Animating humanoid model with muscles

Hey community,
I already asked this question in 'Scripting', but I think it was the wrong forum i guess. Also I think it was a bit unclear what I am trying to achieve.
I am currently trying my luck with Unity and I kinda like it.
I've created an humanoid model with a rig and an animation attached with blender.
I've imported my model to a Unity scene and it works to move and look around (Controlled by the Standard FirstPersonController). Also my Animation (which just raises the hands) works without problems.
Now i want to move fingers when the user presses some keys on the Keyboard (e.q. close the index finger when pressing 'F' on the keyboard). I tried that by using the HumanPoseHandler with a humanPose, but it's not working.

Code (CSharp):

1.         private Animator m_Animator;
2.         private bool m_ShowHands = false;
3.         private bool m_UnshowHands = false;
4.  
5.         private bool m_MoveFingers = false;
6.  
7.         private HumanPose humanPose;
8.         private HumanPoseHandler humanPoseHandler;

Code (CSharp):

1.         // Use this for initialization
2.         private void Start()
3.         {
4.             m_Animator = GetComponentInChildren<Animator>();
5.             humanPose = new HumanPose();
6.             humanPoseHandler = new HumanPoseHandler(m_Animator.avatar, transform);
7.             humanPoseHandler.GetHumanPose(ref humanPose);
8. // some other stuff follows here from the FirstPersonController
9. }

In FixedUpdate I get the userinput, which works fine.
Now, I heard that my animations might get overwritten from my animationcontroller, thats why I've put my script in 'LateUpdate', which should move my index finger

Code (CSharp):

1.         private void LateUpdate()
2.         {
3.             if (m_MoveFingers)
4.             {
5.                Debug.Log("manipulate indexfinger-right");
6.                 humanPoseHandler.GetHumanPose(ref humanPose);
7.  
8.              
9.                 humanPose.muscles[79] = -40f;
10.                 humanPose.muscles[80] = -40f;
11.                 humanPose.muscles[81] = -40f;
12.                 humanPose.muscles[82] = -40f;
13.  
14.                 humanPoseHandler.SetHumanPose(ref humanPose);
15.             }
16.         }

But when I set m_MoveFingers to true, nothing happens. The Debug.Log is called, but the model won't move. I removed the Controller from the Animator, but it still doesn't move. When I set m_MoveFingers to true again, the values are reset and not -40f.
My AnimatorController attached to the model is the one which comes with the ThirdPersonController Standard Asset.

I am kinda lost right now and not sure how I can fix this. I haven't created an animation which moves the finger, I simply want to move the fingers with the muscles. I am not sure if thats possible. So my goal is to manipulate the bones of my model by manipulating the muscles.

I appreciate every help. Thank you in advance.

 

Consider setting the rig to generic rather than humanoid. I think this will solve the issues you are encountering.

 

Thanks for your answer. I need the rig to be human to use the avatar. So I think it's no option to set the rig to generic.
I just found out that if I am not using a Runtime Animator Controller, it works to manipulate the rig by muscles. Setting the Controller to null before manipulating the muscles also works. So I think the controller is overwriting the pose. Can't i freeze the animation which puts the hands in front of the face and then move the fingers?
Is there a better way to manipulate the model? I need it to be precise, because it should basically represent the finger movements of a real person.

//Edit
I found a way to "freeze" the animation. I get the current humanPose from the humanPoseHandler and save it in an object. Now i remove the animatorcontroller and set humanPose again. When I manipulate the muscles now, it works!

humanPoseHandler = new HumanPoseHandler(m_Animator.avatar, transform);
humanPoseHandler.GetHumanPose(ref humanPose);
m_Animator.runtimeAnimatorController = null;
humanPoseHandler.SetHumanPose(ref humanPose);

But now the model falls through the floor plane and I don't know why.

 

Humanoid rig is (mostly) for externally created animations, from my experience. You might find a solution with the built in IK solution for mecanim, but I don't know if it will work on fingers.
What purpose do you need for the avatar? The avatar is mostly needed for retargeting and masking of joints from animations?

Sorry - I'm a animator not a programmer - so the info provided in the first post is kind of mystical.
If you are creating the animations via code - what purpose does humanoid rig and avatar serve?