Hey I got a question about ped animations. How do I do them. I found two forum topics here on this very site but both are from pre-2020 and I'm not too sure if they still work as I'm getting errors using those templates.
Here's my code:


Thank you for any kind of help. I couldn't find anything on forums, YouTube, Google, or Reddit.
Note: I did have two other questions apart of this message but I found the answer.

FriendA = Ped.Tasks.PlayAnimation(AnimationDictionary, "amin@veh@apc@ds@base", "sit");
FriendB = Ped.Tasks.PlayAnimation(AnimationDictionary, "mb@medic@standing@kneel@base", "base");

I'm getting an error for Ped.Tasks and AnimationDictionary.
1. An object reference is required for the non-static field, method, or property 'Ped.Tasks
I couldn't find an API reference for this.

2. 'AnimationDictionary' is a type, which is not valid in the given context

I'm just overall confused about everything I'm supposed to put after PlayAnimation, the template was super confusing for me. If anyone use an example using one of the animations I picked, I hopefully can understand it better. Please and thank you for any future help.

Edited February 20, 20224 yr by lujerex
Edited out two questions as I found them out before anyone answered me.

If you want a ped you have defined as 'FriendA' to perform an animation you need to use the function this way:

 

FriendA.Tasks.PlayAnimation("mp_facial", "mic_chatter", 3f, AnimationFlags.None);

 

The argument are the specific animation dictionary (in the above example: "mp_facial"), then the specific animation ("mic_chatter"), a float for speed, then any flag (in the format AnimationFlags.None or AnimationFlags.Loop, for example) 

 

Try Google for a list of dictionaries and animations, e.g. https://alexguirre.github.io/animations-list/ 

Edited February 20, 20224 yr by Ekalb

Thank you! One more follow up question if you will, how to I stop an ongoing animation? I know in menus I can just do Stop Animation but obviously coding wise it has to be something different because Friend.Tasks.StopAnimation came invalid. So how would I stop it?

try FriendA.Tasks.Clear(); or  FriendA.tasks.ClearImmediately(); 

Edited February 20, 20224 yr by Ekalb

7 minutes ago, Ekalb said:

try FriendA.Tasks.Clear(); or  FriendA.tasks.ClearImmediately(); 

Okay, again thank you a lot! I'll make sure to include you in credits for assisting me. Take care.