Can i call global methods in AnimationPlayer?

[Alekssandher]

Godot Version

4.3

Question

Hello, is there a way to call methods from an autoload script in the AnimationPlayer?

[mathewjonhawley]

There is , check the methods track. One of they keys can actually be a function .

[Alekssandher]

Yes, but i wanted to call a function from an autoload script and it doesn’t appear in the methods track.

[Monday]

I don’t know if this help but via script you can add ‘call method’ tracks to animations like this. You might be able to set the path to an autoload, I never tried myself.

func _add_call_method_track_to_animation(animation: Animation) -> void:
	var track_idx: int = animation.add_track(Animation.TYPE_METHOD)
	animation.track_set_path(track_idx, ".")	# Will look for the methods at the root of the scene
	var method_name: String = "my_func"
	var method_args: Array = []
	var at_time: float = 1.0
	animation.track_insert_key(track_idx, at_time, {"method" : method_name, "args" : method_args})

[Alekssandher]

I saw your script and i thought of a solution, i can just call a function during the animation that calls a function from the autoload script.

func callPrint():
	GameManager.printFunction()