Configuring a character's Avatar and idle animation

One feature that makes Mecanim so flexible and powerful is the ability to quickly reassign Animation Clips from one character to another. This is made possible through the use of Avatars, which are basically a layer between your character's original rig and Unity's Animator system.

In this recipe, we will learn how to configure an Avatar skeleton on a rigged character.

Getting ready

For this recipe, you will need the [e-mail] and Swat@rifle_aiming_idle.fbx files, which are provided in the 09_03 folder.

How to do it...

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