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Mastering Unity 5.x

You're reading from   Mastering Unity 5.x Create amazing games with brilliant game play features using Unity 5.x

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781785880742
Length 592 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (9) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Preparation and Asset-Configuring FREE CHAPTER 2. Level Design and Structure 3. Player Controls - Movement 4. Player Controls - Typing and Health 5. Enemies and Artificial Intelligence 6. Project Management and Version Control 7. Persistent Data - Load and Save Game States 8. Performance, Optimization, Mobiles, and More

Developing an NPC Animator Controller


The FSM must be complemented by a Mecanim animator graph, as each state involves a unique animation and each one should play at the appropriate time. You create a new animator asset simply by right-clicking inside the Project Panel and choosing Create |Animator Controller from the context menu. Name this controllerEnemy.

Be sure to add this as an animator component to the zombie in the scene by dragging and dropping the asset from the Project Panel to the mesh in the Scene Viewport:

Creating a new Animator Controller for the zombie NPC

First, create a new animator integer parameter, and name this AnimState. This parameter represents the currently active state of the zombie in the graph. Its values will match exactly the value of the AIState enum, coded for the AIEnemy class: 0 = Idle, 1 = Chase, 2 = Attack, and 3 = Dead:

Creating a new Animator Controller for the zombie NPC

Now for the starting state, create a new Empty state by right-clicking in the...

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