Playing animation while moving vertically and horizontally

Hey everyone, i'm trying to play a running animation on my mesh when Input.GetAxis(Horizontal) or Input.GetAxis(Vertical) is true. I watched a Youtube video but they only made the animation play when Input.GetAxis(Vertical) is true, now my animation only plays when the "a" key is pressed. How do i make it so that the animation plays when any of the "wasd" keys are pressed using the animator and scripting?

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4.  
5. public class PlayerMovement : MonoBehaviour {
6.  
7.     //The speed of the player.
8.     public float playerSpeed;
9.  
10.     private float vert;
11.  
12.     public Animator playerAnim;
13.  
14.     void Start ()
15.     {
16.         playerAnim = GetComponent<Animator>();
17.     }
18.  
19.     void Update ()
20.     {
21.         //The movement of the player.
22.         transform.Translate(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * playerSpeed * Time.deltaTime, 0f,
23.             Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * playerSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
24.  
25.         //Plays the "run" animation while the wasd keys are pressed.
26.         vert = Input.GetAxis("Vertical");
27.         playerAnim.SetFloat("run", vert);
28.     }
29. }

 

Your mecanim is probably checking the vert float that you are setting with SetFloat. Just do:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. horizontal = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal");
3.  

Send the horizontal into your mecanim and have your mecanim also do the animation if horizontal changes as well.

 

I don't really understand. Should i make a variable called horizontal? and how do i send it to my mecanim?