How can I reset a non-looping animation?

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Hi there,

I know this is probably a super simple question to answer but I'm close to the functionality I am looking for and can't find the solution I am looking for.

I have created a very simple animation called Roll that rolls a die. I also have a button. I have it so that when you press the button it calls: Animator.Play("Roll")

The first time I tested this, the button worked. It started the roll animation. My problem was the roll animation continued to loop forever. I wanted it to only loop once, and after a google search I found that I needed to uncheck "Loop Time" on my animation. I did that and when I pressed the button it played the animation only once and then stopped in the final frame just like I expected, which was awesome.

The only problem is that after the animation stops the first time I cannot get it to play again by pressing the button again... It just sits at its final frame forever, basically. Is there some sort of reset command I need to call to play the animation again?

Thanks!

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Answer by Superrodan · Feb 03, 2015 at 11:50 PM

Ok, after finally figuring out what to search for I found an answer here:

http://answers.unity3d.com/questions/623878/how-to-restart-mecanim-state-animation-or-play-it.html

What I needed to do was create a script with a reference to the animator that called:

myAnimator.Play("Roll", -1, 0f);

This lets me press the button as many times as I want to restart the animation. I hope this helps someone else!

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CarpetShampooer · May 07, 2015 at 02:44 PM 0

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Thank you, your post helped me very quickly. Just wanted to add that if you want to reset the animation on a sprite that only has one animation (like I did), just fill in the first parameter with the sprite's name.

Thanks again, I thought this would take ages to figure out.

sergiomartin · May 11, 2017 at 01:24 PM 0

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Thank you so much! Your post has helped me a lot. I was searching a way to reset some animations and I didn't find until I saw your post.

TUTOCF · May 12, 2017 at 08:02 PM 0

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Thanks you helped me a lot!

vishalpvr · Jul 21, 2017 at 12:14 PM 0

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Thank You ..

Your post sort out my issue....

marcinrycu · Jan 24 at 07:14 PM 1

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6 years later and it's still helping ! Thanks !

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