How do I force an animation to stop

[netserk]

How do I force an animation to stop. At the moment my run-sequence doesn't always stop when the player stops running. Sometimes the player takes a step without moving because the run animation apparently need to finish its loop before plays the ACT_IDLE sequence.

[ChopperDave]

Using SetActivity() doesn't do it?

[netserk]

no - what should I do to make it work

[netserk]

I have this sequence in my .qc file:

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$sequence Run "poet_run" activity ACT_RUN 1 loop   
$sequence StopRun "poet_stop_run" activity ACT_STOP_RUN 1

These are animation of the player preparing an attack

I have added a "ACT_STOP_RUN" and "ACT_RUN" to the lists in ai_activity.h, ai_activity.cpp and activitylist.cpp. In the "enum PLAYER_ANIM" in shareddefs.h I added "PLAYER_STOP_RUN" and "PLAYER_RUN".
I should mention that the game I am working on is seen from a third person view and that the animations are for the player avatar.

In the HL2_Player.cpp I have added

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else if ( playerAnim == PLAYER_RUN )
{
   idealActivity = ACT_RUN;
}

and

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else if ( idealActivity == ACT_RUN )
{
   RestartGesture( Weapon_TranslateActivity( idealActivity ) );
          return;
}

(same for PLAYER_STOP_RUN/ACT_STOP_RUN)


I don't understand much of the last code "RestartGesture( ... )".

in gamemovement.cpp in CGameMovement::PlayerMove I have the following:

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if( player->GetAbsVelocity().Length2D() == 0 && runFlag)
{
   player->SetAnimation(PLAYER_STOP_RUN);
}

When the player velocity is zero the player doesn't run anymore and an animation of the player stopping to run is played.
The problem is that the run-animation doesn't stop immediately - which results in the player often taking a step on the ground even though he doesn'trun anymore. The PLAYER_STOP_RUN should be played immediately when the player stops.