Specific Character Turnaround Requirements

Unity Engine
1

I’m working on the prototype of a platform fighter (think Super Smash Bros, Rivals of Aether, etc), and as is normal for the genre, I’ve got a “skid” animation when my character turns around during a dash. I.e. the code looks like:

if (animator.GetCurrentAnimatorStateInfo(0).IsName(“Dash”) && Input.GetAxisRaw(“Horizontal”) < -0.5) {
animator.SetTrigger(“DASH_TURNAROUND”);
//Do the rest of the turning around
} else{
animator.ResetTrigger(“DASH_TURNAROUND”);
}

I’ve got a couple of specific requirements for this. On the first frame the turnaround animation is initiated, I need my character to be considered facing the opposite direction (if I want to jump out of the turnaround, for example, I should instantly be facing the other way). However, I also need the entire animation to carry out, as obviously if I just rotated my character 180 degrees as soon as DASH_TURNAROUND was activated I’d end up facing the same direction I started. Is there an elegant solution to this? I’ve searched without much success and any help is appreciated.

2

Wouldn’t “has exit time” be the elegant solution for this?
Is this 2D or 3D?

3

This is 2.5D, 3D graphics in 2D movement. I’m not familiar with has exit time, I’ll take a look at it!