Move Sprite while playing animaiton

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Hello, I just started using unity and am working on using animated sprites. What I have is a simple sprite with rigid body and box collider, along with three separate animations. I can easily select each animation using a parameter I set in the animator (0,1,2). The animations run fine, but when I try to transform the position of the sprite it doesn’t move…

Now, what I do notice is that in my animation I am setting the sprites position so that it appears to float (moving the Y position up and down). Could this be what is preventing me from moving my sprite around? If so, is there a work around where I can keep the animation running while translating my object?

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Yes indeed, the positions recorded in the animation are probably what is hindering you.

unfortunately, animation positions are applied in world space UNLESS the gameobject being animated is a child. Then the animations can be recorded in local space. That way you can move the parent around to translate the sprite, and play the animations on the sprite gameobject itself.