How to use animator like legacy animation system ?

Hello, I'm actually using a animator for sprite animation but as a programmer I hate it, I would prefer using scripting to define which animation can be played in which condition ... so you'll say : just use the legacy system. But Unity says it is just for backward compatilibty so should I really use it for a new project ?

Then is there a way to use animator without needing to use the animator panel, and just have to call an animation when I want it to be played like "myanimator->Play("manRun")" ?

Thanks in advance.

 

I'm not a programmer so my suggestion might not help - 50/50.

Does animator.crossfade point you in the correct direction for a solution?
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/30_search.html?q=animator.crossfade
https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/30_search.html?q=animation.crossfade

Also consider searching a few years back in the animation forum. There were numerous animation programmers who frequented the sub-thread back a ways.