In this recipe, we are going to create animated characters that will serve as decorations in the game. Such characters' behavior is driven only by animations; thus, we can have quite a large number of them in the game.
Creating background characters and critters with animation-driven behavior
by Maciej Szcześnik
Unity 5.x Animation Cookbook
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Credits
- About the Author
- About the Reviewer
- www.PacktPub.com
- Preface
- Working with Animations
- Introduction
- Importing skeletal animations
- Configuring generic and humanoid rigs
- Creating and assigning an Animator Controller
- Creating animation transitions in Animator Controller
- Using parameters to control the animation flow
- Using animations from multiple assets
- Looping, mirroring and offsetting the animations
- Adjusting the playback speed of animations
- Using override animator controllers to animate different types of characters
- Importing object animation from a 3D package
- Working with the Animation View
- Introduction
- Using the Animation View to create a flickering light
- Blending light colors with the Animation View and the Animator Controller
- Animating an object's world position - creating a moving platform
- Animating object's local position - creating automatic doors
- Using the Hierarchy to animate local rotation - creating an orbiting planet
- Animating triggers - creating a death trap
- Creating an elevator triggered by player input
- 2D and User Interface Animation
- Introduction
- Exporting a 2D sprite animation from a 3D package
- Creating a frame-by-frame sprite animation with the Animation View
- Creating a 2D sprite doll animation with the Animation View
- Using the Animator Controller to play sprite animations
- Creating a fade out - fade in transition with the Animation View
- Creating a swipe transition with the Animation View
- Using filled images for creating animated progress bars
- Using Mecanim states for animating UI button states
- Character Movement
- Introduction
- Using Blend Trees to blend walk and run animations
- Using root motion to drive Rigid Body characters' movement with animations
- Using root motion to steer a character
- Using animations for better looking transitions
- Using root motion for a 180 degrees turn
- Making a character jump with 3-phase animation
- Using root motion to drive a NavMesh Agents' movement with animations
- Using triggers to grab an edge while jumping
- Changing the character's collision while crouching
- Adding animation to off-mesh links
- Using root motion for climbing
- Using root motion to create flying characters
- Character Actions and Expressions
- Introduction
- Creating an appear or a disappear animation
- Creating background characters and critters with animation-driven behavior
- Using Blend Trees to create randomized actions
- Using Quaternion.LookRotation() and Animator.SetLookAtPosition() methods to make characters follow an object with their gaze
- Action Points - performing an action in a specified spot
- Synchronizing an animation with objects in the scene
- Using IK for interacting with scene objects
- Animating facial expressions with Blend Shapes
- Handling Combat
- Introduction
- Using Sub-State Machines in Animator Controller
- Using Animation Events to trigger script functions
- Using transitions from Any State to play hit reactions
- Using root motion to create a dodge move
- Checking what Animator state is currently active to disable or enable player actions
- Using Animation Events to draw a weapon
- Using Avatar Masks and animator controller layers to walk and aim
- Using the LookAt() method to aim
- Using Blend Trees to aim
- Detecting the hit location on a character
- Special Effects
- Introduction
- Using Animation Events to trigger sound and visual effects
- Creating camera shakes with the Animation View and the Animator Controller
- Using the Animation View to animate public script variables
- Using additive Mecanim layers to add extra motion to a character
- Using Blend Shapes to morph an object into another one
- Using wind emitters to create motion for foliage and particle systems
- Using sprite sheets to animate particles
- Animating properties of a particle system with the Animation View
- Using waveform of a sound clip to animate objects in the scene
- Creating a day and night cycle with the Animation View
- Animating Cutscenes
- Physics and Animations
- Miscellaneous
Creating background characters and critters with animation-driven behavior
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