Prayer flicking (NPC Animations)

[Ateria]

Here's the current code I have for prayer flicking:

private void handlePrayerFlicking() {
		if (getSkills().getStatic(Skill.PRAYER) >= 37 && !canFlickMage)
			canFlickMage = true;
		if (getSkills().getStatic(Skill.PRAYER) >= 40 && !canFlickRange)
			canFlickRange = true;
		if (getSkills().getStatic(Skill.PRAYER) >= 43 && !canFlickMelee)
			canFlickMelee = true;
		if (myPlayer().getInteracting() != null && myPlayer().getInteracting() instanceof NPC) {
			NPC npc = ((NPC) myPlayer().getInteracting());
			if (npc.getHealthPercent() > 0 && npc.exists()) {
				if (!npc.isAnimating() && !getPrayer()
						.isActivated(currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("mage") ? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MAGIC
								: currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("range") ? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MISSILES
										: PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MELEE)) {
					if ((canFlickMage && currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("mage"))
							|| (canFlickRange && currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("range"))
							|| (canFlickMelee && currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("melee"))) {
						if (getPrayer()
								.set(currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("mage") ? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MAGIC
										: currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("range")
												? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MISSILES
												: PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MELEE,
										true)) {
						} else {
						}
					}
				} else {
					if (getPrayer().isActivated(
							currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("mage") ? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MAGIC
									: currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("range")
											? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MISSILES
											: PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MELEE)) {
						Sleep.waitCondition(() -> npc.isAnimating() || npc.getHealthPercent() == 0, 300, 1500);
						if (getPrayer()
								.set(currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("mage") ? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MAGIC
										: currentNPCAttackStyle.equalsIgnoreCase("range")
												? PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MISSILES
												: PrayerButton.PROTECT_FROM_MELEE,
										false)) {
						} else {
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}

This works fine with most npcs, other than those that have longer attack delays, like hill giants. Whenever the npc performs their defense animation, prayer will still flick as they're 'animating'. I only want the prayer to flick off if it's their attack animation.

Is it possible to determine if the current animation an npc is performing is their defense animation or is there a better way to add prayer flicking?

Edited October 9, 2018 by Ateria

[Fruity]

@FrostBug is the osbot woox for flicking, surely he can help  

[FrostBug]

If you timestamp any one attack animation from the NPC, you can predict the timestamps of their next attacks based on their attackspeed

[Ateria]

2 minutes ago, FrostBug said:

If you timestamp any one attack animation from the NPC, you can predict the timestamps of their next attacks based on their attackspeed

I was going to do that, but it's for a slayer script and with the amount of tasks there are, i'd have to go through enum and add attack animations one by one after getting them in-game which'd take a long time. Is it not possible to do it another way?

[FrostBug]

3 minutes ago, Ateria said:

I was going to do that, but it's for a slayer script and with the amount of tasks there are, i'd have to go through enum and add attack animations one by one after getting them in-game which'd take a long time. Is it not possible to do it another way?

There's probably a fixed relation between the animations if I had to guess.. like the defence animation always being a higher or lower ID than the attack animation

[Ateria]

15 minutes ago, FrostBug said:

There's probably a fixed relation between the animations if I had to guess.. like the defence animation always being a higher or lower ID than the attack animation

That seems to work for the tasks so far, thanks