This chapter explains usage of animations in combat and covers the following topics:

• 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