Unity questions

[ladybug]

Hi! So I have many questions about unity and how it works and I thought I would ask unity themselves but they don't allow technical support on a free plan. So I am asking you here. So I have created some animation clips for different objects. And I have made a script which starts the Animator when you interact with an object. As I understand the Animator isn't separate for every object right? It is one Animator with separate controllers for different objects? Or is it? Is this right? If it is then I want to know how to do this:
The same way I do animator.enable can I do controller.enable where controller is the name of the specific controller I want to enable and like that enable separate animator instances for separate objects separately? So like if I activate the Animator for one object it only does that for that object.
Another thing, if I assign a script to an object why does it not activate only when I interact with this object? For example I have a script that does something when I click the mouse, but when I assign it to an object, it activates wherever I click? Why?
Also why do animations start automatically when you turn on Animator if I have the same action to turn them on, for example mouse click? 
Also how do event triggers work? For objects? how do I use them? I assign them and they basically do nothing, the animation runs even without them, simply when I activate Animator.
I have other questions as well but for now these need to be answered because I am very confused.

 

 

 

[Guest]

I think some YouTube tutorials on the animator will help solve your questions.

 

It has been a while since I used unity but if I remember correctly you need a few things. 

 

1. You need an animation graph or something. This is a state machine visual diagram that you use to say which animation to play on start and which animations you can go to. 

 

2. The mesh needs an animation component and you add that graph thing to the animation component. 

 

Then you can control animations through code and stuff. 

 

You can configure most of the settings afaik. 

[HelloPeople]

check out "iheartgamedev " on YouTube. his explanations on animations in unity is very easy to understand.

and "brackeys " also has a lot of unity tutorial that are also easy to understand and entertaining.

"blackthornprod" also has some interesting tutorials on 2D games and animations and art design.

[ladybug]

On 11/28/2022 at 2:28 PM, fpo said:

I think some YouTube tutorials on the animator will help solve your questions.

 

It has been a while since I used unity but if I remember correctly you need a few things. 

 

1. You need an animation graph or something. This is a state machine visual diagram that you use to say which animation to play on start and which animations you can go to. 

 

2. The mesh needs an animation component and you add that graph thing to the animation component. 

 

Then you can control animations through code and stuff. 

 

You can configure most of the settings afaik. 

 

14 hours ago, HelloPeople said:

check out "iheartgamedev " on YouTube. his explanations on animations in unity is very easy to understand.

and "brackeys " also has a lot of unity tutorial that are also easy to understand and entertaining.

"blackthornprod" also has some interesting tutorials on 2D games and animations and art design.

Thanks! I will see about these graphs and check out some YouTube tutorials.

[ladybug]

On 11/30/2022 at 5:02 PM, stefanmz said:

 

Thanks! I will see about these graphs and check out some YouTube tutorials.

Thanks! I watched iheartgamedev and really learned a lot about animations! I was able to create them successfully and even customize them! Thanks a lot!  (the others weren't really what I was looking for) but iheartgamedev is definitely awesome and I love his content! Exactly what I need for unity. Thanks for the recommendation!

[HelloPeople]

On 12/3/2022 at 9:36 AM, stefanmz said:

Thanks! I watched iheartgamedev and really learned a lot about animations! I was able to create them successfully and even customize them! Thanks a lot!  (the others weren't really what I was looking for) but iheartgamedev is definitely awesome and I love his content! Exactly what I need for unity. Thanks for the recommendation!

welcome to the club!