Question by Blizzard_jedi · Jun 03, 2013 at 06:03 PM · animator mecanim ragdoll

Switching Animator on/off

Hi everybody! I have a character, controlled by mechanim animator+script. I'd like to have an opportunity to switch animator off and then to switch it on. The first issue is easy, but I haven't managed to implement the second one yet. I tried just to set the 'enabled' property to 'true' from the script. I also tried to make an animation state with an empty mask. But all these things don't work properly. The animator remains disabled.

By the way, I need this to switch between a pure ragdoll and an animation-controlled character. So I thought about making some kind of a switcher: ragdoll on - animator off / ragdoll off - animator on.

Thanks beforehand for help.

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Tarlius · Jun 03, 2013 at 06:05 PM 0

Welcome!

From your somewhat vague description of the problem, I'm thinking you're trying to turn it back on from inside Update or something, which doesn't run when you disable a GameObject/script.

If thats not the case, it would be helpful if you provide code.

Blizzard_jedi · Jun 03, 2013 at 06:25 PM 0

Sorry for the bad description.

I have two methods inside the animation controller class: $$anonymous$$ill() and Resurrect(). The first one simply searches for all the children's colliders and rigidbodies (the ragsoll structure) and switches them on like that:

 collider.isTrigger = false;
 body.is$$anonymous$$inematic = false;

It also switches off the animator and the character controller:

         _animator.enabled = false;
         GetComponent <CharacterController> ().enabled = false;

At last, it sets the 'bool _disabled' variable of the animation controller script to 'true', but doesn't disable the script, actually. Resurrect() makes precisely the opposite things.

And here is the 'Update' method:

     void Update ()
     {    
         if (Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyDown ($$anonymous$$eyCode.$$anonymous$$) && _disabled)
             Resurrect ();
         
         if (RPGCamera._instance.enabled && !_disabled)
         {
             HandlePlayerInput ();    
             CalculateAnimatorParameters ();
             
             if (_needAlign)
                 AlignTorsoToCamera ();
         }
     }

Inside 'HandlePlayerInput' we find:

     private void HandlePlayerInput ()
     {
         if (Input.Get$$anonymous$$eyDown ($$anonymous$$eyCode.$$anonymous$$))
             $$anonymous$$ill ();

It seems to be correct. At least, the script remains enabled. By the way, I also tried to implement the 'Resurrect()' method in another script - this made no difference.

P.S. In the question nearby I've seen guys using the following construction: