Animated 3D NPC

Maltel71

Hi!
I want to add animation to my NPC.
It´s a 3D first person game.
I would prefer to make the animations in Blender and export the object as an fbx with animations.

What animation settings should I use to make the NPC have a Walk and Idle animation.
Im using the TinPot prefab (Converted to an NPC)

Hope everybody is having a great day
Malte

ChrisIceBox

For 3D characters, you'll want to rely on the "Mecanim" animation engine, which involves AC controlling Animator parameters that then drive animation.

A tutorial on creating such characters can be found here.

Maltel71

Hi! this is how far I´ve come now.

the walk animation keeps on playing even though the npc stops moving.
( I have a start follow player on the OnStart-actionlist)
and the movement is a bit wierd.

https://imgur.com/cfhwFdJ fbx with animations

https://imgur.com/DL8rGyp Blender screenshot

https://imgur.com/QySiRrg NPC walking video

https://imgur.com/1K2l2BK animator window transitions

https://imgur.com/IBoSUHp clicking the npc components

ChrisIceBox

• Uncheck Has Exit Time in your Animator's Idle <-> Walk transitions, otherwise the transitions won't occur instantly.
• It looks like the character's facing the wrong way. In my experience, the character's forward direction needs to be facing the -Y axis in Blender. You should either correct the rotation of the model + rig in Blender, or play with the FBX export settings to correct the rotation in Unity.