Animation Montage Loop

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I am having a problem. I created a animation montage with a beginning segment, a middle segment that loops and an end segment (It’s an aiming animation for when you are in cover). I want the middle segment to loop while “right click” is held down. When release “right click” I want to play the end segment of the animation montage. Currently the beginning segment plays great, the middle segment loops correctly but when I release “right click” it doesn’t play the end segment of the animation montage

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Here is the code:

void AArenaCharacter::OnStartTargeting()
{
	AArenaPlayerController* MyPC = Cast<AArenaPlayerController>(Controller);
	if (MyPC && MyPC->IsGameInputAllowed() && bInCombat == true)
	{
		IdleTime = 0.0f;
		if (IsRunning())
		{
			SetRunning(false, false);
		}
		GetCharacterMovement()->MaxWalkSpeed = TargetingMovementSpeed;
		SetTargeting(true);
		PlayAnimMontage(AimHiLeftAnimation);
	}
}

void AArenaCharacter::OnStopTargeting()
{
	if (bInCombat == true)
	{
		GetCharacterMovement()->MaxWalkSpeed = BaseMovementSpeed;
		SetTargeting(false);
		StopAnimMontage(AimHiLeftAnimation);
	}
}
2

Hi, you should use

AimHiLeftAnimation->SetNextSectionName(FName(“AimingL”), FName(“StopAimingL”));

instead of

StopAnimMontage(AimHiLeftAnimation);

3

Thanks for the reply. I am trying it our but AnimationMontage doesn’t appear to have a method called “SetNextSectionName()” do you know if they changed the name perhaps?

4

I’m sorry i was looking at the AnimMontageInstance class… I was confused by the methods exposed to Blueprint by AnimInstance

5

It appears “GetActiveInstanceForMontage” no longer works. Maybe they changed the way they do it but the documentation doesn’t mention on changes

 FAnimMontageInstance * MontageInstance = GetActiveInstanceForMontage(*Montage);
            if (MontageInstance)
            {
                MontageInstance->SetNextSectionName(SectionNameToChange, NextSection);
            }

Wondering if you have figured it out?

Thanks

6

I’m sorry, i only tried AnimMontages with Blueprint i tried to adapt what i did in BP to help you with your C++ version