Extra Animations

This mod adds support for other mods to add animations to existing models. It includes a new wave animation as an example, but otherwise does nothing on its own. For Modders: This only allows adding new animations to existing models. It cannot copy existing animations to new models. Rigs must be manually created for animating and exported meshes must be passed through the companion tool for this mod, timbermesh-appender . With the processed mesh, a modifier blueprint is needed to add the animations in-game. The following example will add a waving animation to the adult beaver. Characters/Beaver/BeaverAdult.blueprint.json { "TimbermeshAnimationAppenderSpec": { "ModelNames#append": [ "Model_ExtraAnimations" ] }, "TimbermeshAnimatorControllerSpec": { "BoolParameters#append": [ "Wave" ], "AnimatorStates#append": [ { "StateName": "Wave", "AnimationName": "BeaverAdult_wave", "Speed": 1. 0, "SpeedModifier": "", "Looped": true, "Conditions": [ { "ParameterName": "Wave", "MustBeTrue": true } ] } ] }, "Children": { "Model_ExtraAnimations": { "TimbermeshSpec": { "Model": "Characters/Beaver/BeaverAdult. ExtraAnimations" } } } } In this example, "Characters/Beaver/BeaverAdult. ExtraAnimations" is the timbermesh output by timbermesh-appender. This filename, as well as the child name (Model_ExtraAnimations) must be unique. The name of the animation, as exported from Blender, is BeaverAdult_wave, which must also be unique. The TimbermeshAnimationAppenderSpec is what is added by this mod, and is simply a list of the child models that contain the new animations. This wave example is included in the mod, so it can be referred to for further understanding. And feel free to reach out and I'll be happy to help troubleshoot.