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play_animation [2017/04/25 12:01] justinplay_animation [2020/07/23 11:27] justin
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-Plays an animation for the specified entity. Entities include tiles, objects, and characters.+Plays an [[animation]] for the specified [[entity]][[entity|Entities]] include [[tile|tiles]][[object|objects]], and [[character|characters]].
  
 +====Signature:====
 <code python> <code python>
 play_animation(entity, animation_name) play_animation(entity, animation_name)
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 ^Argument^Description^Type^Required^ ^Argument^Description^Type^Required^
-|entity|Entity for which to play the animation.|[[Entity]]|Yes| +|entity|[[Entity]] for which to play the [[animation]].|[[Entity]]|Yes| 
-|animation_name|Name of the animation to play (as defined in the [[Voxel Editor]]).|[[String]]|Yes|+|animation_name|Name of the [[animation]] to play (as defined in the [[Voxel Editor]]).|[[String]]|Yes|
  
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-You can use [[Play Group Animation]] if you'd like to trigger the same animation for multiple entities that have been grouped together from the Map Editor.+You can use [[Play Group Animation]] if you'd like to trigger the same [[animation]] for multiple [[entity|entities]] that have been grouped together from the [[Map Editor]].
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 ====Example:==== ====Example:====
-<code python>+<code bauxite>
 play_animation(entity["chest01"], "open") play_animation(entity["chest01"], "open")
 </code> </code>
-//Results:// Triggers the animation named "open" for the entity with an ID of "chest01".+//Results:// Triggers the [[animation]] named "open" for the [[entity]] with an ID of "chest01".
  
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-Use the **Play Animation** function to trigger animations for doors being opened and closed upon player interaction or for special NPC emotes (e.g. waving at the player).+Use the **Play Animation** function to trigger [[animation|animations]] for doors being opened and closed upon player interaction or for special [[NPC]] emotes (e.g. waving at the player).
 </WRAP> </WRAP>
  
play_animation.txt · Last modified: 2021/04/21 18:37 by justin