Can you change the sprites of a 2d character rig (at runtime)?

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I'm using the Unity's new 2d animation package (https://blogs.unity3d.com/2018/11/09/getting-started-with-unitys-2d-animation-package/) and after rigging and animating my character I'm wondering if it's possible to replace the sprites that the character rig is using. Changing the sprite used by the sprite renderer of one of the layers causes the Sprite Skin script to remove the corresponding bones: alt text

Changing the psb file means having to redo all the rigging and geometry, which seems rather inefficient considering I only need to slightly change the sprite and keep the bones and mesh the same.

I'm fairly new to Unity so sorry if I missed an obvious solution and thanks in advance for any insight into this issue.

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Answer by oscarfickel3 · Aug 30, 2019 at 04:11 PM

I did some more research and found this link which explained exactly what I wanted to do: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.2d.animation@2.2/manual/2DAnimInter.html

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txddtka_unity · May 04, 2020 at 09:39 PM 0

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Hi! Have some problem, did you resolve issue?

oscarfickel3 txddtka_unity · May 05, 2020 at 07:30 AM 0

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See the documentation on sprite swapping: https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.2d.animation@2.2/manual/SpriteSwapIntro.html

txddtka_unity · May 05, 2020 at 09:34 AM 0

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Ok, thanks. Sprite Library Asset, Sprite Library component, Sprite Resolver component added but while change sprite affected bones are removed.alt text

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un_mapache · Sep 06, 2020 at 06:52 PM 0

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"Resolver component added but while change sprite affected bones are removed.alt text" This is because the other sprite doesn't have bones added to it. You gotta copy the bones+vertexes from the other sprite and paste them in the new sprite's skinning editor.

krupps un_mapache · Feb 01, 2021 at 10:10 PM 0

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Also the layers must be named exactly the same

Can you change the sprites of a 2d character rig (at runtime)?

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