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Will Mecanim Api allow me to automateThresholds and motion speeds from script?

Discussion in 'Animation' started by TheSin, May 26, 2015.

  1. TheSin

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    As the topic says, I need to be able to build my own controller using my own automated system without then having to do things by hand in mecanim ie setup thresholds and set speeds of motions contained in a blendtree etc
     
    TheSin, May 26, 2015
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  2. Mecanim-Dev

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    Mecanim-Dev, May 26, 2015
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  3. TheSin

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    From playing with those, i'm unable to set individual motion speeds in blendtrees. Regarding thresholds, nothing happens as automateThresholds cant be changed through scripting.

    Am I just missing something? Example please?

    BlendTree children have no speed field I can access and change.
     
    TheSin, May 26, 2015
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  4. Mecanim-Dev

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    To set the speed of each motion you need to use
    http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Animations.ChildMotion-timeScale.html

    As for thresholds, you are absolutely right. We will fix this but meanwhile you can use serializedobject to set this value to false.
    Code (CSharp):
    1.  
    2. BlendTree myBlendTree;
    3.  
    4. SerializedObject serializedObject = new SerializedObject(myBlendTree);
    5. m_UseAutomaticThresholds = serializedObject.FindProperty("m_UseAutomaticThresholds");
    6. m_UseAutomaticThresholds.boolValue = false;
    7. serializedObject.ApplyModifiedProperties();
    8.  
     
    Mecanim-Dev, May 27, 2015
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  5. TheSin

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    Thanks for the reply. Still issues as :

    bt.children.timeScale
    bt.children.threshold
    bt.children.mirror

    These have no affect on the default settings. Im looping through and changing them, nothing changes on them.
    The hack above works to change the automateThresholds but then it's useless as i'm still required by hand to changed the rest.
     
    TheSin, May 27, 2015
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  6. TheSin

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    It's definately broken. I can set variables from reading those fields but cannot apply any changes to the fields :-(
     
    TheSin, May 27, 2015
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    Mecanim-Dev, May 27, 2015
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  8. TheSin

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    Haha thanks again. Things are becoming clearer now.
     
    TheSin, May 27, 2015
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  9. TheSin

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    Massive thanks, works perfectly and now I can automate a controller from my system.
     
    TheSin, May 27, 2015
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