AnimationTree overriding rotation

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Godot Version

4.3

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I am new to Godot, like really new so excuse me.
I am trying to set up a third person character controller. The Problem I’m facing right now is that the animation tree (more precisely the blend2D) seems to be overwriting the rotation of my character, which i update based on the WASD inputs of the player. It does work with the AnimationTree inactive, but not if it is active. I followed some tutorials and none ran into this problem.

here is my Character script

extends CharacterBody3D

const SPEED = 15.0
const JUMP_VELOCITY = 4.5
const LERP_VAL = 0.15

@onready var armature = $Armature
@onready var spring_arm_pivot = $CameraController
@onready var anim_tree = $AnimationTree

func _unhandled_input(event: InputEvent) → void:
if Input.is_action_just_pressed(“quit”):
get_tree().quit()

func _physics_process(delta: float) → void:
armature.rotation.y = lerp_angle(armature.rotation.y, atan2(velocity.x, velocity.z), LERP_VAL)
anim_tree.set_active(true)
anim_tree.set(“parameters/Movement/blend_position”, Vector2(-velocity.x, -velocity.z))

# Add the gravity.
if not is_on_floor():
	velocity += get_gravity() * delta

# Handle jump.
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("ui_accept") and is_on_floor():
	velocity.y = JUMP_VELOCITY


# Get the input direction and handle the movement/deceleration.
# As good practice, you should replace UI actions with custom gameplay actions.
var input_dir := Input.get_vector("left", "right", "forwards", "backwards")
var direction := (transform.basis * Vector3(input_dir.x, 0, input_dir.y)).normalized()
direction = direction.rotated(Vector3.UP, spring_arm_pivot.rotation.y)
if direction:
	velocity.x = lerp(velocity.x, direction.x * SPEED, LERP_VAL)
	velocity.z = lerp(velocity.z, direction.z * SPEED, LERP_VAL)
	
	
else:
	velocity.x = lerp(velocity.x, 0.0, LERP_VAL)
	velocity.z = lerp(velocity.z, 0.0, LERP_VAL)
	




move_and_slide()

Is this just a problem with importing animations that themselves modify rotation?

(unfortunately i cannot upload a vid of what i mean but i think you get the rough idea)

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If you are animating the rotation property of the armature then you have two systems fighting, you could child the armature, let it animate and rotate it’s parent.

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Ah okay. I was thinking something similar, but Just wasnt sure of it. So id create a new node3d and parent the Armature to it?

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I have done what i think you mean but ran into another problem. I have created another node so that my player scene looks like this:

Characterbody3D
AnimPlayer
AnimTree
CollisionShape3D
Node3D
–>Armature
---->Skeleton3D

when i do this and adjust the previously posted code so that var armature has the right path it does turn with the inputs but now it doesnt play the animations as well. After some research, could it be that I need to update the path of the AnimationPlayer?

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You will have to update the Animation Player/Animation Tree’s “Root Node”

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