Question Can't get Animation Trigger to Activate

My animation will run if I link the animation to Entry in the Animator. With the Default State link however, it never triggers. Here are my animator settings:


My trigger state condition is "StartPinWiper" and i have Has Exit Time turned off. Here is my Animation script:

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PinWiperAnimation : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     Animator myAnimator;
8.     public BallReturn ballReturn;
9.  
10.     void Awake()
11.     {
12.         ballReturn = GetComponent<BallReturn>();
13.     }
14.  
15.     const string SwipePins = "StartPinWiper";
16.  
17.     // Start is called before the first frame up
18.     void Start()
19.     {
20.         myAnimator = GetComponent<Animator>();
21.     }
22.  
23.     public void AnimationStatus()
24.     {
25.             if (ballReturn._ball == 0)
26.             {
27.                 myAnimator.ResetTrigger(SwipePins);
28.             }
29.  
30.             else
31.             {
32.                 myAnimator.SetTrigger(SwipePins);
33.             }
34.     }
35. }

The trigger condition is based on if the ball (_ball) was thrown and collides with the floor and increments by one. Here is what should be calling the AnimationStatus() method and is responsible for the ball increment and status:

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using System.Collections;
3.  
4. public class BallReturn : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.     public int _ball = 0;
7.     bool doUpdate = false;
8.     public PinWiperAnimation pinWiperAnimation;
9.  
10.  
11.     void Awake()
12.     {
13.         pinWiperAnimation = GetComponent<PinWiperAnimation>();
14.     }
15.  
16.     void LateUpdate()
17.     {
18.         if (doUpdate)
19.         {
20.             _ball += 1;
21.             _ball = _ball % 3;
22.             StartCoroutine(DelayUpdate());
23.         }
24.  
25.         doUpdate = false;
26.     }
27.  
28.     public IEnumerator DelayUpdate()
29.     {
30.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(1.5f);
31.         gameObject.SendMessage("UpdateScore", _ball, SendMessageOptions.RequireReceiver);
32.         yield return 0;
33.     }
34.  
35.     void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
36.     {
37.         if (other.gameObject.GetComponent<FixBallSpeed>() != null)
38.         {
39.             doUpdate = true;
40.             other.gameObject.SendMessage("Reset", _ball, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
41.             pinWiperAnimation.AnimationStatus();
42.         }
43.     }
44.  
45.     void ResetFrame()
46.     {
47.         foreach (var v in GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag("pin"))
48.         {
49.             v.SendMessage("ResetPin", (_ball), SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
50.         }
51.         _ball = 0;
52.     }
53. }

It does hit pinWiperAnimation.AnimationStatus(); but the animation does not start. I tried taking out the conditional logic and just had "myAnimator.SetTrigger(SwipePins);" but that did not work either. I made sure the script is attached and the _ball definitely increments and resets properly so i don't know what I am missing.



Edit:

So in the Animation script made a change, I tried doing the following:

Code (CSharp):

1.   void FixedUpdate()
2.     {
3.         if (ballReturn._ball != 0)
4.         {
5.             myAnimator.SetTrigger(PinWiper);
6.         }
7.  
8.     }

Now this still doesn't work correctly, but it helped me understand where the problem is. The variable _ball is not being updated in this script. If I change the bool to _ball != 1 the animation starts. So the question why doesn't the update method grab the _ball variables value as it changes? im 100% sure _ball increments...

 

Hi Marek,

Could you look at my edit? I think i have identified the issue but am unsure how to fix it.