Animations on Navigable Objects

An object or group with an animation and a navigation component will encounter problems because they both force the object to move a certain way.

The Navigation object makes the object wander around, follow the player, or an object. The animation tries to move the object to a specific location. Having both an object forces that object to choose between the animation and the navigation.

How to Fix

It is possible to have an animation on a navigable group! The animation needs to be nested. To do so:

  1. Select your animated/navigable group.
  2. Copy the animation
  3. Open Edit Group
  4. Paste the animation on a subgroup. If no subgroup exists, create one then paste the animation.

That will change the animation to be "nested", and will not conflict with the navigation object.