need this line if you're ok with the animation playing while the player is in the air
 && (player.cmd.forwardmove || player.cmd.sidemove)
)

forwardmove and sidemove are integers so you can check to see if they're above or below a certain value, or set your frame duration as a multiple of that integer.

[R4L]

Would this work?

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if(
 player
 && player.onground //don't need this line if you're ok with the animation playing while the player is in the air
 && (player.cmd.forwardmove || player.cmd.sidemove)
) 

forwardmove and sidemove are integers so you can check to see if they're above or below a certain value, or set your frame duration as a multiple of that integer.

Sounds useful. Let me make sure I follow this correctly:

Checks to see if the player is on the ground and if the player is moving forward or to the side. If so, then do whatever right? Does this have to get placed into an ACS script that I can load in DECORATE? I apologize for being a noob; I want to learn just not sure exactly how to go about using this.

[Matt]

It's ZScript, but an ACS equivalent should be possible with GetPlayerInput and GetActor(Floor)Z.

[R4L]

OK, I will play around with some ideas and post back if I truly get stumped lol. Thanks for the help.