How can i activate an animation when a button is pressed?

So im making a script wherein if a object is collided with the player, the player does a new animation,



then i want to do if the first condition is fufilled if a button is pressed then the animation plays, ive got the code down generally

Code (csharp):

1.  
2.  
3. private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
4. {
5. if (other.gameObject.name == "Player" && (Input.GetKey("l")))
6. {
7. myanim.SetBool("coll", true);
8.  
9.  

How do i make it so if the game object collides and then later if L is pressed then play the animation?

 

Code (CSharp):

1.     public GameObject player;
2.  
3.     private bool hasCollided = false;
4.  
5.     void Update ()
6.     {
7.         if (hasCollided && Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.L))
8.         {
9.             player.GetComponent<Animator>().SetBool("coll", true);
10.         }
11.     }
12.  
13.     private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other)
14.      {
15.         if (other.gameObject.name == "Player")
16.         {
17.             hasCollided = true;
18.         }
19.     }

Also, "GetKey" is triggered if the user holds down the key. "GetKeyDown" is triggered when the user starts pressing down the key.

Edit: Remember to drag your player object onto the empty gameobject field in the inspector.

 

Thank you!

 

Your welcome

 

Sorry, but it doesnt work, it triggers on scene playing, do you know how to fix it?

 

Sorry, what do you mean?

 

Check your animation state machine, you probably transition from "Entry".
https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/Animator.html

 

The animation isnt linked to entry. I put a debug.log when i collide, but that doesnt show up, the animation just loops
Continually. I dunno how to stop this

 

Which animation has the problem?

 

On the left hand side, is your "coll" bool checked in this window?
Also check your transitions if you set them up correctly.

 

oh wait, i figured it out, so i set transitions between then using coll as the variable, so now it works when i press the button, but it wont stop?

 

Is looping unchecked on the animation?

Edit: In the code, after the button has been pressed set the bool "hasCollided" back to false. Try that.

 

yup that did it, should've figured that... Thank you again. if this was reddit i'd gild you or something

 

Great! Your welcome