Tried to solve the issue of custom idle animation blending by implementing a...

Tried to solve the issue of custom idle animation blending by implementing a new value that can be set for each agent individually

Source/CharacterPlugin/Private/VirtualHuman.cpp

@@ -298,8 +298,8 @@ void AVirtualHuman::PlayRandomIdleAnimation()
 	{
 		float BlendTime = 0.25f;
 		UAnimMontage* DynamicMontage = GetBodyAnimInstance()->PlaySlotAnimationAsDynamicMontage(IdleAnim, "CustomIdleSlot", BlendTime, BlendTime);
-		// start timer for next random pick (make it a bit shorter to allow for blending)
-		GetWorld()->GetTimerManager().SetTimer(NextIdleTimerHandle, this, &AVirtualHuman::PlayRandomIdleAnimation, DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength()- 1.0*BlendTime, false);
+		// start timer for next random pick (make it a bit shorter to allow for blending, but only by a defined minimal amount for the animations)
+		GetWorld()->GetTimerManager().SetTimer(NextIdleTimerHandle, this, &AVirtualHuman::PlayRandomIdleAnimation, DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength()- fmin(2.0*BlendTime, (DynamicMontage->GetPlayLength())*MinBlendTime), false);
 	}
 	else
 	{

Source/CharacterPlugin/Public/VirtualHuman.h

@@ -114,8 +114,11 @@ protected:
 
 	//custom idle animations can be specified to be used (played in the DefualtSlot)
 	//CAUTION: this currently does not work together with walking or pointing
-	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite)
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "VirtualHuman|Custom Idle Animations")
 	TArray<UAnimSequence*> CustomIdleAnimations;
+	//The minimal percentage of the animation that is allowed to be skiped to blend into another animation
+	UPROPERTY(EditAnywhere, BlueprintReadWrite, Category = "VirtualHuman|Custom Idle Animations")
+	float MinBlendTime = 1.0;
 
 private: