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How to make layered character + vfx + hover animation?
Hello,
I have a following issue. I want to make something like layering to make and control character animations:
-Character itself (idle, run, attack).
-VFX (e.g. VFX on attack). I prefer to have it on separate layer for ease of management.
-Hover/highlight. When you mouse over a character a designed frame appears around him. So all these animations are supposed to be layered on top of each other.
There is also a constraint. Animations are frame by frame. All sprites are 500x500px PNGs with transparent background with character/vfx/highlight placed in specific place of image. This is necessary to have same format for different character sizes.
I wanted to make it with animation layers but it doesn't seem to work for me.
I tried doing this with "Additive" blending and playing with weight. Only one of layers seems to be active. Either only character or hover. E.g. if hover layer weight is 1 - only it is seen. If any other number - non of both is visible. If 0 - only character layer is seen.
https://prnt.sc/1cokk4o (character layer) 
https://prnt.sc/1cokl36 (hover layer) 
Is it possible at all? Or layers are meant to be used only with 3D animations and masking?
Thank you in advance.
The only solution I came up with is placing all animations on different child objects. And I'm not sure it's a correct way to do it.
