How can I change the animation of the `AnimatedSprite` with visual scripts?

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	Asked By	naive231

Here is the sample codes from official documentation(tutorial):

Then I want to change the animation of the AnimatedSprite through visual scripts:

But when I click the value of the Set Animation node, it pops up the dialog:

I am expecting to enter the animation’s name like “walk” or “up”, but I can’t.
I don’t know why it pops this dialog to me? I can’t select my animation with that.
Does anyone know what is going on?

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	Reply From:	njamster

I’m by no means an expert when it comes to VisualScript¹, but: I think you’re supposed to add a variable (click the plus-sign next to “Variables” in the bottom left of the view), set that variables type and value (righ-click the entry and choose “Edit Member”), drag the variable into the view to create a new block for it and then connect that block to the blue dot in the bottom right of the “Set animation”-block.

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¹ In it’s current form I consider VisualScripting a gimmick. Its not well documented, far from intuitive and I wouldn’t know who to ask if I got stuck with it. I’d argue that it’s still easier to learn GDscript, which - unlike VisualScript - will prepare you for working with other high level programming languages like Python as well.