[Tutorial] ORK Animations Using Mecanim: My All-New, Comprehensive Guide - Page 2

JMR said: Using change fields node?

You could do it through the Event system, but (in my opinion) it would be more straightforward to just use a component for something like this:



using ORKFramework;
using UnityEngine;

namespace MyGame.Animation
{
[RequireComponent(typeof(Animator))]
public class CombatantFloatParameter : MonoBehaviour
{
[Tooltip("The name of the ORK Combatant variable.")]
public string VariableKey;

[Tooltip("The name of the float parameter on the Animator Controller.")]
public string ParameterName;

[Tooltip("Indicates that the variable is a normalized float value within the range 0.0 to 1.0 (inclusive)")]
public bool IsNormalizedValue = true;

[Tooltip("If the value of the Combatant variable will not change after initialization, then we only need to get it once.")]
public bool GetOnce = true;

private Animator _Animator;
private Combatant _Combatant;

private float _BlendValue;
private bool _IsInitialized;
private bool _RefreshValue = true;

private void Awake()
{
_Animator = GetComponent<Animator>();
}

private void Start()
{
GetCombatant();
}

/// <summary>
/// Attempt to get a reference to the ORK Combatant.
/// </summary>
private void GetCombatant()
{
_Combatant = ComponentHelper.GetCombatant(this.gameObject);
_IsInitialized = _Combatant != null;
}

private void Update()
{
// Ensure that the Combatant reference exists.
if (!_IsInitialized)
{
GetCombatant();
return;
}

// Get and store the value of the float parameter.
if (_RefreshValue)
{
_BlendValue = GetValue();
// We're getting the variable value in the Update() loop, so if we only need
// to get the initial value, we can save ourselves a call to the ORK API and just
// use the stored value
if (GetOnce) { _RefreshValue = false; }
}

_Animator.SetFloat(ParameterName, Mathf.Clamp01(_BlendValue));
}

/// <summary>
/// Get the value of the ORK Combatant float variable
/// </summary>
/// <returns></returns>
private float GetValue()
{
float blendValue = _Combatant.Variables.GetFloat(VariableKey);

// If the variable represents a normalized value, ensure it is within the valid range
return IsNormalizedValue ? Mathf.Clamp01(blendValue) : blendValue;
}
}
}


Set up the object variable on the Combatant like this:



I was just going to whip up a quick script to set that parameter on Start(), but it was marginally more work to make it usable for any float variable that you might want to convert to an Animator parameter.

Thank you for posting this. Extremely helpful!

Thank you for this amazing tutorial!
Any chance someone could explain how to set MoveSetID based on a weapon equiped?
Thank you

Thank you! I feel stupid for not thinking about that. Again, thanks a lot!

I have a question. How would you go about creating death animations if you want characters to have for example their heads be cut off the body with geysers od blood?

I was thinking about removing the original prefab and swapping it for 3 prefabs (one for body other for head and a prefab for geyser of blood). However this approach requires having additional models and I expect it to cause some problems with clothes.

Is there some other, more efficient approach than the one I came up with?

Very useful tutorial. Muchly appreciated. Cheers

Hi, Thx for amazing tutorial.