Convert AnimationClip to Component

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Hello!

I have an animation flipAnim.anim.

The first C# Script generates a fixed amount of GameObject, named emptyPoint. I would like to add flipAnim to every emptyPoint.

If I'm right, this can be done like this:

 Animation flipAnimation = emptyPoint.AddComponent<Animation>();

There is second C# Script. This script is attached to every emptyPoint GameObject. If I click any children of emptyPoint (while in Play Mode), it should play the animation flipAnim. Here is the code:

 void OnMouseDown () {
 
         transform.parent.GetComponent<Animation>().Play ("flipAnim");
 
         }

This only works when I select all the generated emptyPoint GameObjects in Play Mode, and assign the animation flipAnim manually.

But I would like to set the animation flipAnim via code/script. And for this, I need both Animation and AnimationClip.

Let's return to the first C# Script. I need to add a new AnimationClip, then specify the animation's name.

Now my code looks like this:

                     Animation flipAnimation = emptyPoint.AddComponent<Animation>();
                     AnimationClip flipClip = emptyPoint.AddComponent<AnimationClip>();
                     flipAnimation.AddClip(emptyPoint.GetComponent<AnimationClip>(), "flipClip");

The second line gives an error: Assets/Scripts/BuildMap.cs(58,77): error CS0309: The type UnityEngine.AnimationClip' must be convertible to UnityEngine.Component' in order to use it as parameter T' in the generic type or method UnityEngine.GameObject.AddComponent()'

I couldn't find any answer, and I tried a lots of other codes, samples, but the problem is still there. Thank you!

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Answer by dorpeleg · Apr 05, 2015 at 03:00 PM

AnimationClip is not a component and cannot be converted to component.

In the first C# Script have a public var like this:

 public AnimationClip clip;

Then, assign the clip in the inspector manually.

Next, when adding the Animation component, do like so:

 Animation flipAnimation = emptyPoint.AddComponent<Animation>();
 flipAnimation.AddClip(clip, "flipClip");

That should work.

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Voenskjall · Apr 06, 2015 at 01:42 PM 0

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Thank you dorpeleg, I'm going to try what you wrote, and reply!

Voenskjall · Apr 07, 2015 at 02:38 PM 0

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Sorry dorpeleg, you said

Then, assign the clip in the inspector manually.

But this is what I want to avoid, assigning clip manually. I would like to assign the clip with a script. Thank you for your help, I believe it is the answer I need, I just did something wrong and now don't know what to do or how to achieve it.

dorpeleg · Apr 07, 2015 at 06:58 PM 0

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What you are trying to avoid is assigning it to each object no?

$$anonymous$$y solution only makes you assign it once and will apply to all objects.

But, you can also use Resources.Load to avoid manual assigning.

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