hamza.bhh

I’m working on a Manta Ray entity in MCreator using GeckoLib animations, and my goal is to have a looping (flip) animation that ends at −360°, then transitions seamlessly into a swim animation starting at 0°. However, every method I’ve tried—like quickly interpolating the angle, inserting a brief keyframe at 0°, or using a micro “bridge” animation—still causes a visible “flash” https://imgur.com/a/5ucjUb9 or "jump" when the rotation resets. I want a perfectly smooth motion from the flip’s final rotation to the swim’s initial rotation. If anyone has solved this in MCreator/GeckoLib, or found a better trick for handling the −360° →0° gap without a snap, I’d appreciate some advice ! P.S.- I cannot set swim to start at -360 because I would have the same issue but in reverse. Here's the custom LoopingAnimationGoal : class LoopingAnimationGoal extends Goal { private final MantaRayEntity entity; private final int cooldownTime; private int animationTimer; private int cooldownTimer; // New boolean to prevent double calls private boolean isLoopingActive = false; public LoopingAnimationGoal(MantaRayEntity entity, int cooldownTime) { this.entity = entity; this.cooldownTime = cooldownTime; this.animationTimer = 0; this.cooldownTimer = 0; this.setFlags(EnumSet.of(Flag.MOVE, Flag.LOOK)); } @Override public boolean canUse() { System.out.println("[DEBUG] LoopingGoal canUse => cooldownTimer=" + cooldownTimer); if (cooldownTimer > 0) { cooldownTimer--; return false; } BlockPos entityPos = entity.blockPosition(); boolean canUse = entity.isWaterAbove(entityPos, 4); System.out.println("[DEBUG] LoopingGoal canUse => WATER " + (canUse ? "DETECTED" : "NOT DETECTED") + " at " + entityPos + ", returning " + canUse); return canUse; } @Override public void start() { entity.setAnimation("looping"); animationTimer = 63; isLoopingActive = true; System.out.println("[DEBUG] Looping animation STARTED. Timer=" + animationTimer + ", gameTime=" + entity.level().getGameTime()); } @Override public boolean canContinueToUse() { System.out.println("[DEBUG] LoopingGoal canContinueToUse => animationTimer=" + animationTimer); return animationTimer > 0; } @Override public void tick() { animationTimer--; System.out.println("[DEBUG] LoopingGoal TICK => animationTimer=" + animationTimer); // We stop ONLY if we are still looping if (animationTimer <= 0 && isLoopingActive) { System.out.println("[DEBUG] condition => animationTimer <= 0 && isLoopingActive"); stop(); } } @Override public void stop() { // Check if already stopped if (!isLoopingActive) { System.out.println("[DEBUG] stop() called again, but isLoopingActive = false. Doing nothing."); return; } System.out.println("[DEBUG] Looping STOP at tick=" + entity.level().getGameTime() + ", last known rotation=" + entity.getXRot() + "/" + entity.getYRot() + ", animationTimer=" + animationTimer); // Immediately switch to "swim" entity.setAnimation("swim"); // Reset cooldown cooldownTimer = cooldownTime; // Disable looping to prevent a second stop isLoopingActive = false; System.out.println("[DEBUG] Looping STOP => setAnimation('swim'), cooldownTimer=" + cooldownTimer); } }