Rotating Armature During Animation

Hello,

Just as the question asks.

The problem is that I can't seem to Quaternion.Lerp or Slerp while my armature is doing an animation. I want to rotate JUST the armature, as it's primary purpose is an aesthetic.

I've tried keeping the Slerp in LateUpate() method as well, but to no avail. The Slerp starts and then gets shut down every frame.

The ultimate purpose of this is to use ONE walk animation instead of making 8 for each of the directions.

My code :

     void PlayMovementAnimation()
     {
         if (gravity.isGrounded)
         {
             switch (actionManager.movementState)
             {
             case ActionManager.MovementState.Creeping:
                 //Play Creeping Animation
                 break;
             
             case ActionManager.MovementState.Normal:
                 if (!parent.parentObject.animation[walk.anim.name].enabled)
                 {
                     Debug.Log ("playing");
                     parent.parentObject.animation.CrossFade(walk.anim.name);
                     break;
                 }
                 else
                     break;

That method is in the Update() method.

Another code snippet:

     void Movement()
     {
         switch (movement.direction)
         {
             case MovementManager.Direction.Forward:
                 root.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp (root.transform.rotation, rotationScript.forward.rotation, Time.deltaTime * rotationScript.rotationSpeed);
                 break;
             
             case MovementManager.Direction.ForwardLeft:
                 root.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp (root.transform.rotation, rotationScript.fowLeft.rotation, Time.deltaTime * rotationScript.rotationSpeed);
                 break;

That method is in the LateUpdate() method.

The only solution that I can think of at this point would be to either rotate the whole model (NOT a viable option) or AddMixingTransform() all except the root bone and rotate the root (I'd lose root motion, though).

Thanks for any help!