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Eternity supports the ANIMDEFS lump inherited from Hexen and extended by GZDoom. Not all GZDoom features are available yet, though, but enough to improve cross-port mod compatibility. As in GZDoom, ANIMDEFS defines both animations and switches. ANIMDEFS in Eternity is meant only for compatibility with other ports; if you want to target only Eternity, use [[EDF]] instead. All features available in ANIMDEFS are possible in EDF.

Example of feature not available in ANIMDEFS but available in EDF: animated warping textures, or animations which only warp at certain textures

==Syntax==
===Animation definition===
flat <name>
pic <name or offset> tics <duration>
pic <name or offset> rand <min duration> <max duration>

texture <name>
pic <name or offset> tics <duration>
pic <name or offset> rand <min duration> <max duration>

flat <name>
range <name> tics <duration>

texture <name>
range <name> tics <duration>

warp flat <name>
warp texture <name>
warp2 flat <name>
warp2 texture <name>

'''warp''' and '''warp2''' are currently identical, but may change if extra compatibility with GZDoom is added. To be sure of the effect, use EDF instead. The [[SMMU]]-based swirl effect in Eternity is defined as '''warp2''' in GZDoom.

===Switch definition===
switch <name> on pic <name> tics 0 [sound <name>] [off [pic <name> tics 0] [sound <name>]]

Currently multi-frame switches aren't supported, but the GZDoom-based syntax requires '''tics''' to be present whenever a '''pic''' is set, that's why it has '''tics''' 0.

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