Script or Animation,which is best for performance?

Questions & Answers
1

I have an object in my game that I want to spin constantly. At times (not always) there may be several of these in one scene.
I have a very simple script that does the job at the moment-

#pragma strict

var spinx : int = 0;
var spiny : int = 3;
var spinz : int = 0;

function Update () 
{
	transform.Rotate(spinx,spiny,spinz);
}

OR… would I be better off using an animation? Which is going to be the more efficient option?

2

The best option will be the one that suits your game. If rotating by script is just as fine as an animation then script will be a better option since you don’t have to worry about keyframe problems and the movement will be steady! But if that doesn’t look good with script , go for animation.

Function Update will keep rotating the object in all 60 frames of your game. If you write animation.Play(“Name”); In the Function Update , it really wouldn’t make any difference since it will play the animation in 60 frames as well. The choice is yours :slight_smile: