So I made an elephant, but I'd like to make it so that when it is going towards a target, it uses a run animation instead of a walk animation.

Here is my current code:
 

    private <E extends IAnimatable> PlayState predicate(AnimationEvent<E> event) {
        System.out.println("Attempting predicate...");
        if (event.isMoving()) {
            System.out.println("IsMoving = true!");
            if (getTarget() != null) {
                System.out.println("Target != null!");
                event.getController().setAnimation(new AnimationBuilder().addAnimation("run", true));
            } else {
                System.out.println("Target is null...");
                event.getController().setAnimation(new AnimationBuilder().addAnimation("walk", true));
            }
            return PlayState.CONTINUE;
        }

        event.getController().setAnimation(new AnimationBuilder().addAnimation("idle", true));
        return PlayState.CONTINUE;
    }

It uses the getTarget() method from the Mob class. However, it doesn't ever use the run animation, even if it is going after a mob. It still prints "Target is null...". And, the getTarget() method returns null everytime. Does anyone know how to fix this?

10 hours ago, irludure said:

Does anyone know how to fix this?

The target is either set via the mob or, typically, by a `TargetGoal` via the `targetSelector`. See `IronGolem` for an example.

 

4 hours ago, ChampionAsh5357 said:

The target is either set via the mob or, typically, by a `TargetGoal` via the `targetSelector`. See `IronGolem` for an example.

I already have a HurtByTargetGoal() setup and a MeleeAttackGoal(). They work correctly, I just can't seem to find out how to check if it is targeting something currently.

On 5/27/2023 at 2:44 PM, irludure said:

I already have a HurtByTargetGoal() setup and a MeleeAttackGoal(). They work correctly, I just can't seem to find out how to check if it is targeting something currently.

Just check whether `#getTarget` is not null then. You already seem to be doing that, so most likely is that the data is not synced to the client. Maybe you should add a SynchedDataAccessor and set the value to true or false depending on `#setTarget`.