Stopping an animation on a specific frame?

So I'm making a 2D game where you walk around like in pokemon for GB or Lengend of zelda LTTP. In my animations for walking I have on in the middle of the cycle where the character is standing still. I want to code it so when the directional key is released the current walking animation stops on that particular frame. I have done searches on this but people just gave a function to use with out explaining how to, and the documentation on that function didn't go into it either so I'm stuck.
Any ideas?

 

Give your animation clip a multiplier value that is controlled through script via an animation float variable (see Animator.SetFloat).

Setting this value to 1 will make the animation play at normal speed, and 0 will make it pause. Just switch between these two values when the player is moving and not moving.

You can use this value in other ways as well:

• A value between 0 and 1 will make the animation play slower.
• A value greater than 1 will make the animation play faster.
• A value less than 0 will reverse the animation.
• A value of -1 will make the animation play reversed at regular speed.
• Etc...

 

Thanks but I don't see how that makes the animation freeze on a particular frame though?
I need it to stop on the one where the character's arms and legs are at their sides like they are standing.

 

Ah my mistake. In this case, you can just make this one frame it's own animation clip and transition to it when the character stops moving.

There's possibly a better way of doing this, but I haven't experimented with this circumstance.

 

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/animeditor-AnimationEvents.html

 

Alright thanks both of you

 

Okay so I looked into Vakabaka's answer and To me it seems like the animation events in Unreal engine, in that you can make it so when a character's walking animation reaching a point where a puff of dust appears. However the Documentation doesn't make it clear enough to me that you can revert the animation to a specific frame when a variable activates.

@Vryken2 I tried your idea, but you can't make a single sprite into an animation, so how would I do what you suggested?

 

Code (CSharp):

1.     Animator animator;
2.  
3.     private void Start()
4.     {
5.         animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
6.     }
7.     public void StopAnimation ()
8.     {
9.         animator.speed = 0;
10.     }

then on the needed frame add an event and choose the StopAnimation function on it. In this public funktion you can do something with your animation.

sorry i misunderstood you, if you will stop animation by input keys, then get the animator component and stop animation with the c#. This will be allmost the same. Just call the animator in the c# script at needed time and do what is needed.

Code (CSharp):

1. Animator animator;
2.  
3.     private void Start()
4.     {
5.         animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
6.        
7.     }
8.     public void Update ()
9.     {
10.         Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.RightArrow)
11.         {
12.             animator.speed = 0;
13.         }
14.     }

 

I still don't see how that helps me stop the animation on the frame where the player is just standing there with their feet together

 

• Select your character and have the Animator window open.
• From the Animation window, click the option to create a new animation.
• Make this new animation one frame long and just display the one sprite you want.
• Add transitions between this animation and your walking animation, and make the transitions occur when the character starts/stops moving.

 

make 2 animationclip in animation windows. walk and stand..
fill walk animation with walking sprite set and stand clip with any standing sprite..
call animator.play("walk") when you start walking and call animator.play("stand") when you stop walking...
also you can use animatiom event to generate smoke on certain frame on walking

 

I spent a week trying to figure this out last year to no avail, you are an absolute life saver.

 

I know this is old but can you not set the animation speed to 0 then

Code (CSharp):

1. Animator myAnim;
2. myAnim.Play("animationName", 0, specificFrame/(float)totalAnimationFrames);

With this approach you will first need to find out the total frames count of your animation clip though. Didn't test this either, but that's what I would do if I want to stop an animation at a specific frame.