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How can i start a 2D animation via script
I can't quite get my head around how 2D animation works, i imported my sprite sheet for the "freeze" effect but i don't want that as the default animation, so i created an idle animation as well.
Here is what i want. i want to control my character as normal, but if i stop moving (no user input) i want my character to start freezing. This should be simple enough with just adding an else after my If input section of my move script, but i still don't know how to actually play the freeze animation.
Here is my script if you're finding it hard to understand.
using UnityEngine;
public class move : MonoBehaviour { [HideInInspector] public bool facingRight = true; // For determining which way the player is currently facing. [HideInInspector]
public float moveForce = 365f; // Amount of force added to move the player left and right.
public float maxSpeed = 5f; // The fastest the player can travel in the x axis.
public float jumpForce = 1000f; // How high the player will jump
public float downForce = -1000f; // the ammount of force the player uses to crash down to the ground
public bool canbreak = false; // can this model break into clones?
public Rigidbody2D projectile; // Defining a rigidbody (physics object) in game (this is where we choose the clones models in unity and attach to the script)
public int maxClones = 5; // Setting the max ammount of clones
public bool canShrink = true;
public bool canGrow = false;
public Animator anim;
void Awake()
{
anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
}
void FixedUpdate () //Fixed update means this function will Check/run whatever is inside this EVERY frame.
{
float h = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"); //setting a horizontal variable for movement
if(h * rigidbody2D.velocity.x < maxSpeed)
rigidbody2D.AddForce(Vector2.right * h * moveForce); // Adding our movement velocity to our player
if(Mathf.Abs(rigidbody2D.velocity.x) > maxSpeed)
rigidbody2D.velocity = new Vector2(Mathf.Sign(rigidbody2D.velocity.x) * maxSpeed, rigidbody2D.velocity.y);
if(h > 0 && !facingRight) //checking if the player is not facing right
Flip(); //flipping the 2d image when we turn left or right
else if(h < 0 && facingRight) //same
Flip(); //same
if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space)) //if we press spacebar
{
rigidbody2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0f, jumpForce)); //add force upwards (jump) and * the ammount by our jumpForce Variable
}
if(Input.GetKey(KeyCode.S)) //if we press S
{
rigidbody2D.AddForce(new Vector2(0f, downForce)); //add a downwards force
canbreak = true; //can this player break up into clones?
}
if(Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.W)) //If we press W
{
canShrink = false;//Grow function
}
else
{
//I WANT THE FREEZE ANIMATION TO BEGIN HERE.
}
}
void Flip ()
{
facingRight = !facingRight; // Switch the way the player is labelled as facing.
Vector3 theScale = transform.localScale; // Multiply the player's x local scale by -1.
theScale.x *= -1;
transform.localScale = theScale;
}
}
Answer by mrlovelyface · Jan 20, 2014 at 06:03 PM
Buddy I am not sure if this will help, it helped me out :)
http://www.raywenderlich.com/61532/unity-2d-tutorial-getting-started
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