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When and why to use Animation.Play() ?

Discussion in 'Scripting' started by rahulnaik9010, Aug 28, 2020.

  1. rahulnaik9010

    rahulnaik9010

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    Hey guys!
    Is there any disadvantage of using Animator.Play() ? Instead of using triggers,booleans why can't i simply use Animator.Play() ?
     
    Last edited: Aug 30, 2020
    rahulnaik9010, Aug 28, 2020
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  2. PraetorBlue

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    Triggers and booleans are for manipulating the state machine of an animator.

    Animation.play and Animator.play are also different things. But i believe animator.play pretty much does an end-run around the state machine and forces a particular animation to play directly. It won't obey the rules of transitions etc like the other methods do.
     
    PraetorBlue, Aug 28, 2020
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  3. kdgalla

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    Animation.Play will simply play an animation, but if you use an Animator to control your animations instead then you can set-up transitions between each animation state and it will smoothly blend between them.
     
    kdgalla, Aug 28, 2020
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  4. StarManta

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    One note: It's important to recognize the difference between the Animation and Animator classes. Animator is the modern system, and Animation is the legacy system, no longer maintained. If you're not working on a project that dates back to 2014ish, don't use Animation.
     
    StarManta, Aug 28, 2020
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  5. rahulnaik9010

    rahulnaik9010

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    Hey I changed the question....Thanks
     
    rahulnaik9010, Aug 30, 2020
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  6. PraetorBlue

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    Nobody is stopping you. You just won't get the benefits of the state machine controlling transitions etc.
     
    PraetorBlue, Aug 30, 2020
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