#Unity 2d animation layers how to#
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Go to the animator window and create a new layer using the + button:Д¬hange the Weight property to 1 and set the Mask to the UpperBody Avatar Mask. With the UpperBody Avatar Mask created, we will need to create a new animation layer that will use the mask. In the inspector, uncheck all lower body parties, as the image below: To get this done, first, we need to create an avatar mask to the upper body.Д¬reate a new Avatar Mask ( Assets/Create/Avatar Mask) called UpperBody. Now we want that robot walk forward without aiming the gun, instead of this, we want it keeps the gun in the middle as it does when Idle_GunMiddle is active. This is the whole movement animated inside the WalkForward_Shoot clip. The animation for walk forward works pretty well, the robot walks forward while itвЂ™s aiming the gun.

When you click on WALK / FORWARD the robot starts to walk, when you click it again the robot stops to walk.

Hit the Play button to test the animation states. Repeat the same steps as above for the transition from WalkForward_Shoot to Idle_GunMiddle, but use false as the value for WalkForward. We want to activate the transition from Any state to WalkForward_Shoot when WalkForward is true, so select this transition (click on the arrow connecting the state Any State to WalkForward_Shoot) and in the Conditions list on inspector add the WalkForward equals true:Д¬lick the reset to auto fit the exit and transition time: Now we need to tell to the animation controller when it should activate the two transitions, for this we will create a bool animation parameter called WalkForward. Do the same with the clip WalkForward_Shoot.Д¬reate a transition (right click on the node and Make transition) from Any state to WalkForward_Shoot and create another transition from WalkForward_Shoot to Idle_GunMiddle. In the Animator opening with our Animation Controller drag the animation clip Idle_GunMiddle from folder SciFiWarrior/Animations. To get something running right now, we will make the robot walk forward when the button WALK / FORWARD became checked. In the hierarchy, select the SciFiWarriorHP and in the Animator component set the Controller property to our Animation Controller.

You should see a screen like this:Д¬reate a new Animation Controller (menu Assets/Create/Animation Controller) and open it:ДЄnimator window showing the animation controller createdДЄll animation layers, nodes and transitions for this tutorial will be created inside this animation controller. If you see a popup called TMP importer, hit the Import TPM Essentials button to import the TextMesh ProвЂ™s assets.

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To start this tutorial you need to fork, clone or download the repository.

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Starter projectДЄll the source code and assets for this tutorial are available on this GitHub repository. After that, I will propose you a challenge for the other animations available.

#Unity 2d animation layers how to#

So, in the next sections, I will demonstrate how to combine three animations (Idle_GunMiddle, WalkForward_Shoot, and Shoot_single) to make the robot shoot while stands idle and walk forward with a gun in middle body. An example of this is if you have a lower-body layer for walking-jumping, and an upper-body layer for throwing objects / shooting.Д«y reading those two sections is quite clear that we need to use avatar masks and animation layers together to combine our animations of different body parts. Unity uses Animation Layers for managing complex state machines for different body parts. This portion of the animation can then be played in a layer over the top of the base running or jumping animations. If you wanted to be able to use the throwing animation in conjunction with various other body movements such as running, crouching and jumping, you could create a mask for the throwing animation limiting it to just the right arm, upper body and head. For example, if you had a character with a throwing animation. Masking allows you to discard some of the animation data within a clip, allowing the clip to animate only parts of the object or character rather than the entire thing.

#Unity 2d animation layers manual#

To start, lets see what Unity Manual says about Avatar Masks and Animation Layers: Of course, we can ask to the artist to create all those animation combinations, but there is a smarter approach for this caseвЂ¦ Avatar Masks and Animation Layers goes to the rescue Or if we want that robot walk forward but holding the gun in the middle of his body? These are great animations, although if we want to make the robot stands idle, but instead of keeping the gun in the middle of his body, he aims the gun or shoot? You can see all the animations available on the Sci Fi Warrior PBR HP package in this video