Trying to simply play this animation... Help please.

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I am using the FPS Controller that comes with Unity. When i press P i want my player to do the "Test" animation which moves it up into the air a litte, basically a jump animation. Whenever i press P it clamps my player to the position that the animation was recorded, it isn't relative to where ever i may move. Why isn't this working? Here is my simple script:

 function Update () {
 
 if (Input.GetKey("p"))
     animation.CrossFade("Test");
 
 }

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Answer by Julien-Lynge · May 01, 2013 at 09:37 PM

@inglipX,

I'll answer your question this time, but this is a question that should be rejected. With a google search it took me less than 3 seconds to find an answer.

You want a relative animation in unity? Google 'unity relative animation'

First result: http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/10865/relative-animation.html#answer-10869

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inglipX · May 01, 2013 at 09:44 PM 0

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I have googled that plenty of times and I have seen that thread in particular. Nobody has ever explained how to implement it.

Julien-Lynge · May 01, 2013 at 09:51 PM 0

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That's why you need to include context information in your questions, so we know what you've tried already and what exactly isn't working :)

That question does contain an answer with how to implement it:

"I had to put the object inside another GameObject (parent). Then I moved with GameObject instead of the Button.
  Peter"
"Yeah, ran into that one myself. Would be nice if this was better documented. I guess it happens because the animation can contain animated positions as well."

I take it that doesn't make sense to you? This one has how to implement it right in the question (second result in google search):

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/352879/animations-relative-to-world-space.html

What about these don't you understand? Maybe you can rephrase your question.

inglipX · May 01, 2013 at 09:55 PM 0

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I have tried make a parent of my player with an animation. Still doesn't work. I don't understand how to play the animation at any location. I have looked at those but i just don't understand; i'm not an advanced coder at all.....

Julien-Lynge · May 01, 2013 at 09:59 PM 0

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Alright, I'll try to explain it a different way:

Before you animate, put the thing you want to animate under another game object, as a child.

Then, make your animation. Only move the child. Don't move the parent. When you move the child, it changes the transform position of the child, and the transform position of a child is always relative to the parent.

Then, when you're done recording, you can move the parent anywhere, and the child will animate relative to the parent.

inglipX · May 01, 2013 at 10:02 PM 0

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Okay i will try this, but is the animation of the child on the parent? Or am i just animating the parent?

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