Patrick Animation Controller

Overview

The PatrickAnimationController is a specialized game component designed to manage and trigger animations for the Patrick Boss entity. This class listens to a variety of events that correspond to different states of the Patrick Boss such as walking, attacking, and dying. The actual triggering of these events is managed by Patrick Task.

How To Use It

To make use of the PatrickAnimationController, you must first attach this component to a Patrick Boss entity. Below is a Java code snippet demonstrating this process:

PatrickAnimationController animationController = new PatrickAnimationController();
patrick.addComponent(animationController);

Additionally, an AnimationRenderComponent is required for the controller to function. Here's how to add it:

private static final String PATRICK_ATLAS = "images/mobboss/patrick.atlas";
TextureAtlas textureAtlas = ServiceLocator.getResourceService().getAsset(PATRICK_ATLAS, TextureAtlas.class);
AnimationRenderComponent animator = new AnimationRenderComponent(textureAtlas);
patrick.addComponent(animator);

Example Usage

General Event Listening Mechanism

The PatrickAnimationController listens for events like "patrick_attack", "patrick_walk", "patrick_death", etc., which are triggered by other components. When an event is triggered, it initiates the corresponding animation on the Patrick Boss entity.

Here is the general way the controller listens for events:

entity.getEvents().addListener("<EventName>", this::<MethodName>);

Best Practices

• Ensure an AnimationRenderComponent is initialized and added to the entity before attaching PatrickAnimationController.
• Clearly specify your animation states in the AnimationRenderComponent for smooth transitions between animations.
• Make sure the event names used in the task logic component and PatrickAnimationController are synchronized to maintain cohesive gameplay logic and animations.