Character Animations to play randomly? Please Help!

KillerPenguinStudios

So I have a character and I want it's animation to play randomly. I tried using a timer and saying every: random(0.5,5) animate but it only flickers and doesn't animate. Is there another way to go about achieving this?

Thanks in advance!

Chobbiface

The problem here is that using an 'every timer' alone, the animate behaviour doesn't have a specified duration for how long to run for, when it's triggered to run randomly (between 0.5,5secs).

In other words, you need a 'for timer' as well. So 1 Timer with Every X (random 0.5,5 secs), then inside that, another Timer with For X seconds (run to completion). Then inside that Timer behavior, add your Animate behavior.

KillerPenguinStudios

The problem here is that using an 'every timer' alone, the animate behaviour doesn't have a specified duration for how long to run for, when it's triggered to run randomly (between 0.5,5secs).

In other words, you need a 'for timer' as well. So 1 Timer with Every X (random 0.5,5 secs), then inside that, another Timer with For X seconds (run to completion). Then inside that Timer behavior, add your Animate behavior.

So I did that and it is animating now but the random function is not working. The animation timer is triggering the same time every time and not randomly.

Chobbiface

How long are you running the 'for' timer?

KillerPenguinStudios

How long are you running the 'for' timer?

I am running the for timer for 0.3 seconds to completion and the every timer for random(1,5)