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Use Timeline like 'The Movies'?

Discussion in 'Timeline' started by skyser5, Dec 14, 2020.

  1. skyser5

    skyser5

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    There is an awesome old 'game' called The Movies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Movies?wprov=sfla1
    where you could create scenes that had different 'roles' predefined. For example, a Menacing scene where one actor approaches in a threatening way and another actor screams, for instance. You could then slot different actor instances into these roles.

    Can Timeline do something similar? You predefine some anims/interactions and then at runtime decide which character to assign to the role?

    Thanks for your help
     
    skyser5, Dec 14, 2020
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  2. seant_unity

    seant_unity

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    This is how the timeline / playableDirector pairing works. The playableDirector contains bindings between the tracks and the components they affect. You can have multiple playableDirectors that use the same timeline with different bindings, OR change the binding of a track using PlayableDirector.SetGenericBinding.
     
    seant_unity, Dec 14, 2020
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