Demo9a: Controlling character animation with an FSM
Demo9a showcases a player-controlled character. The player can navigate the character around the terrain using the WASD keys. Pressing the spacebar triggers an attack.
The screenshot below shows an animated character that the player can control to move and perform attacks. The control keys are indicated in green text in the top-left corner of the screen.
Figure 9.2 – The player-controlled character based on an FSM
Building on PlayerFSM and the PlayerIdle, PlayerWalk, and PlayerAttack states defined in the earlier section, we can now implement the state functions. For the Enter functions, as mentioned previously, we simply invoke the character’s animation controller’s TransitionAnimation function. This ensures that the appropriate animation is played when entering each state:
void PlayerIdleState::Enter(FSM* FiniteStateMachine)
{
if (FiniteStateMachine->GetPrevState() == PlayerFSM:...
