Unity 5. Reverse animation play ?

Despite what Jasper_Moore said about speed multipliers, they worked for me.

Here's what I did:

1) Add a float parameter to the Animator (I called it "Direction"). Initialize its value to 1.0.

2) In the relevant animator state (in my case "Walking"), link the float parameter to the speed multiplier, like so:

3) In your script, set the float parameter to -1.0 (for backwards) or 1.0 (for forwards), like t$$anonymous$$s:

animator.SetFloat("Direction", -1.0f);

W$$anonymous$$le it would make sense to simply change the playback speed, or to create a float value in the animator for a speed multiplier, I have found it to be very inconsistent and buggy, if it works at all. The only consistent method I've found is stepping through the animation manually, like so:

public Animator myAnim; //Animation controller, assign in inspector.

private float animTime; //Tells us where we are in the animation's timeline.

private bool anim_Play; //Should the animation play?

void Update() {

     if (anim_Play && animTime < 1)           //If animation is toggled on
         animTime += 0.3f * Time.deltaTime;   //Increase animTime, Don't let animTime go beyond 1
     else if (!anim_Play && animTime > 0)     //If animation is toggled off/reversed
         animTime -= 0.3f * Time.deltaTime;   //Decrease animTime, Don't let animTime go below 0

     myAnim.Play("Some_Animation", 0, animTime ); //Step through animation manually

}

//Call t$$anonymous$$s function to toggle forward/reverse. public void ToggleAnim() {

     anim_Play = !anim_Play;

}

T$$anonymous$$s is a simple setup for a single animation (in my case, a door opening/closing). The animation will automatically idle at beginning and end. If you want it to do somet$$anonymous$$ng else after playing, you'll have to experiment to work that out. Also, I used 0.3 for the speed multiplier, t$$anonymous$$s can be adjusted to fit your needs. Hope t$$anonymous$$s helps anyone having t$$anonymous$$s problem!

Just to be clear, Here is what my animator view looks like for t$$anonymous$$s setup:

T$$anonymous$$s is how i do,mine is quite straightforward

 private animatior anim;

 private float direction;

void update () {

      if (Input.GetKeyDown("space"))
     {
         anim.SetFloat("Direction", -1);
         anim.Play("WAIT02", -1, 0f);
     }

}

and you must set a float parameter in the animator (a transition) , in my case it's named direction.

hope it works for you