Timeline - Available in Unity 2017.1

First i would set the scene objects or whatever you want to animate inside the timeline with default state, be position, or some values in a script, but unchecking the preview button on the top left corner of the timeline window. Once you hafe the default state for the scene objects, you can start edditing the timeline. This is some kind of standard process on every timeline based workflow.

 

Thanks very much, I'll give it a go at work tomorrow.

 

hi

I try to delete timeline track.

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TimelineAsset _timeline = timeline;
int count = _timeline.outputTrackCount;
TrackAsset ta = _timeline.GetOutputTrack (count - 1); // this track is ControlTrack
_timeline.DeleteTrack (ta);
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I succeed in timeline track elimination.
The following error goes out.

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MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'ControlTrack' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it.
Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object.
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Please tell me how it can be settled.

 

Sorry if I've missed something. How do I set the frame without playing the Timeline?

I have a Timeline that animates Material properties on a trigger hit. The problem is that Material properties don't revert to defaults at the end of the scene play.
I tried calling playableDirector.time = 0 in my Start() but while that moves the scrubber head in the Timeline editor window, it doesn't actually change any of the objects.

 

I've got a disabled GameObject which is turned on briefly using an Animation Track. This all works perfectly while scrubbing the timeline in the editor...but in Play mode, when the timeline completes it turns the GameObject (which was off at the end of the sequence) back on. How do I make it stay off?

 

Click on the activation track -> inspector -> change the 'Post-playback state'

 

THANK YOU!

 

Hi Team,
1. Is there any way to get curves(Infinite clips https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/TimelineCurvesView.html) at runtime on
OnBehaviourPause?
By the way we heavily adopted timeline in our project. Thanks!

 

Hello! Do you plan to make Playmode Timeline Realtime recording? See image example

And in a second question, it can be really useful to have a 3D path with handles to manage animation in Timeline.
It can be a solid feature for Unity! See example on my second image

 

For the first one you might try this: https://forum.unity.com/threads/feedbacks-for-experimental-feature-gameobjectrecorder-2017-1.467852/

 

Thanks JacobSmaga I saw this feature before my post, it's seams to be a partial solution.
I think with the Timeline realtime record system, it will be way more accurate recording and easy to use with immediate playback.
Some features can be linked too like a game controller...

 

Does this support spawning objects at specific times using instantiate????

 

I'm trying to find a way to spawn my AR environment/AR objects after floor detection has been tracking for lets say 5 to ten seconds

 

Ah, yes, that would be great, I thought timeline had this from day 1...

 

Does this work with blendshapes?

 

Timeline play button (while not playing game) is not working.
No errors in console (I updated Cinemachine to 2.1 RC).

 

Hi
If I want to reference Time line assembly inside a c# project (that will build a dll itself and this dll is not editor one) which version should i reference (there are 3 folders with dll files in it) ?
there is an editor folder (obviously for those dll projects that has unityEditor reference) but there are two more one called Runtime and one called RuntimeEditor, which one of these two should i reference? (My project won't reference UnityEditor.dll)
another question is when i would develop a project with UnityEditor in it, again should i choose the one under the editor folder or runtimeEditor one?

sorry but the lack of information about the difference between these three files are a little troublesome.

 

Hello! This seems like a real simple question, and I could have sworn I figured out how to do this when first fiddling with Timeline, but... How do I disable objects via an activation track? The only choice of clip I can add to an Activation track is "Active." But I thought there was a way to add an "Inactive." At the very start of this thread I see this:

So I'd like to disable the object.

I do see the track has "post-playback state" options that include inactive, but that's not what I'm looking for.

Looking to add a key that deactivates the object from within the track.

Any suggestions? Thanks!

 

Aha, looking at it further, it seems that just adding an activation track but not adding an activation key (and deleting the activation key that gets added automatically) make the object go away. No obvious, to me at least, but elegantly simple.

 

Click on the clip and you can set active/ inactive/ etc in the inspector

 

mark

 

Where can i download Timeline for my Unity 5.6.3p2 ?
It was there earlier. What happened?

 

It seems that int fields can't be keyed on Timeline. Is there a good reason for this? We have custom components with int fields that need to be animated in Timeline.

 

Please make some documentation that clearly specifies the shortcomings of the current timeline system in regards to what has been promised in all of the videos.

Currently there is no way to tell that this is a LLAPI, a HLAPI is coming, that playable and timeline are related (even the same thing, timeline plays playables).

But above all, remove the videos that say timeline is effortless and time saving to integrate. Currently a wizard is needed just to get the things to generate properly.

4 scripts plus an asset just to get something as simple as a basic playable in the scene?

Please introduce some kind of QA step, and next time if you have missed a release deadline dont just shove it out the door because you said it would be ready then. Timeline is just a more convoluted animation window with support for animating more than 1 object currently , any performance savings are negated by the time it takes to integrate.

 

Suggestion:

-Add "Destroy" to post-playback state in the Activation Track.

Also please consider multiple parameters support in the Timeline event system,
many people hated that UI didn't supported that and still hate that.

Thank you.

Jacob​

 

Hi guys i'm trying to import alembic animations files but i cannot find any tutorial on how to play it from the timeline editor for cinematic. Anyone have an idea please? Thanks

 

Hello guys.
Anyone know how to play alembic sequence from the timeline? Thanks

 

Hello guys,
After I add a timeline for my particle system, I found my particle system runs faster than before .
Anyone knows why?

 

Possibly this is due to pre-computation and the ability to add a random seed for particles now.

To put it in Layman's terms -- in order to scrub back and forth in a timeline and have the particles in a system stay at the exact same positions/scales/etc, having this pre-computed only once with a random seed instead of running in realtime is very likely to save on performance.

 

It seems the Start Delay of Particle System does not work after creating a Timeline for the particle system. Is that right?

 

Is there any way to collapse all folders with a key/dropdown menu?

 

Forgive me if this was already covered in the thread (it's quite long), but is this demo available anywhere? I was hoping to use Timelines to control doors and other "static" elements of my scene for gameplay but wasn't sure how to go about it. Even if there's no demo, if there's are some good docs and quick tips that'd be super helpful.

 

Its been almost a year, and I would like some form of decent demo like this too!

 

https://blogs.unity3d.com/2018/04/05/creative-scripting-for-timeline/

 

I feel a bit stupid because after I messaged I remembered that not only had I already read that blog, but I had also downloaded the git and played with the project XD

Thanks anyway andy!

 

There is also the 3D Game Kit that was released in Beta recently: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/essentials/tutorial-projects/3d-game-kit-beta-115747

One of the developers on the project told me that they use Timelines.

 

Wow thanks I had no idea about that, Ill be sure to take a look! Thanks andy!

 

Awesome, thanks for the links!

 

what's the cost of Timeline on mobile for animating transforms (scale, position, rotation, opacity, etc) on 2D objects compared to alternative means? I like the idea, and the curves, but worried about weight and inefficiencies. Not a coder, so wouldn't know where to begin in terms of testing performance.

 

Having a playable director play a timeline will instantiate the whole graph as far as I know.
Which is will contribute a LOT to GC pressure.
Since you're not a coder I'll put it in other words:
Every time some sort of playable actually gets played it will create some internal objects, which will likely not get reused and thus become something named "garbage", which a system called the garbage collector later collects (not immediately, but when a lot of objects have been created, it will eventually trigger a collection, which is the thing you want to avoid because it literally pauses your game for a few milliseconds, in some cases long enough or often enough to be really noticeable).

The part where a playable/timeline is actually playing and doing its thing, is probably be more or less on the same level as the existing animation editor, but I'm not sure.
This part you can easily test yourself though. Just make a simple animation that animates multiple properties of something and check how the two compare in terms of FPS in a built game (not in editor)

 

hi it's possible to custom audioplayableasset on timeline please

 

Necroposting, ofc, by I faced the same problem. The reason is TimelineEditor window - when currently viewed asset changed from script, you should update it.

Code (CSharp):

1. if (TimelineEditor.inspectedAsset == timeline)
2. {
3.     TimelineEditor.Refresh(RefreshReason.ContentsAddedOrRemoved);
4. }

 

Hey, can I leave a feedback about Timeline on this thread?

A GameObject can't be made as prefab if it has a Playable Director component and its timeline panel is opened.
I have to close the Timeline panel to make it as prefab. It's not that tricky to find, but I'm writing it in case if this isn't the intended behaviour...

 

thank's

 

Hi guys!
Is there any possible way to use timeline with 5.6
What is the most recent version that can be used in 5.6.7
Perhaps there`s a way to do this?
Thanks!

 

What about beta hat was in 5.6.0b6?
I downloaded it and timeline is not there anymore
Could you please help me get the Timeline Experimental Preview Installer?
Maybe there are links to it that i missed?
Guys if anybody stil has Timeline Experimental Preview Release 1 please share it with me
My email is: musolo78@gmail.com
Thanks!