Playing animation w/Time.timeScale = 0

Unity Engine
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Is it possible to play an animation while Time.timeScale == 0? I’m trying to play a menu animation when the game is paused.

2

You might want to use iTween for that - it has a convenient “ignoretimescale” option - iTween for Unity by Bob Berkebile (pixelplacement)

3

Also worth mentioning is Time.realtimeSinceStartup. This gives the actual game time whereas Time.time gives the time as modified by the timescale.

4

@technicat: Thanks for the info about iTween.

@andeeee: Yes, thanks for the link. I was considering modifying AnimationState.time based on the variable you referenced (instead of Animation.Play ()). But would prefer a nicer way to do it.

5

Alright, I got it to work. I’m using Time.realtimeSinceStartup along with function Update.

using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public class AnimationExtras : MonoBehaviour {
	
	ArrayList states = new ArrayList ();
	float lastRealTime = 0.0f;
	
	public void PlayOnce (AnimationState state) {
		states.Add (state);
	}
	
	// This is one of the few events called regularly while Time.timeScale is 0.
	void Update () {
		
		for (int i = 0; i < states.Count; ++i) {
			
			AnimationState state = (AnimationState)states [i];
			state.weight = 1;
			state.enabled = true;
			state.time += (Time.realtimeSinceStartup - lastRealTime);
			
			if (state.time >= state.length)
				states.Remove (state);
		}
		lastRealTime = Time.realtimeSinceStartup;
	}
	
}
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Hi

When we pause the game using “Time.timescale = 0” and then resume after some minutes, the collider were missing from the character animation. We are using five mesh collider for the character. Any solutions?

Thanks in advance