localScale is not working at the runtime after applying the Animator component

I apply an animator component to my Game Object. After that when I play the game, I try to change the localScale of the game object but it doesn't work.



Here is my code to change the game object's localScale according to its direction on the x coordinate.

Code (CSharp):

1. private Rigidbody2D rb;
2. private Vector3 direction;
3. private Animator anim;
4. private bool isLookingRight;
5.  
6. void Start()
7. {
8.     rb = GetComponent<Rigidbody2D>();
9.     anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
10.     isLookingRight = false;
11. }
12.  
13. private void FixedUpdate()
14. {
15.     float horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
16.     TurnDirection(horizontal);
17. }
18.  
19. // turns the player towards to movement direction
20. private void TurnDirection(float horizontal)
21. {
22.     if (horizontal > 0 && !isLookingRight || horizontal < 0 && isLookingRight)
23.     {
24.         isLookingRight = !isLookingRight;
25.         direction = transform.localScale;
26.         direction.x *= -1;
27.         transform.localScale = direction;
28.     }
29. }

It worked well before applying the animation to the Game Object. I can't change the scale of the Game Object even manually on the inspector while playing the game.

 

That's normal, the animator is driving it now. You can either move your visuals to a child GameObject in the hierarchy and scale that, or from what I'm seeing in your code, try using the flipX property of the SpriteRenderer instead of messing with scales: https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/SpriteRenderer-flipX.html

 

Here is my GameObject Hierarchy:
https://ibb.co/Prn5mrN


Here is my GameObject Inspector:
https://ibb.co/wyMhGW0