Why when creating new animator controller for the character the character is not walking right ?

Unity Engine
1

I created a new controller called it SoldierController and dragged it to the character Controller under Animator component in the Inspector.

Also unchecked Apply Root Motion

Then attached a new script to the third person character called the script Soldier.

Then i set the animator controller i added to it two new States: Walk and Idle. HumanoidIdle and HumanoidWalk.

Then i did that the default start state will be Idle. Set StateMachine Default State.

Then i did a Transition from Walk to Idle. This way when i press on W it’s start walking a bit then it keep moving the character but without the walking animation.

If i delete this transition and make transition from the Idle to Walk then when i press on W it will walk but then if i leave W key and it’s idling then after 2-3 seconds the character will walk on place i mean it will animate walking without moving and i’m not pressing anything it’s starting automatic when idling.

The character had another animator controller but i created a new one and using only the new one.

The script:

using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;

public class Soldier : MonoBehaviour
{
   private bool _isWalking = false;
   private Animator anim;

   // Use this for initialization
   void Start ()
   {
       anim = GetComponent<Animator>();
   }

   // Update is called once per frame
   void Update ()
   {
       var x = Input.GetAxis("Horizontal") * Time.deltaTime * 150.0f;

       transform.Rotate(0, x, 0);

       if (Input.GetKey("w"))
       {
           if (!_isWalking)
           {
               _isWalking = true;
               anim.Play("Walk");
           }
           var z = Input.GetAxis("Vertical") * Time.deltaTime * 3.0f;
           transform.Translate(0, 0, z); // Only move when "w" is pressed.
       }
       else
       {
           if (_isWalking)
           {
               anim.Play("Idle");
           }
           _isWalking = false;
       }
   }
}
2

I found that if i remove delete the transition between the idle and walk it will work fine.
But i also noticed that i could keep the transition and use parameter and then update the parameter in the script and it will work too. So when should i use parameter/s ? And when not ?

3

check your animation file. the animation file may be one continuous animation and somewhere in that file maybe a walking animation. simply “cut up” your animation by specifying the ending frame.