Sidescroller animation - flipping from right to left efficiently in mechanim

Questions & Answers
1

I am animating a character for a sidescroller. Is there any more efficient way to flip right animations to left than by creating a separate animation clip that has Root Transform Rotation offset by 180 degrees?

While rather straightforward, it requires me to duplicate my work, any time when I want to add another animation state.

2

You can change the X scale from 1 to -1. To achieve this you can use this.gameObject.transform.localScale.x property.

Or you can rotate the sprite

transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 0, 0); // Normal
 
transform.eulerAngles = new Vector3(0, 180, 0); // Flipped