Animation: Framebased to Time based

I am just trying to figure out how Unity converts keyframed animations to time based. If I set the framerate to say, 15fps and then keyframe based on that frame rate, does Unity automatically play it back so that, say, a key set at frame 30 will play two seconds after the animation was started?

thanks,
Richard.

 

This is a bit OT for Unity - but does anyone know how to rename the animation clips that Unity imports from Maya?

thanks,
Richard.

 

I couldn't get this to work. I created an animation clip (which was easy to rename). I also checked the objects animation was using the clip (by changing some of the keys). The clip was called "doorHingeGCh" but in Unity it still appeared to be called "Take 001".

I could easily rename AnimationClips that were created in Unity, but I couldn't rename the Maya ones - I guess that makes sense.

Anyhow, this is only a minor issue - just trying to grips with Unity's animation system.

thanks,
Richard.

 

Great!

thanks,
Richard.

 

OK - tried this and it certainly works - thanks. So at the moment if I want to create different named animation clips with Maya I have to do it with different files ie. at the moment only one, different-named-clip per .mb file?

cheers,
Richard.

PS I should add that if I animate different transform Locators then in Unity I do see one animation per Locator however, they all have the same name.

 

Another thing (sorry to be a bother). If I create a cylinder in Unity and add an Animation component to it, then drag the Maya created AnimationClip on to the cylinders animation clip field in the inspector, the cylinder does follow the animation (the Animation is set to "Play Automatically") . The clip is just a rotation about the y-axis and does work on the Maya object. From this I deduce that AnimationClips aren't really independent, but, at least for Maya animations, are tied to the Maya object?

many thanks,
Richard.

 

Ok - if I repeat your steps all works well - thanks!

However, the original clip I created still didn't work. I think I know what the problem is: If the keyframing is done done to an object which is not the root of the hierarchy (in Maya) then the clip doesn't play when remapped. I tested this on a very simple scene - I'll file a bug report shortly.

In case other users are interested, this was part of the door opening test scene. http://otee.dk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=334. Clicking on the doorhandle opens and closes the door. Thinking of this as a two state machine here is a simple script that switches animations with each click on the object:

Code (csharp):

1.  using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. //*************************************************
5. public class switchStates : MonoBehaviour {
6. //*************************************************
7.  
8. public AnimationClip firstClip, secondClip;  
9.  
10. private  int currentState;
11. private  enum state : int {
12.     FIRST,
13.     SECOND,  
14. }  
15.  
16.  
17. //--------------------------------------------------
18. void Awake () {
19. //--------------------------------------------------
20.           currentState = (int) state.FIRST;
21. }
22.    
23.  
24. //--------------------------------------------------
25.  void OnMouseDown () {
26. //--------------------------------------------------
27.  
28.     switch(currentState){
29.        
30.         case (int) state.FIRST:
31.             animation.clip =  firstClip;
32.             animation.Play ();
33.             currentState = (int) state.SECOND;
34.         break;
35.         case (int) state.SECOND:
36.               animation.clip =  secondClip;
37.               animation.Play ();
38.               currentState = (int) state.FIRST;
39.         break;
40.     }    
41.          
42.  
43. }
44.    
45. }  
46.  

thanks again,
Richard.