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AnimationPlayer

Inherits: AnimationMixer < Node < Object

A node used for animation playback.

Description

An animation player is used for general-purpose playback of animations. It contains a dictionary of AnimationLibrary resources and custom blend times between animation transitions.

Some methods and properties use a single key to reference an animation directly. These keys are formatted as the key for the library, followed by a forward slash, then the key for the animation within the library, for example "movement/run". If the library's key is an empty string (known as the default library), the forward slash is omitted, being the same key used by the library.

AnimationPlayer is better-suited than Tween for more complex animations, for example ones with non-trivial timings. It can also be used over Tween if the animation track editor is more convenient than doing it in code.

Updating the target properties of animations occurs at the process frame.

Tutorials

• 2D Sprite animation

• Animation documentation index

• Third Person Shooter Demo

Properties

String	assigned_animation
String	autoplay	""
String	current_animation	""
float	current_animation_length
float	current_animation_position
bool	movie_quit_on_finish	false
float	playback_default_blend_time	0.0
float	speed_scale	1.0

Methods

StringName	animation_get_next ( StringName animation_from ) const
void	animation_set_next ( StringName animation_from, StringName animation_to )
void	clear_queue ( )
float	get_blend_time ( StringName animation_from, StringName animation_to ) const
AnimationMethodCallMode	get_method_call_mode ( ) const
float	get_playing_speed ( ) const
AnimationProcessCallback	get_process_callback ( ) const
PackedStringArray	get_queue ( )
NodePath	get_root ( ) const
bool	is_playing ( ) const
void	pause ( )
void	play ( StringName name="", float custom_blend=-1, float custom_speed=1.0, bool from_end=false )
void	play_backwards ( StringName name="", float custom_blend=-1 )
void	queue ( StringName name )
void	seek ( float seconds, bool update=false, bool update_only=false )
void	set_blend_time ( StringName animation_from, StringName animation_to, float sec )
void	set_method_call_mode ( AnimationMethodCallMode mode )
void	set_process_callback ( AnimationProcessCallback mode )
void	set_root ( NodePath path )
void	stop ( bool keep_state=false )

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Signals

animation_changed ( StringName old_name, StringName new_name )

Emitted when a queued animation plays after the previous animation finished. See also queue.

Note: The signal is not emitted when the animation is changed via play or by an