[XNA/MonoGame] Playing Animations In Reverse/Backwards

Liquidoodle

Hi Guys,

I was hoping someone could help me figure this out, I'm trying to play my animations in reverse based on what I've read on the forums but when I do what I think is correct it seems to do nothing at all, the animations don't play at all.

skeleton.SetToSetupPose();
animationState.SetAnimation(0, animation, false);

if (needsReversing)
{ animationState.TimeScale = -1.0f; }
else
{ animationState.TimeScale = 1.0f; }

Am I doing this right or have I completely misunderstood how to achieve what I want to do?

Thanks very much in advance 🙂

Liquidoodle

Pharan

I think AnimationState doesn't support backwards playing via negative timeScale or any other API.
You may have to program reverse playback yourself (based on how AnimationState works).

Liquidoodle

I see, that's a shame but no real worry as I'm sure I'll figure something out.

Thanks for the speedy response Pharan, saves me spinning my wheels 🙂