UnityEditor.Animations API in a build

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I’ve been working with mecanim scripting; switching in and out different types of animations using the Animator Override Controller. This worked fine on its own however I also needed to edit the transitions before and after using the UnityEditor.Animations API, this is due to some animations needing a longer duration or cutting them short to blend correctly dependent on the overridden animation my usage shown below:

UnityEditor.Animations.AnimatorStateTransition forwardsAttackTransitionEnter;
UnityEditor.Animations.AnimatorStateTransition backwardsAttackTransitionEnter;

animatorOverrideController = new AnimatorOverrideController(animator.runtimeAnimatorController);
animator.runtimeAnimatorController = animatorOverrideController;

UnityEditor.Animations.AnimatorController animationController = animatorOverrideController.runtimeAnimatorController as UnityEditor.Animations.AnimatorController;

foreach(var anyStateTransition in animationController.layers[0].stateMachine.anyStateTransitions)
{
    if (anyStateTransition.name == "forwardsAttackTransitionEnter") forwardsAttackTransitionEnter = anyStateTransition;
    if (anyStateTransition.name == "backwardsAttackTransitionEnter") backwardsAttackTransitionEnter = anyStateTransition;
}

forwardsAttackTransitionEnter.hasExitTime = weaponData.weaponDictionary[currentWeapon].hasExitTimeEnter;
forwardsAttackTransitionEnter.exitTime = weaponData.weaponDictionary[currentWeapon].exitTimeEnter;
forwardsAttackTransitionEnter.duration = weaponData.weaponDictionary[currentWeapon].transitionDurationEnter;
forwardsAttackTransitionEnter.offset = weaponData.weaponDictionary[currentWeapon].transitionOffsetEnter;

animatorOverrideController["SwordSwing"] = weaponData.weaponDictionary[currentWeapon].weaponforwardAnim;

This works “okay” in the editor (the animator skips for a second as the new transition data is entered) but building this unfortunately won’t work as the Unity Editor namespace isn’t included for standalone builds.

Is there a way to get this code to work in a build or a similar way to get this done using the normal API, if not are there any assets that expose the animator run-time variables like this, or any other ways to implement what I’m trying to achieve?

Thanks for your time

  • Aaron
2

This might help you…have a look

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@shrinath-kopare Thanks for the help, unfortunately I’m looking to edit the transition settings at run-time instead of running an animation on any game object.

Thanks for the effort though!