My animated object works when in animation mode, but disappears in the scene mode.

Unity Engine
1

So, I’ve made a sword and made a script like this one :

#pragma strict

var TheDammage : int = 50;
var Distance : float;
var MaxDistance : float = 1.5;
var TheSword : Transform;

function Update ()
{
if (Input.GetButtonDown(“Fire1”))
{
//Attack animation
TheSword.animation.Play(“attack”);
//Attack function
var hit : RaycastHit;
if (Physics.Raycast (transform.position, transform.TransformDirection (Vector3.forward), hit))
{
Distance = hit.distance;
if (Distance < MaxDistance)
{
hit.transform.SendMessage(“ApplyDammage”, TheDammage, SendMessageOptions.DontRequireReceiver);
}
}
}
if (TheSword.animation.isPlaying == false)
{
TheSword.animation.CrossFade(“idle”);
}
if (Input.GetKey (KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
TheSword.animation.CrossFade(“sprint”);
}
if (Input.GetKeyUp(KeyCode.LeftShift))
{
TheSword.animation.CrossFade(“idle”);
}
}

Now, the sword works correctly, all the animations load when needed… but I want to change the animations, and I can’t ! In the scene menu, the sword is around god-knows-where (completely random place, UNDER all my scenery etc) and when I drag it back to where I want it to be… it disappears.

2

This sounds like the dreaded “animations sometimes lock an asset in world space” problem. Try parenting it to an empty game object and move that instead.

3

I’m a total newb, so I am not entirely sure what parenting is, but i guess it’s that drag-and-drop sequence to make an object have that drop-down arrow, isn’t it ? If that’s so, I’ve attached both the sword to a random cube and the cube to the sword, with no effect.

4

Okay, I fixed this thanks to Brackeys, definetly reccomend checking him out !