Proper way to manage multiple timeline ?

In my case, I'm using timeline to create animation for character skill, so I can manage all the collider and effects object in the same timeline. But, because I got multiple skill, I've created multiple playable asset and using script to assigning the Director to play them. But if I do this, I need to manually select the playable asset from "Playable" inspector when I need to edit the others timeline (Because I can't have multiple director component or playable asset) , it still works but doesn't seems like a proper way. (feels like cheating :3 )

Did I miss out somethings important ? Or did I used a overpowered way ? Suggestion would be appreciate. Thanks

 

Ya that sounds more easy to manage, thanks for the suggestion : )

 

Since there is a Timeline selection dropdown I thought you would be able to select all compatible Timelines, but I guess defining compatibility is not easy, so we end up with only one choice possible.




That still seems the ideal place to put other Timeline candidates (think the Animator view where all Animations used at least once in the Animator Controller can be switched to with a dropdown).

I was watching this video:

and there is an ellipse just when the speaker changes Timeline. It looked like he uses a dropdown but now I'm almost sure there is an ellipse because he had to drag and drop the Timeline and it took some time to find the asset in the Project.

That said, I understand the difference between the Animation dropdown, which doesn't change the state of the object (the Animator Controller remains the same) and the Timeline dropdown I suggest, which would change the TImeline reference on the active Playable Director and make it dirty. So I guess using the Playable object picker is the more appropriate way since it shows to the user that the object's state has changed.

However, I still wonder why there is a Timeline dropdown at all, if only one can be selected at a time?

 

Just like @009 I am using timelines for character actions. Orchestrating animations, sounds, effects and also logical events at specific points in time is great this way. But editing a set of a few dozen skills becomes time consuming, because switching between them requires me to find the asset in the project view first. I would love it when the workflow here could be improved.

Individual PlayableDirectors for each skill is not an option for me. The PlayableDirector must be attached to the character, because it is instantiated from a prefab. Selecting the timeline asset in the project view prevents playback. And as @seant_unity says, references cannot be edited this way, because the PlayableDirector holds that state.

As @huulong says, there is a dropdown which could offer this possibility. Currently, you can use it to switch between different PlayableDirectors that are in the scene/prefab. The PlayableDirector already holds a list of PlayableAssets for which it defines bindings. So it should be possible to make those accessible via the dropdown, or am I wrong?

 

Hi, thanks for your reply.
Well, there is only one PlayableDirector, but it will play different timeline assets, using PlayableDirector.Play(PlayableAsset).
I would love to build a custom editor window, that would show all PlayableAssets that the selected PlayableDirector has bindings for. The PlayableDirector does have bindings for all these PlayableAssets. This is serialized as m_SceneBindings and from the respective guids it should be possible to figure out the PlayableAssets. Only I don't know how to access that, otherwise I could help myself. The dropdown in the timeline window unfortunately only offers those that are currently assigned to some PlayableDirector in the scene. But I need those that have configured bindings but are not currently assigned to any PlayableDirector. This would be similar to the Animation window where there is a dropdown with all Animations that are assigned to some state of the Animator.
Does this make sense?

 

Hi,

thank you @seant_unity ! With that information I was able to extend the inspector of PlayableDirector to show all TimelineAssets it has bindings for. Here it goes, works like a charm so far

Code (CSharp):

1. public class PlayableDirectorInspector : UnityEditor.Editor
2. {
3.     private TimelineAsset[] _timelineAssets;
4.  
5.     public override void OnInspectorGUI()
6.     {
7.         base.OnInspectorGUI();
8.         EditorGUILayout.LabelField("Configured Timelines", EditorStyles.boldLabel);
9.         var playableDirector = serializedObject.targetObject as PlayableDirector;
10.         if (playableDirector == null) return;
11.         _timelineAssets = _timelineAssets ?? Resources.FindObjectsOfTypeAll<TimelineAsset>();
12.         TimelineAsset[] configuredTimelines = _timelineAssets
13.             .Where(timelineAsset => timelineAsset.GetOutputTracks()
14.                 .Any(track => playableDirector.GetGenericBinding(track) != null))
15.             .ToArray();
16.  
17.         foreach (TimelineAsset timelineAsset in configuredTimelines)
18.         {
19.             GUILayout.BeginHorizontal();
20.             GUILayout.Space(20);
21.             GUI.enabled = false;
22.             EditorGUILayout.ObjectField(timelineAsset, typeof(TimelineAsset), false);
23.             GUI.enabled = true;
24.             if (GUILayout.Button("Select"))
25.             {
26.                 playableDirector.playableAsset = timelineAsset;
27.                 TimelineEditor.Refresh(RefreshReason.ContentsModified);
28.             }
29.  
30.             GUILayout.EndHorizontal();
31.         }
32.     }
33. }

 

Looks like this and can be used to quickly navigate to the TimelineAsset or select it, which refreshes the Timeline window:

 

Proper way to manage multiple timeline ?
The answer cannot understand for me. Pls anybody show a answer in flow diagram or any video. pls, help me guys

 

unity technologies pls next time upload a videos to give a proper explanation.Because the beginners are very struggle for your explanation.

 

wtf