1

Is there a way I can change the “if(Input.GetMouseButton(0))” to, onTriggerStay? Basically I want one animation to play on triggerstay, and onTriggerExit I want the second animation to play.
Ex: A char walking into a sphere collider for the trigger? Not exactly sure if a player/char should be called somewhere

	void Update () 
	{
		if(Input.GetMouseButton(0))
		{
			Ray ray = Camera.mainCamera.ScreenPointToRay(Input.mousePosition);
			RaycastHit rayCastHit;
			
			if(Physics.Raycast(ray.origin, ray.direction, out rayCastHit, Mathf.Infinity))
			{
				Monster monster = rayCastHit.transform.GetComponent<Monster>();
				if(monster)
				{
					monster.PlayMonsterAnim();
				}
			}
		}
	}

This the anim.script

	private int m_LastIndex;

	public void PlayMonsterAnim () 
	{
		if(!animation.isPlaying)
		{
			if(m_LastIndex == 0)
			{	
				animation.Play("moveOut");
				m_LastIndex = 1;	
			}

			else 
			{
				animation.Play("moveIn");
				m_LastIndex = 0;
			}
		}
	}
2

You can create a triggerstay and trigger exit function and use bool to switch between the animation in the trigger function.

3

OnTriggerStay is an overhead all you need to do is set a bool with OnTriggerEnter to True and OnTriggerExit to False.

private bool IveBeenTriggered = false;

void OnTriggerEnter(Collider other)
{
    IveBeenTriggered = true;
}

void OnTriggerExit(Collider other)
{
    IveBeenTriggered = false;
}

// Then where you want your animation to play:

if(IveBeenTriggered && !animation.isPlaying("moveIn"))
{
    animation.Play("moveIn");
}
else if (!animation.isPlaying("moveOut")
{
    animation.Play("moveOut");
}

Although it’s not really clear what triggers the animation currently anything that enters that collider will.