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Stop Animation from Automatically Playing?

Discussion in 'Animation' started by SprinkledSpooks, Jul 20, 2016.

  1. SprinkledSpooks

    SprinkledSpooks

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    I'm new to animating in Unity and I just recently made my first animation in which a door slides open. However, now this animation plays automatically before I can use a script to trigger the animation. How would I go about disabling the ability for this animation to play automatically?
     
    SprinkledSpooks, Jul 20, 2016
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  2. DavidGeoffroy

    DavidGeoffroy

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    Using the Animator component: create a state with no animation in it, and set that as the default state.

    After that, you can either
    * add a transition between your new empty state and your animation that depends on a trigger parameter
    * call Animator.Crossfade to start your state
     
    DavidGeoffroy, Jul 21, 2016
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  3. MisterSkitz

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    I get what you're saying and this is exactly what I'm looking to do. However, I don't fully grasp adding the parameters. I created a trigger and named it "Start" because I want it to start my animation. However, I don't know how to put this to use.
     
    MisterSkitz, Sep 7, 2018
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  4. AvaSpa

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    This doesn't seam to work. In my case it keeps looping the empty state and doesn't give control to my game logic.
    I have some game logic that translates and rotates my player. And that doesn't run because the empty state keeps looping.
     
    AvaSpa, Jul 15, 2021
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  5. Angad_Basandrai

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    In a script have the animator assigned and use "variablenameforanimator.SetTrigger("Start");"
     
    Angad_Basandrai, Oct 20, 2021
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