Uploaded July 2021 | Updated September 2026, 15 hours ago

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This video explains Animgraph basics and how to create a simple viewmodel animgraph with a state machine and adjustable reload speed parameter. This tutorial should also work for Half-Life: Alyx, but you probably won't be making a viewmodel in that game.

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0:00 - Intro
0:07 - Save The File
0:24 - Window Layout
0:45 - Select Your Model
1:05 - Idle Animation
1:59 - State Machine
7:20 - Finished
7:23 - Reload Speed (Dynamic Parameter)
9:03 - Deploy Speed (Hard Coded)
9:32 - Other Nodes
9:42 - Citizen Animgraph
10:03 - Testing In-Game