State Designer

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Use the State Designer integration when a behavior tree should start, stop, inspect, or exchange variables with a finite state machine without duplicating that state logic as tree branches.

Install the integration

  1. Download the current State Designer integration from Opsive Downloads.
  2. Import BehaviorDesignerStateDesigner.unitypackage.
  3. Confirm Start State Machine appears in the Task List.

What the integration adds

  • Behavior Designer Pro tasks: Start State Machine, Stop State Machine, Is State Machine Active, Compare State Machine Status, Synchronize State Machine Variables.
  • State Designer nodes: Start Behavior Tree, Stop Behavior Tree, Is Behavior Tree Active, Compare Behavior Tree Status, Synchronize Behavior Tree Variables.

Build a first workflow

  1. Put a State Machine component on the object that owns a short interaction or animation flow.
  2. Add Start State Machine to the behavior tree and assign that State Machine.
  3. Use Compare State Machine Status or Is State Machine Active before the next decision branch.
  4. Add Synchronize State Machine Variables only for values that genuinely cross the graph boundary.
  5. Stop or resume the state machine deliberately when the behavior branch is aborted.