Mixing mecanim with legacy animation

Hello guys,

I am currently creating an endless runner (subway surf) kind of game. I am using the run mecanim animation without root motion applied for the running effect. Now i want to let my character side jump (just like in subway surfers by swipe) but i do not have any idea how to create this.

My character is fixed in the z-axis and only should move in x (side right/left) and y axis only.

I do not have any side jump animations nor i do not how to make them.

Is it possible to use mecanim animation for the jump/run animations and using at the same time legacy animation to let him move among x/y axis?

Many thanks,

Ilija

 

You can't mix Mecanim and Legacy on the same bones. In your case, here are a couple ideas:

1. Grab some side jumps from Unity's free raw mocap data.

2. Or move side-to-side in script. If you have a forward jump, play it. At the same time, move the character to the side using, for example, CharacterController.Move().

 

It is possible to mix Mecanim and Legacy animation. But you have to update legacy animation state manually.

AnimationState state = animation[animation.clip.name];
state.weight = 1.0f;
state.enabled = true;
state.time = myTime;
animation.Sample();