I'm currently using PlayIdle in a script to make the player perform eating and drinking animations. Annoyingly, there is no "StopIdle" command - the idle continues to loop, and the player is frozen out of the controls unless they draw their weapon or jump. Is there some way to return the player to normal after a few seconds of playing the idle animation?

I guess you could try running a second PlayIdle command like this:

Game.GetPlayer().PlayIdle(IdlePlayerStop)

(IdlePlayerStop is located in the animations window under ActionIdleStop --> IdleStopRoot)

Thanks, that one didn't work but you were on the right track. I tried a few others, and

Game.GetPlayer().PlayIdle(IdleStop_Loose)

works perfectly.

Interestingly, some other idle animations only play once (like the IdleDrinkPotion animation) so nothing else is needed. They'll also cancel you out of looping animations after playing, the same way IdleStop_Loose will.

Yes I know, I've worked a lot with these idles for my dual wield mod, and it's really weird how some idles work as expected and some are just.. weird

This was a doubt I also had about idles. Thank for the explanation Imp of the Perverse