Hi guys, Im new in animation and I dont understand what is the locomotion and how it relates to character movement?
Internet search brought no clarity, so I hope you can help me.
Many thanks for considering my request.
Locomotion is movement, usually described as transformation, but not rotation. Motion on the other hand can be movement/transformation and rotation.
Unity has a thing called root motion which is locomotion data baked into the animation file. Which means the object/character is moving in 3D space from one position to another. The opposite of root motion is In-place. Animations that do not contain root motion (the movement/locomotion data baked into the animation) are considered In-place animations.