TriggersĪ trigger is an object that we create on the server side to describe something that has just happened that certain player’s should know about. The player’s client side code then uses the primary action to determine which animation to play. We track the primary action on the backend and send it down to the player whenever the primary action changes. If it’s moving towards another tile it’s primary action is walk. If our wolf is standing still it is idle. As of right now idle and walk are the only primary actions, but Over time we’ll add be adding more. Primary ActionsĪn entity’s primary action is the main thing that it’s doing at a given time. The idle, walking animations are currently dictated by what we’re calling the primary action, and the attack, defend, die animations are currently dictated by what we’re calling triggers. As of right now our wolves have five animations - idle, walk, attack, defend and die.

For example, your player, the other players around you, the pair of gloves on the floor and the wild grey wolves are all entities. Just about everything that you see in the game is an entity. Let’s take a look at how we’re accomplishing this. This means that on the code side of things we need to know what animation to play for a given game entity at any given time. A walking player’s feet will be taking steps, an attacking player’s arm will be throwing a punch, and so on. Our main way of communicating these actions and states to players is by animating these game entities. Some might be walking, some could be defending against an attack, some are standing idly, and still others are engaged in other actions.

At any given time our game’s entities are performing different actions.

Skeletal animation 3d