Switching from Legacy to Mecanim.

Unity Engine
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Hi, I am working on a project that is using the Legacy animation system.
A lot of work has been done and I was wondering if it is reasonable to switch to Mecanim. Most of the animations in the game are simple animation such as GUI animation. Also the game is a mobile game.
I am worrying about if the any future version of Unity will break the game because of the inactive support of Legacy animation system.
So I am not sure if it worths the time to switch to Mecanim.

Would anyone recommend to switch to Mecanim?

Thank You.

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Hi Jacky,

Legacy animation is still around for 5.x release cycle, in your case you won’t get many benefit by switching to mecanim if you are only animating GUI with simple animation. The power of mecanim become clearer when you have more complex setup.

By the way, you can mix both animation system in you scene, by example you can animate all your GUI with legacy and GameObject with mecanim.

Best regards,
Sonny