Using Godot as an animation player (from Blender)

rvogel

Hello, I am interested in using Godot to play an animation from Blender. Nothing is rigged, but all of the animation is through key-frames on multiple parts. My animation is similar to the assembly of a machine over time. I have figure out how to import the objects and associated animation, but I cannot figure out the steps to display and play the animation. I have found many tutorials on importing a walk cycle, etc. but nothing for an animation. I know I will need a method to trigger that start of the animation, such as pressing the space bar. Eventually I would be interested in creating a UI but for now keystrokes are fine. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.

fire7side

When I do keyframe animation like that, I do it in Godot. You can just set a keyframe for a part and rotate it or move it much like blender. Godot's animation is pretty advanced and you can animate properties, etc. If the animation did import, it will show up in an animationplayer in godot with the model and work about the same as a skeletal animation I think. I haven't done it though.

Gowydot

Hi.

After you import your model you need to make a scene from it. -FileSystem > RightMouseClick on your model file> New Inherited Scene

Then you should see an animationPlayer . It shows any animations that come with your model. You then need to write a code (eg. for pressing spacebar) that will play and stop those animations.

You can first try Your First 3D Game. It will show you how to add code and play basic animation

And later on if you want a more complex animation control you need to add an AnimationTree. This allows you to do extra stuffs like blending of animations to look smooth..etc.