3rd person controller - stopping animation on death

Without your script that handles character animation, little can be done. Although the solution is as simple as checking whether the character is dead before animation.CrossFade("Idle"); .

script below. I am killing the character with "P" in this example. I am currently using ClampForever to stop animation on death. This still allows me to move the dead guy around with the controller.

I am comfortable scripting the state engine for the character, detecting death after X damage for example.

The more specific question I have is, what is the best practice for 'killing' the character's 3rd person controller from the standpoint of animation, movement, etc. Should you destroy the object and create new to re-spawn? I know these are big topics. I am new and just looking for some pointers or references I should look into.

function Start () { animation["attack3Weapon"].layer = 1; animation["attack3Weapon"].wrap$$anonymous$$ode = Wrap$$anonymous$$ode.Once;

animation["attack3HitCombo_BWeapon"].layer = 1; animation["attack3HitCombo_BWeapon"].wrap$$anonymous$$ode = Wrap$$anonymous$$ode.Once;

animation["deathWeapon"].layer = 1; animation["deathWeapon"].wrap$$anonymous$$ode = Wrap$$anonymous$$ode.ClampForever; }

function Update () { if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire1")){ //attack animation animation.CrossFade("attack3Weapon");

// //attack function // var hit : RaycastHit; // if (Physics.Raycast (TheSystem.transform.position, TheSystem.transform.TransformDirection(Vector3.forward),hit)){ // Distance = hit.distance; // if ( Distance < $$anonymous$$axDistance){ // hit.transform.Send$$anonymous$$essage("ApplyDamage", TheDamage, Send$$anonymous$$essageOptions.DontRequireReceiver); // } // } }

 if(Input.GetButtonDown("Fire3")){
     animation.CrossFade("attack3HitCombo_BWeapon");
 }
 if(Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyDown($$anonymous$$eyCode.P)){
     animation.CrossFade("deathWeapon");
 }    
 

}