How do you use animation events?

[Complicated_Copper]

I’ve decided to go back to animation since I stopped for a while and I see that there’s now animation events, but I have no idea how to use it. I’m trying to go for an animation that releases particles at one point of the animation.

[ScytheSlayin (akorn)]

Check this thread about animation events out:

Revamped Animation Events

Previously, in order to perform some logic once a Keyframe has been hit in an animation, you would have to name the Keyframe and then listen for the KeyframeReached signal on an Animation Track. However, this would fire for any Keyframe and then you would have to check against the Keyframe name first. You can see this old flow here. We’ve decided to clean up this flow a bit and also have it be more integrated within the Animation Editor. This is where Keyframe Markers come in. Please be aware t…