Our first animation will make the enemy flash bright white when hit
Our first animation will make the enemy flash bright white when hit
Embedded Files
In the Enemy scene
In the Enemy scene
Duplicate the MeshInstance3D
Duplicate the MeshInstance3D
Rename it to DamageHighlight
Rename it to DamageHighlight
In the Geometry Property
In the Geometry Property
Add a new StandardMaterial3D
Add a new StandardMaterial3D
Click on the StandardMaterial3D to expand
Click on the StandardMaterial3D to expand
In the Transparency property
In the Transparency property
Set it to Depth Pre-Pass
Set it to Depth Pre-Pass
This ensures the material always appears
This ensures the material always appears
in front of other materials
in front of other materials
In the Shading property
In the Shading property
Set the Shading Mode to Unshaded
Set the Shading Mode to Unshaded
This ensures there are now shadows
This ensures there are now shadows
The Enemy capsule now appears bright white
The Enemy capsule now appears bright white
Add an AnimationPlayer node as a child of Enemy
Add an AnimationPlayer node as a child of Enemy
In the Animation Panel add a new Animation and call it TakeDamage
In the Animation Panel add a new Animation and call it TakeDamage
Select the DamageHighlight Node
Select the DamageHighlight Node
Find the Visibily property
Find the Visibily property
Click the key next to Visible
Click the key next to Visible
Click on Create
Click on Create
to Create a RESET track
to Create a RESET track
Change the duration of the animation to 0.1s
Change the duration of the animation to 0.1s
With the timeline at 0.1s
With the timeline at 0.1s
Set the DamageHighlight visible property to false
Set the DamageHighlight visible property to false
Click the key next to the visible property again
Click the key next to the visible property again
Your timeline now looks like this
Your timeline now looks like this
When Resetting the scene
When Resetting the scene
The default state of the DamageHighlight
The default state of the DamageHighlight
Should be off
Should be off
Select the RESET animation
Select the RESET animation
Uncheck visible in the value property
Uncheck visible in the value property
Now check the timeline for the RESET track
Now check the timeline for the RESET track
To play this animation in code
To play this animation in code
Open the enemy script
Open the enemy script
Add an onready variable for the AnimationPlayer
Add an onready variable for the AnimationPlayer
In the current health set variable
In the current health set variable
check if the health is going down
check if the health is going down
and if it is
and if it is
play the TakeDamage animation
play the TakeDamage animation
Add a recoil animation for the turret
Add a recoil animation for the turret
In the Turret scene add a AnimationPlayer as a child
In the Turret scene add a AnimationPlayer as a child
Add a new Animation and call it recoil and set the duration to 0.3s
Add a new Animation and call it recoil and set the duration to 0.3s
Select the TurretTop
Select the TurretTop
Find the Transform property
Find the Transform property
Set Z position to -0.6m
Set Z position to -0.6m
Hit the Key to add a track
Hit the Key to add a track
Also create the RESET track
Also create the RESET track
Move the timeline to 0.3s
Move the timeline to 0.3s
In the Transform property of TurretTop
In the Transform property of TurretTop
Set Z position to 0m
Set Z position to 0m
Hit the key
Hit the key
Switch to the RESET animation
Switch to the RESET animation
Click on the keyframe at 0.0s
Click on the keyframe at 0.0s
Change the Z value to 0.0m
Change the Z value to 0.0m
In the turret script
In the turret script
Add an onready var for the animation player
Add an onready var for the animation player
in the timeout function
in the timeout function
play the animation
play the animation
Test the game - you should notice a satisfying recoil animation when the turret fires
Test the game - you should notice a satisfying recoil animation when the turret fires
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