Animation connecting problem

xraven13

Hey !

Here I will describe the specific case :

game is 2D top-down action RPG
we have a hero that have sword, and shield, also we have enemy that have sword and shield
problem is when player's sword hits the shield of enemy, we need to make that sword bounces of the shield, and heros arm starts moving with sword in opposite direction ( this must be animation made in Spine like everything else )
problem is that player can hit enemies shield at different time of the sword swinging animation - it can happen just when swings starts or when swing is near the end
also after deflection player should start moving the arm and sword to idle position

How we can do this ? Thx.

xraven13

Søren

I can't give you much info on the programming side of this (Nate can chip in on that). However, you could have a forward swinging animation, and then when the shield is hit you blend to the idle pose. So you don't need an animation of the "bounce" just let blending control that.
Take a look at http://esotericsoftware.com/spine-using ... animations for more about blending/mixing animations.

Nate

Whenever the sword hits, mix to a new pose or animation. See Shiu's link.