Putting it together

Now as I stated earlier, this section is going to be big and full of surprises. Some things are just what you need to do in order to flex Unity in the way we want to use it. Others are real gotchas that can leave you scratching your head and searching for the answer endlessly.

We'll start with the battle state machine, getting the player ready for the battle and then following up with some GUI interaction for the player to use in order to begin his or her assault in the battle. In the next chapter, we'll close the loop in the player's battle process and progress the state machine over to the opponents.

Let's begin!

The battle state manager

Starting back in our Battle scene, we need to replace our temporary state machine with a proper one using all of Mecanim's handy features. Although we will still only be using a fraction of the functionality with the RPG sample, I advise you to investigate and read more about its capabilities.

Navigate to Assets\Animation\Controllers and...