Unity UI animation does not played

Unity Engine
1

So I want to make Damage pop up and move it like Diablo3’s damage effects.

So I wrote code like

public GameObject damagePrefab;
    public Transform damageTransform;
    public int tempDam;
    public Canvas mainCanvas;

    void Start() {

    }

    void Update() { 
        if (Input.GetKeyDown("q")) {
            CreateDamagePopup(tempDam);
        }
    }
 
    public void CreateDamagePopup(int damage) {
        GameObject damgo = (GameObject) Instantiate(damagePrefab, damageTransform.position,
            damageTransform.rotation);
        damgo.GetComponentInChildren<Text>().text = damage.ToString();
        damgo.transform.parent = mainCanvas.transform;
        damgo.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(0, 0, 0);
        damgo.GetComponent<Animation>().Play();
    }

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But animation does not played after instantiate prefab.

Why?

2

Try unchecking the Apply Root Motion under the Animator component and try again.

The animation should auto play without the need of this line (because it’s set to Play Automatically):

damgo.GetComponent<Animation>().Play();
3

Thanks! So ‘Apply Root motion’ is bad guy!