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• ChrisIceBox

  March 2014

  I reckon you'd have an easier time getting around this using Unity Sprites as your animation engine, since you can make use of Mecanim variables. A custom script could work out the sprite's direction, relative position to the mouse etc., and control a parameter used to play either a TurnLeft or TurnRight animation.
  
  Then again, if you're turn animation was only 3 frames long, you could always try splitting them into the Walk_DR, Walk_D and Walk_DL clips.
  
• domx

  March 2014

  Thanks for answering, Chris.

  
  

  True, Mecanim would offer an instant solution, but for a numer of reasons I am using 2D Toolkit (which is quite ironic, because back in November/December I asked you about native 2D support for AC).

  
  

  I'll try to play around with existing clips, but if this will not suffice, I guess I will experiment with injecting an additional turning clip.

  
  
• domx

  March 2014

  One extra question Chris - can you suggest if turning (ie. for 2D changing the played directional animation or mirroring R or L anim) is handled per animation system or somewhere in generic, shared code base related to navigation? I started digging, but you might save me a lot of time if you drop a file name or a similar tip. Cheers!
• ChrisIceBox

  April 2014

  The 2D direction is handled in the Char script - look for the GetSpriteDirection and SetSpriteDirection functions.
  
  However, you may prefer to wait for 1.29 - which will feature a new animation engine called "Sprites Unity Complex".  It works much like the Mecanim implementation - if you give it a move speed parameter, and a direction parameter, it'll update both on the fly, allowing you to implement your own custom FSM as you see fit.  This way, you could have a custom animation play from Idle_L to Walk_R, for example.
  
• domx

  April 2014

  Following up on this, is the Sprites Unity Complex system able to service 2d toolkit sprites or is it just for native 2d sprites?
• outtoplay

  April 2014

  That sounds awesome Chris. Can't wait!
  
• ChrisIceBox

  April 2014 edited April 2014

  @domx: 'Fraid not - it's really just a way of manipulating Mecanim, not the sprites themselves.
  
• domx

  April 2014

  Too bad I will try to resolve this script-wise then. Thanks for your help and pointers!