Elevator animation

[NeonX]

Godot Version

4.2.1

Question

I want to create a Node2D with an elevator platform and AnimationPlayer inside, and export 2 variables:

1. Length - indicating how many blocks the elevator will move.
2. Direction - up (-1) or down (1).

Then, I want to place many elevators on my map using instantiated child scenes with different exported variables. When the scene starts, each elevator should generate a unique animation based on its exported variables.
For example: an elevator with length 3 and direction 1 (downwards) will generate an animation with position keys (0, 0) and (0, -16 * length * direction).

However, when I attempted to implement this, I encountered a problem where animations aren’t unique for each elevator, and animations are generated based on the settings of the last generated elevator.

Here’s my code (note: the direction is still implemented with just different animations, not as I described above):

extends Node2D

@export var is_downwards = true
@export_range(1, 100) var length: int = 1

@onready var animation = $AnimatableBody2D/Elevator_Animation.libraries[""]

@onready var fall_from_top = animation.get_animation("Fall_from_top")
@onready var fall_from_neutral = animation.get_animation("Fall_from_neutral")
@onready var lift_from_neutral = animation.get_animation("Lift_from_neutral")
@onready var lift_from_bottom = animation.get_animation("Lift_from_bottom")

func _ready():
    fall_from_neutral.track_set_key_value(0, 1, 16 * length)
    fall_from_top.track_set_key_value(0, 0, -16 * length)
    lift_from_bottom.track_set_key_value(0, 0, 16 * length)
    lift_from_neutral.track_set_key_value(0, 1, -16 * length)

Are there any methods to make animations unique or simpler ways to achieve my task?

[gertkeno]

Probably best to use tweens instead. This way you only generate end position when running the elevator.

Tween