How do I smoothly shift between Layer Weights

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I'm trying to shift between my character's default layer to another layer where his arms are masked smoothly so it looks like putting them out to hold a gun.

 public bool gun;
 
     void Update () {
         if (gun) {
             animator.SetLayerWeight (GunLayer, Mathf.Lerp (0.0f, 1.0f, Time.time));
         }
     }

Whenever gun is true I want the Layer Weight to lerp from 0 to 1 but it instantly goes to 1 if it is in a if condition block. When I take it out the if condition block it works perfectly but for my game I need to use an if condition.

Answer 1

Answer by Vazili_KZ · May 09, 2020 at 04:31 PM

For anyone still reading this.

I just want to add that using "Mathf.SmoothDamp" can result in an even smoother transition since you have more control over how that transition behaves for ex: how long is it supposed to last

Down here is an example of how i used it. I suggest you refer to the doc here for more info

 var m_currentLayerWeight = _playerAnimator.GetLayerWeight(1);
     m_currentLayerWeight =Mathf.SmoothDamp(m_currentLayerWeight, IsArmed ? 1 : 0, ref _currentLayerWeightVelocity, animTransSmoothTime);
     _playerAnimator.SetLayerWeight(1,m_currentLayerWeight);

PS : in this example we fade in & out depending on if the player IsArmed or not

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Answer by Nicola Castellani · Nov 22, 2015 at 05:45 PM

You could just use a variable for saving the current layer weight:

Fade Out:

currentWeight = Mathf.Lerp(currentWeight,0.0f,Time.deltaTime); anim.SetLayerWeight(1, currentWeight);

Fade In:

currentWeight = Mathf.Lerp(currentWeight,1.0f,Time.deltaTime); anim.SetLayerWeight(1, currentWeight);

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