Question GetCurrentAnimatorClipInfo when in transition- can't retrieve the proper state

I want to get the state that the animation is going into, not the one it's transitioning from. If I wait a few frames to post-transition then try to retrieve the state I can get the result I want but I want to get it at the very start.

According to the documentation GetNextAnimatorClipInfo should be able to help with that but it doesn't work at all on the first frame at all and gives me an OutOfIndex error.

Anybody?

Thanks

 

Use GetNextAnimatorStateInfo

 

Sorry but that seems to produce the same results

 

Calling Play, CrossFade, SetTrigger, etc. won't actually start a transition or go to the next state until the next frame.

SetTrigger and other parameter based transitions could take even longer than that to start the transition if there are other conditions preventing it.

Those delays are just things you have to deal with if you use Animator Controllers.

 

This is how I use AnimatorStateInfo to check if I am in a given animation or not:

Code (CSharp):

1. var nextAnimState = m_animator.GetNextAnimatorStateInfo(entry.Key);
2. if (nextAnimState.shortNameHash == entry.Value && nextAnimState.normalizedTime > 0) return true;
3.  
4. bool hasStartedTransitionToAnotherState = nextAnimState.shortNameHash != entry.Value && nextAnimState.normalizedTime > 0;
5. if (hasStartedTransitionToAnotherState == false && m_animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(entry.Key).shortNameHash == entry.Value) return true;

entry is a KeyValue<int, int> which holds the animation layer and the animation short name.

About timings: I use the functionality inside of OnAnimatorIK but I guess using it in LateUpdate should be fine too.
For me this solution was absolutely sufficient for my use-cases.