Play Action

Type: Action
Category: ANIMATION

Plays an animation action on the object using Range Game Engine's playAction().

Properties

Property	Type	Default	Description
Action	String	`"action_name"`	Name of the action to play
Start Frame	Int	`1`	Start frame
End Frame	Int	`60`	End frame
Layer	Int	`0`	Animation layer (0–7)
Priority	Int	`0`	Layer priority (lower number = higher priority)
Blend In	Float	`0.0`	Transition frames between animations
Play Mode	Enum	`PLAY`	See modes in category index

Sockets

Socket	Direction	Type
In	Input	Exec
Out	Output	Exec

Generated code

self.own.playAction('idle', 1, 60, layer=0, priority=0, blendin=0.0, play_mode=0)

Typical usage

Idle animation in wait state

[On State Enter: FSM ID="player", State="idle"]
    └── On Enter ──► [Play Action:
                          Action = "player_idle"
                          Start Frame = 1
                          End Frame = 80
                          Play Mode = LOOP]

Shoot animation on separate layer

[Weapon Fire Executor] → [Play Action:
                              Action = "arms_shoot"
                              Layer = 1
                              Blend In = 2.0]

Death animation (play once)

[On State Enter: FSM ID="player", State="dead"]
    └── On Enter ──► [Play Action:
                          Action = "player_die"
                          Play Mode = PLAY]

Notes

Each animation layer plays its action independently. Higher layers may mask lower ones depending on armature configuration.
Blend In = 0.0 is an immediate cut. Values of 3–10 are smooth for most transitions.
Action names must exactly match those in the blend file.