Player Animator [Forge 1.18.2, 1.19.2, 1.19.4, 1.20.1, 1.20.4]

Supported MCreator versions
2022.2
2022.3
2023.1
2023.2
2023.3
2023.4
2024.1
Tags / plugin type
API support
Global triggers
Procedures
player animator
Downloads:
7939
Upvotes: 125
About the plugin

Player Animator is a plugin that allows you to animate the player model using smooth keyframe (json) animations created with blockbench, blender or even by hand. This is done though the help of the playerAnimator library.

 

Example of a player animation:

 

animation example

flip animation

 

How to use:

 

First, you will need to use blockbench, animate a template player model and extract the .json animation. The animation in the first example is made with blender, but you can use the geckolib plugin in blockbench like I did to make the second example.

Now that you have the animation file, it will need to be placed here:

file location

Once you have placed your animation in the correct folder, you need to make an empty procedure and select the event shown below. The procedure does not need any further inspection.

name

procedure

Now, you are ready to use your animations! All you will need to do is include the procedure block provided by the plugin (and have the playerAnimator library enabled in workspace settings).

procedure block

Potential issues when using the plugin:

"I can't get the animation parts to work correctly!" -You can find the official bbmodel here

"The game keeps crashing when I try use the animation!" -You either didn't place the file in the right place, or you renamed the animation after exporting it. Don't do that.

"I'm getting a build error!" -You didn't name the SetupAnimations procedure correctly, or your use of the procedure block was simply not accounted for.

"The animation won't play!" -None of the entities in your event are players, therefore it has nothing to play for.

License
MIT License

Plugin downloads
Player Animator v1.8.1 - 2024.1.15821 support - playerAnimator_0.zipUploaded on: 04/13/2024 - 04:26   File size: 12.37 KB

Comments

is it possible to make it save blockbench scale animating? like stretching bodyparts/ making them bigger etc? when i put my blockbench anim into the game and make the arm stretch it doesnt

Hi Nerdy it would be good to have a 1.20.1 version, i know its a lot of work but im down to support you!

I didn't find the "player_animation" folder.
maybe the guide is already outdated?

can you post your procedure? I can't get it to work* (didnt mean to do a reply last time)