Frames with no sprite visible

Hi,

So I follow a tutorial, create an animation, drag 8 sprites into the animation window. When I step through the animation certain keyframes have no sprite associated with them. This results in a flashing effect when the animation plays....

 

@indy2005

"So I follow a tutorial, create an animation, drag 8 sprites into the animation window. When I step through the animation certain keyframes have no sprite associated with them."

What tutorial? Also how does your sprites look in animation clip? Now I only see dots. You provide pretty much no other info other than you have key frames at those frames. Maybe you assigned incorrect sprite to some key frames.

 

It was to do with the z-order. For some reasons it decided to put a few frames below another object...

 

yep those dots are a dagger sprite, visible in the animation window - evaporating in the scene preview of the animator

 

@indy2005

"It was to do with the z-order. For some reasons it decided to put a few frames below another object..."

I guess then you should set the sprite sorting order, otherwise your elements might render in random order, not in order you expect.

Here is an overview of Unity's 2d sorting:
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/2DSorting.html