Question Jump Animation breaks when turning my player into a prefab

I'm currently working on a 2D Platformer in Unity. I followed along Brackeys Tutorials (will post links below) and everything works like intended, except when I turn my Player Object into a prefab. Then suddenly my Jump Animation breaks for some reason. Does anyone know a solution for this problem, because im not sure whether it's a programming problem or a unity related issue.

Tutorials I used:

#1

#2

Bugged Animation video:

The left player character in the video is the prefab with the bugged animation.

Would be really awesome if someone can help me

This is my PlayerMovement.cs

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     public CharacterController2D controller;
8.  
9.     float horizontalMove = 0f;
10.  
11.     public float runSpeed = 40f;
12.     bool jump = false;
13.     bool crouch = false;
14.     public Animator animator;
15.  
16.  
17.     public float coyoteTime = 0.2f;
18.     public float coyoteTimeCounter = 0;
19.  
20.     public float jumpBufferTime = 0.2f;
21.     public float jumpBufferCounter;
22.  
23.     // Update is called once per frame
24.     void Update()
25.     {
26.         horizontalMove = Input.GetAxisRaw("Horizontal") * runSpeed;
27.  
28.         animator.SetFloat("Speed", Mathf.Abs(horizontalMove));
29.  
30.         if (controller.m_Grounded)
31.         {
32.             coyoteTimeCounter = coyoteTime;
33.         }
34.         else
35.         {
36.             coyoteTimeCounter -= Time.deltaTime;
37.         }
38.  
39.         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Jump"))
40.         {
41.             jump = true;
42.             animator.SetBool("IsJumping", true);
43.             jumpBufferCounter = jumpBufferTime;
44.         }
45.         else
46.         {
47.             jumpBufferCounter -= Time.deltaTime;
48.         }
49.  
50.         if (Input.GetButtonUp("Jump"))
51.         {
52.             coyoteTimeCounter = 0f;
53.         }
54.  
55.         if (Input.GetButtonDown("Crouch"))
56.         {
57.             crouch = true;
58.         }
59.         else if (Input.GetButtonUp("Crouch"))
60.         {
61.             crouch = false;
62.         }
63.     }
64.  
65.     public void OnLanding()
66.     {
67.         animator.SetBool("IsJumping", false);
68.     }
69.  
70.     public void OnCrouching(bool isCrouching)
71.     {
72.         animator.SetBool("IsCrouching", isCrouching);
73.     }
74.  
75.     private void FixedUpdate()
76.     {
77.         controller.Move(horizontalMove * Time.fixedDeltaTime, crouch, jump, jumpBufferCounter);
78.         jump = false;
79.     }
80. }

and this is my CharacterController2D.cs

Code (CSharp):

1. using Unity.VisualScripting;
2. using UnityEngine;
3. using UnityEngine.Events;
4.  
5. public class CharacterController2D : MonoBehaviour
6. {
7.     [SerializeField] private float m_JumpForce = 400f;                          // Amount of force added when the player jumps.
8.     [Range(0, 1)] [SerializeField] private float m_CrouchSpeed = .36f;          // Amount of maxSpeed applied to crouching movement. 1 = 100%
9.     [Range(0, .3f)] [SerializeField] private float m_MovementSmoothing = .05f;  // How much to smooth out the movement
10.     [SerializeField] private bool m_AirControl = false;                         // Whether or not a player can steer while jumping;
11.     [SerializeField] private LayerMask m_WhatIsGround;                          // A mask determining what is ground to the character
12.     [SerializeField] private Transform m_GroundCheck;                           // A position marking where to check if the player is grounded.
13.     [SerializeField] private Transform m_CeilingCheck;                          // A position marking where to check for ceilings
14.     [SerializeField] private Collider2D m_CrouchDisableCollider;                // A collider that will be disabled when crouching
15.  
16.     const float k_GroundedRadius = .2f; // Radius of the overlap circle to determine if grounded
17.     public bool m_Grounded;            // Whether or not the player is grounded.
18.     const float k_CeilingRadius = .2f; // Radius of the overlap circle to determine if the player can stand up
19.     private Rigidbody2D m_Rigidbody2D;
20.     private bool m_FacingRight = true;  // For determining which way the player is currently facing.
21.     private Vector3 m_Velocity = Vector3.zero;
22.     private PlayerMovement player;
23.  
24.  
25.     [Header("Events")]
26.     [Space]
27.  
28.     public UnityEvent OnLandEvent;
29.  
30.     [System.Serializable]
31.     public class BoolEvent : UnityEvent<bool> { }
32.  
33.     public BoolEvent OnCrouchEvent;
34.     private bool m_wasCrouching = false;
35.  
36.     private void Awake()
37.     {
38.         m_Rigidbody2D = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
39.         player = GetComponent<PlayerMovement>();
40.  
41.         if (OnLandEvent == null)
42.             OnLandEvent = new UnityEvent();
43.  
44.         if (OnCrouchEvent == null)
45.             OnCrouchEvent = new BoolEvent();
46.     }
47.  
48.     private void FixedUpdate()
49.     {
50.         bool wasGrounded = m_Grounded;
51.         m_Grounded = false;
52.  
53.         // The player is grounded if a circlecast to the groundcheck position hits anything designated as ground
54.         // This can be done using layers instead but Sample Assets will not overwrite your project settings.
55.         Collider2D[] colliders = Physics2D.OverlapCircleAll(m_GroundCheck.position, k_GroundedRadius, m_WhatIsGround);
56.         for (int i = 0; i < colliders.Length; i++)
57.         {
58.             if (colliders[i].gameObject != gameObject)
59.             {
60.                 m_Grounded = true;
61.                 if (!wasGrounded)
62.                     OnLandEvent.Invoke();
63.             }
64.         }
65.     }
66.  
67.     private void OnTriggerStay2D(Collider2D other)
68.     {
69.         if (other.CompareTag("Water"))
70.         {
71.             m_Grounded = true;
72.             m_JumpForce = m_JumpForce = 800;
73.             m_Rigidbody2D.gravityScale = 0.8f;
74.         }
75.     }
76.  
77.  
78.     private void OnTriggerExit2D(Collider2D other)
79.     {
80.         if (other.CompareTag("Water"))
81.         {
82.             m_Rigidbody2D.gravityScale = 3f;
83.             m_JumpForce = 800;
84.         }
85.     }
86.  
87.     public void Move(float move, bool crouch, bool jump, float jumpBufferTimer)
88.     {
89.         // If crouching, check to see if the character can stand up
90.         if (!crouch)
91.         {
92.             // If the character has a ceiling preventing them from standing up, keep them crouching
93.             if (Physics2D.OverlapCircle(m_CeilingCheck.position, k_CeilingRadius, m_WhatIsGround))
94.             {
95.                 crouch = true;
96.             }
97.         }
98.  
99.         //only control the player if grounded or airControl is turned on
100.         if (m_Grounded || m_AirControl)
101.         {
102.  
103.             // If crouching
104.             if (crouch)
105.             {
106.                 if (!m_wasCrouching)
107.                 {
108.                     m_wasCrouching = true;
109.                     OnCrouchEvent.Invoke(true);
110.                 }
111.  
112.                 // Reduce the speed by the crouchSpeed multiplier
113.                 move *= m_CrouchSpeed;
114.  
115.                 // Disable one of the colliders when crouching
116.                 if (m_CrouchDisableCollider != null)
117.                     m_CrouchDisableCollider.enabled = false;
118.             } else
119.             {
120.                 // Enable the collider when not crouching
121.                 if (m_CrouchDisableCollider != null)
122.                     m_CrouchDisableCollider.enabled = true;
123.  
124.                 if (m_wasCrouching)
125.                 {
126.                     m_wasCrouching = false;
127.                     OnCrouchEvent.Invoke(false);
128.                 }
129.             }
130.  
131.             // Move the character by finding the target velocity
132.             Vector3 targetVelocity = new Vector2(move * 10f, m_Rigidbody2D.velocity.y);
133.             // And then smoothing it out and applying it to the character
134.             m_Rigidbody2D.velocity = Vector3.SmoothDamp(m_Rigidbody2D.velocity, targetVelocity, ref m_Velocity, m_MovementSmoothing);
135.  
136.             // If the input is moving the player right and the player is facing left...
137.             if (move > 0 && !m_FacingRight)
138.             {
139.                 // ... flip the player.
140.                 Flip();
141.             }
142.             // Otherwise if the input is moving the player left and the player is facing right...
143.             else if (move < 0 && m_FacingRight)
144.             {
145.                 // ... flip the player.
146.                 Flip();
147.             }
148.         }
149.         // If the player should jump...
150.         if (player.coyoteTimeCounter > 0f && jumpBufferTimer > 0f)
151.         {
152.             // Add a vertical force to the player.
153.             m_Grounded = false;
154.             m_Rigidbody2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0f, m_JumpForce));
155.             player.jumpBufferCounter = 0f;
156.         }
157.     }
158.  
159.  
160.     private void Flip()
161.     {
162.         // Switch the way the player is labelled as facing.
163.         m_FacingRight = !m_FacingRight;
164.  
165.         // Multiply the player's x local scale by -1.
166.         Vector3 theScale = transform.localScale;
167.         theScale.x *= -1;
168.         transform.localScale = theScale;
169.     }
170. }

Kind Regards,

Jean-Pierre

 

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