Minimum number of bones for using Mecanim

Unity Engine
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Hi,

We’ve been playing around with Mecanim and one thing I’ve noticed is that when setting up the avatar there are bones that are marked as “optional” and, presumably therefore the other bones are non optional.

However, we are playing around with low poly characters with a low number of bones. Lower, than the 15 bones that Mecanim seems to indicate is required.

Does this effectively mean Mecanim is unusable unless your character (humanoid or not) has 15 bones?

2

So, I guess not that many people have had a chance to play around that much with Mecanim?

3

You need at least 15 bone to use mecanim

hips,
upper left/right leg
left/right knee
let/right ankle
spine
left/right shoulder
left/right elbow
left/right wrist
head