How to use actuator as sensor to play animation of my character? I have a character that has a walk animation. I assigned a steering actuator to it specifically path following so that they will all meet in a specific place by themselves. I also have a shake animation for my building/plane. I've already set sensors and actuators to it too. If I run it and press enter, the building/plane starts to shake something like that in an earthquake. The thing I would like to do next is when I run it, my characters should only start to move towards their target if the plane starts to shake (that is if enter key is pressed). If no shaking, the characters should just walk in their place. They should only move if shaking occurs. I've been playing around with sensors and actuators but I can't seem to find a solution for this. What do you think could be the best approach for this problem? 

Here's my blend file: canteen ver 2.blend
What I would do is give each person a status property.



A sensor tests the status and while it is 0 have them play an idle action.

 

A message sensor then receives an evacuate message and sets the status to 1.

 

When the status is 1 play an evacuate action or use steering to seek the evacuation point.