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player position is not the same as timeline

Discussion in 'Timeline' started by bsdzhu, May 10, 2018.

  1. bsdzhu

    bsdzhu

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    hi all, here is my question:

    my player is controlled by animator, and 'Apply Root Motion' is checked.
    in 'game mode', if i press 'a', player will go forward and touch trigger (the white cube), which leads to timeline playing.

    then i expect:
    player turns left and continues moving

    but the result is: player position is not the same as timeline key frames, i hope that play transfers to the exact position she is keyed in timeline.

    if you can switch to editor mode, drag time slider, what you see is what i expect.

    how can i get expected result in game mode?
    thank you for viewing my post.
     

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    bsdzhu, May 10, 2018
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  2. JakubSmaga

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    This is a known bug, fixed in 2018.3.
     
    JakubSmaga, May 10, 2018
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  3. seant_unity

    seant_unity

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    If you remove the controller, the timeline should play back the same in editor/playmode. The controller causes the character to start relative, not in absolute position.
     
    seant_unity, May 10, 2018
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  4. bsdzhu

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    thank you.
    i went to homepage of unity, and found latest version is 2018.1.
    i will try that out when 2018.3 is available.
     
    bsdzhu, May 14, 2018
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  5. bsdzhu

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    unfortunately our player has her own complicated state and needs animator controller.
    also in our game, player will enter trigger in arbitrary angle. we want our player blend from trigger-entering point to timeline start point.

    later i will try to dynamically assign a track offset, or blend character with code before timeline playing.

    Thank you.
     
    bsdzhu, May 14, 2018
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  6. seant_unity

    seant_unity

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    Unfortunately if the animator has a controller and root motion flag enabled, it's difficult to make the character go to a fixed position/orientation, especially through blending because all motion is applied as deltas.

    Depending on the use case, you may consider temporarily disabling root motion or temporarily removing the controller.

    This is exactly the type of thing we are fixing in 2018.3. The goal is to let timeline dictate how/where the track plays back, yet still work with state machines.
     
    seant_unity, May 14, 2018
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  7. bsdzhu

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    Thank you four your kind explanation.:)
     
    bsdzhu, May 16, 2018
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