Animation Layers, Weights & SubStates - Am I using these correctly?

Hi there!

I try my best to not annoy people on the forums. Forgive me if this has already been clarified somewhere else.

I've got a character set up with a functional Base Layer for locomotion.
I've created a second layer for "Combat" animations, with 2 sub state machines. 1) HandToHand 2)StandardCombat. I'm only working with HandToHand right now.

What I have done is set up a 2 bool toggle system. If HandToHand = True (button hold) & if Fire1 = True (left punch) then animate the mesh.

My scripting works. I see the animator functioning as it should. My combat layer, with a weight set to 1 receives its command via script, animates correctly, BUT it disables my base layer completely, even when the toggle is false.

Now, If I drop the weight to 0 my locomotion layer becomes functional, but the combat layer, while still receiving information from my script, doesn't override the base layer (obviously). I have tried lowering the weight on the combat layer to .5 and .25, but I just get an additive sort of result, despite the animation layer being set to override.

I do not seem to be able to change the weight of the base layer in the editor.

My instinct tells me I have to do something else in my script to have the animator automate weight changes based on events.

Advice?

 

Nevermind. Im an idiot. Solved it with SetLayerWeight(1,1)

Code (CSharp):

1. void HandToHandManagement (bool HandToHand, bool Fire1)
2.     {
3.         if (Input.GetButtonDown ("HandToHand"))
4.         {
5.             anim.SetBool(HandToHandBool, true);
6.             anim.SetLayerWeight(1,1);
7.         }
8.         if (Input.GetButtonDown ("Fire1"))
9.         {
10.         anim.SetBool(Fire1Bool, true);
11.         }
12.    
13.        
14.     }