Unity animation without bones?

[RocketeerGames]

Hi all

I was wondering if I can have tumbling asteroids going right to left (side scroller game) without using bones? Can I animate the asteroids in Unity iPhone instead of a 3D app?

Thanks

[antenna-tree]

You can animate in Unity or in your 3D app of choice… and no, you do not need to use bones (except for in Blender IIRC).

Link to Animation documentation on your local HD:

file:///Applications/Unity%20iPhone/Unity%20iPhone.app/Contents/Documentation/Documentation/Manual/Animation.html

[mindlube]

Actually Blender can do it as well. Thanks to Gustavo Muñoz for pointing this out in another thread:

Blender does export object transform animations as fbx, without using armatures, but you need to export them as fbx explicity. Those animations should be done in a NLA window instead of an Action window, and then select the object and export only selected as fbx. The animation will have the lenght of the scene timeline and will run just fine once inside unity.

But yeah, just use the Unity Editor to animate lots of stuff it’s easier