Question How to sync vfx to specific attack animator (ARPG)

UNITY Version 2022.3.27f1 LTS

before starting I'll first attach the instructional video I used

Combat

Vfx

i want to know how to sync Slash vfx to Attack 1 , Attack 2 , Attack 3 animator

play Slash vfx when Attack 1 (or 2 3) play , not just KeyMouse0 respectively play Attack 1 and Slash vfx





Maybe there is some related script that I use

Attack Control

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using UnityEngine;



public class AttackControl : MonoBehaviour

{

    private Animator anim;

    private void Awake()

    {

        anim = GetComponent<Animator>();

    }



    private void Update()

    {

        if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0))

        {

            anim.SetTrigger("Attack");

        }

    }

}

SlashTest

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using UnityEngine;



public class SlashTester : MonoBehaviour

{

    public Animator anim;

    public List<Slash> slashes;



    private bool attacking;



    // Start is called before the first frame update

    void Start()

    {

        DisableSlashes();

    }



    // Update is called once per frame

    void Update()

    {

        if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Mouse0) && !attacking)

        {

            attacking = true;

            anim.SetTrigger("Attack");

            StartCoroutine(SlashAttack());

        }

    }



    IEnumerator SlashAttack()

    {

        for (int i = 0; i < slashes.Count; i++)

        {

            yield return new WaitForSeconds(slashes[i].delay);

            slashes[i].slashObj.SetActive(true);

        }



        yield return new WaitForSeconds(1);

        DisableSlashes();

        attacking = false;

    }



    void DisableSlashes()

    {

        for (int i = 0; i < slashes.Count; i++)

            slashes[i].slashObj.SetActive(false);

    }

}



[System.Serializable]



public class Slash

{

    public GameObject slashObj;

    public float delay;

}

 

So normally, you could use animation events to set a slash active during a certain part of the animation. This is the easiest and most accessible method to you. This method is limited as you can't really preview how the vfx will look until you play test the game.

 

Now I have another problem...

I successfully applied vfx to three attacks animation event

and create new two vfx (slash2 , slash3)


But these three attacks (attack1 , attack2 , attack3) only use slash1

like this
【attack1 <- slash1】
【attack2 <- slash1】
【attack3 <- slash1】

but i want
【attack1 <- slash1】
【attack2 <- slash2】
【attack3 <- slash3】

how can i do this in script? (or event?)



Slash Tester2

using System.Collections;

using System.Collections.Generic;

using UnityEngine;

using UnityEngine.Experimental.VFX;

using UnityEngine.VFX;



public class SlashTester2 : MonoBehaviour

{

    public VisualEffect slashObj;



    public void EnableSlash(int isEnable)

    {



        if (isEnable == 1)

        {

            slashObj.Play();

        }

    }

}

 

Change your script a bit and you'll have it.
Change

public VisualEffect slashObj;

to

public VisualEffect[] slashObj;

. This changes it to an array where you can define multiple slashes. Now in your EnableSlash event, you can use that int to instead get rid of the if statement and say

slashObj[isEnable].Play();

. This way you can can enable any slash you want from a single method.

It's a little.much to take in for someone new. Just make sure to look up arrays if you get confused as to why it works this way. You could also define them in a list but I think you should go one step at a time.