Hi! I have my character doing the punch loop animation, I then pause for 2 while he loops and then a window breaks.
For some reason he only punches once then stands still for the rest of the pause, is there a way I can get him to actually loop the animation during that pause?
I’ve tried it as
&ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 2
and
@ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 2
but he just wont loop the animation, any help?
He seems to be punching while the pauses are there during my preview.
Try this
&ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry loop
@pause for 2
&ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry loop
@pause for 2
When I first preview it, he loops but then when I rewatch it he doesnt. I tried it on the app too reading through the whole episode and he wasn’t punching on loop there either.
I’ll try yours now and let you know!
That’s weird. I’m using the web previewer and he’s still punching from the loop. Maybe that will work. Let me know 
He paused again the first time and then looped the second punch, I have no idea why it wont work.
I’ve changed it to
&ELIJAH is breathe_deep
@pause for 1
&ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 3
He skips the breathing entirely but at least he’s looping the second punch 
Thanks for trying, I really don’t understand why it just wont loop that first one.
Try the animation deepbreath instead of breathe_deep
The animation should work with the looping.
&ELIJAH is deepbreath
@pause for 2
&ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 2
Punches are exactly one second long, each.
And there’s no need to re-type looping animations… you just need to pause for the correct amount of time.
Therefore if you want Elijah to punch three times, the code would be: 
&ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 3
&ELIJAH is idle_armscrossed_angry_loop [<< This animation is just used as an example. But you can just enter whatever animation you want him to do, after the punching.]
Of course, you can add however many punches you want him to do… so if you want him to punch 4 times… you need to pause it for 4 seconds, and so on.
Also… the reason he skips the breathing, is because that animation is 2.5 seconds long, and you only paused for 1 second.
How are you timing them 
Haha, I’m just used to it by now. We basically learn through trail and error. 
When I was new to coding… I used to just guess the pauses, sometimes I made a lucky guess and got them right… other times they were wrong and I’d have to add or subtract 0.5 or 1 second.
I would do it something like this considering the punching is quite a slow animation:
@ELIJAH is punch_fight_give_angry_loop AND pause for 0.8 THEN ELIJAH starts punch_fight_give_angry_loop
Keep in mind I haven’t actually tested this so the timing could be off. 
@Rubae_Epi
Bare in mind that if it still fails, despite the coding being correct… then the error must be caused by the animation prior to it.
For example: If Elijah walks over to the person he punches, before actually punching him [rather than already being in position] then it’s possible that you haven’t paused for long enough.
In the past my characters had a tendency to idle, if I did the code like this:
&CHARACTER walks to spot 1.000 123 123 in zone 2 in 2 AND CHARACTER does it while walk_neutral
@pause for 2
&CHARACTER is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 3
Because for some reason, it likes the pause to be longer than necessary… so I used to add the extra @pause for 0.01 [I have no idea why it does that, it must just be an Episode issue. 
]
But… there’s never a problem, when I code it like this:
&CHARACTER walks to spot 1.000 123 123 in zone 2 in 2 AND CHARACTER does it while walk_neutral THEN CHARACTER is punch_fight_give_angry_loop
@pause for 5
The pause for 5, covers both the walking… and the three punches.
Pretty sure this is right! The walking is causing him to idle, thank you for the tips!
Aww… you’re welcome! I’m always happy to help!
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