Mecanim

Animator

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Controller

private Animator anim;

void

Awake(){ ... }

anim = this.transform.GetComponent<Animator>()

//link between character and in game property/state update

Update(){ ... }

float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");

float vertical = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");

anim.SetFloat("Speed", vertical, 0.15f, Time.deltaTime);

anim.SetFloat("Direction", horizontal, 0.15f, Time.deltaTime);

Animator Controller

State Machine

Layers

Base

Arms

Name

"Arms"

Weight

Blending

Override

Additive

Mask

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Transforms

Blend Trees

Type

1D

Motions

2D

Simple Directional

//simple dir : walk forward, walk left, walk right

Freeform Directional

//complex dir : walk forward => run forward, walk left => run left ...etc

Freeform Cartesian

//not mapped to direction

Direct

???

States

type

Default

//state that the machine will be in when it is first activated

Any

Anonymous Starting Point

//Always present. It exists for the situation where you want to go to a specific state regardless of which state you are currently in. This is a shorthand way of adding the same outward transition to all states in your machine

//Cannot be the end point of a transition (ie, jumping to "any state" cannot be used as a way to pick a random state to enter next

var

Prop

Name

"idle"

Tag

???

Motion

Transitions

NOTE:

If clips are from mixxed rigs; no animation will run

ex : Idle == Humanoid, crouch==Generic

Parameters

//global for all layers

Bool

HoldingPushable

HoldingPickup

Trigger

Like Bool, but reverts to back to true after triggered

Floats

Curves

From Animation Clip

Apply Root Motion

Handled by Script

rootmotion.cs

[RequireComponent(typeof(Animator))]

Animator animator = GetComponent<Animator>();

Vector3 newPosition = transform.position ;

transform.position = newPosition;

Animate Physics

Culling Mode

Always Animate

Based On Renders

Import

Settings

StateMachine

Transitions

enter/exit node

enter

random idle(5)

exit

Behaviours

Not just animation

Statemachine can be used for logic

Root Motion

authoring

takes animClip absolute to additive for root ???

Asset creation/editing API

Direct BlendTree

2D Blend Tree

move

data

Up

Side

script for sprite logic

BlendShape

array

1 frame animatoin

parameter to control them

GUI

Layers

re-order

Properties

Clear up

other

IK

roll

mocap

multiweight

Transition

interruption improvements

based on destination state + start/destination

not just start

Linear velocity blending

Animator

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Easy workflow and setup of animations on humanoid characters.

Animation retargeting - the ability to apply animations from one character model onto another.

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Human Template?

Simplified workflow for aligning animation clips.

Convenient preview of animation clips, transitions and interactions between them. This allows animators to work more independently of programmers, prototype and preview their animations before gameplay code is hooked in.

Management of complex interactions between animations with a visual programming tool.

Animator Controller

Finite State Machine?

BlendTrees

Animating different body parts with different logic.

Body Mask?