Creating a new Animator Controller..

[drmeatball]

I've read and watched everything here (gone through the video twice):

Animator Controller - Opsive

New Animator Controller The animator controller included works well for the included demo scene but may not be the best setup for your particular game. . . .

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I made a hard copy reference of this:

Animator Parameters - Opsive

The Demo Animator for the third person and first person character utilizes 22 parameters, which include the following: Horizontal Movement Float value to indicate horizontal . . .

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and this:

Default Animator Values - Opsive

When you add a new ability or item ability it will have a default value for the Ability Index or Item State Index. This value . . .

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I've also reviewed:

Replacing Animations - Opsive

The Ultimate Character Controller uses Unity’s Animator Controller to control all of its animations. The Animator Controller makes it extremely easy to replace the built-in . . .

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I've done all of the Unity Learn animation tutorials and I spent all of last week doing the IHeartGameDev tutorials on character animation states and animator controllers.. I apologize for probably stupid questions but I still can't figure this shit out.


I make a new Animator Controller and I import the required Parameters via a New Character / Character Manager. I drop in an Idle animation and that works fine because it's the default state. I add a Walking animation and I'm not sure what to do next.

I'm trying to glean what I can from the UCC Demo AC and I see the transitions are key, but even with that I'm not understanding how the transition from Idle to Movement happens.

 

[Justin]

This is more or a general unity question rather then being directly related to the character controller. The transitions occur when the parameters satisfy the conditions set on that transition. This is based on the parameter values.

Before replacing the animator with your own I recommend that you go through the Unity Learn videos on how the animator works. This will allow you to get up to speed quickly with how the character controller uses the animator.