OnAnimatorIK() only works on the same GameObject?

Unity Engine
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I’m trying to have a wrapper object control the Animator IK but it doesn’t seem to work. The OnAnimatorIK() is not called unless its on the same object as the Animator component. I suppose it makes sense.

I suppose the only way to handle this is to have a proxy which is placed with the Animator that handles the OnAnimatorIK() pass while i control variables from the parent object’s scripts?

Example code I’m using below. Is there a different way to do this or do I need to make a proxy?

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;

public class IKthing : MonoBehaviour
{
    public Transform objToPickUp;
    public GameObject goWithAnimator;
    private Animator animator;

    void Start()
    {
        animator = goWithAnimator.GetComponent<Animator>();
    }
    void OnAnimatorIK()
    {
        Debug.Log("Doing IK pass.");
        float reach = 1f;
        animator.SetIKPositionWeight(AvatarIKGoal.RightHand, reach);
        animator.SetIKPosition(AvatarIKGoal.RightHand, objToPickUp.position);
    }
}
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Right, we didn’t want to broadcast the callback to other game object because it could decrease performance.

You can make a proxy on your animator’s game object that forward all your OnAnimatorIK to another script.

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Yep, I moved forward with that. Thanks for confirming. =)

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Very sorry to revive this post but how does one “make a proxy on your animator’s game object that forward all your OnAnimatorIK to another script”?

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You make an OnAnimatorIK method on your Animator’s GameObject, that calls your method on some other GO (where it makes sense for you)

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