Question Align aiming with strafe animation

Hello,

I am currently working on a Bow combat system. I have two Animator layers, one for locomotion and the other one handles the upper body aiming. The problem is that my locomotion animations (basically strafe fwd, bwd, left, right) tilt my aim animation so that it does not point forward anymore. I tried various combinations of Avatar Masks and animation baking. However, non worked. The pictures below show my current setup.

Animation Setup
Strafe Left Animation (same setup for aim animation)

Avatar Mask

Problem Illustration
Strafe left


Aiming

Combined (should point forward)


I appreciate your help.

 

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So no solutions to this? Shouldnt this be like a default use-case for Animation Layers?

 

the root's rotation affects the upper body rotation, this is a drawback/sideeffect of using upperbody mask.
might be not noticeable if the hip doesn't sway or swing during the animation.

maybe using root node at feet position (not hip) could remedy this.

 

Any solution to this? I have similar issue with weapon aiming & strafing same time.

 

I believe u need to code Lookat for the spine and possibly head.