Suggestion: Falling standard animation

cyborgrabbit

This is something that would probably only be used with direct control but say you wanted the player to be able to fall off a ledge it would be good to have a standard falling animation for that. Currently I'm not sure how I would go about implementing one. I suppose I could put a trigger box around the edges of the platform and when the player enters the trigger it changes the animation to falling, or would there be an easier way?

But it's not a big deal. I don't even think I'll be doing that. It's just something I thought of while playing around in AC.

Xidore

This sort of thing is addressed on this unity 2D tutorial and basically works by checking if you are "grounded" or not and triggering an animation state based on player velocity. I see no reason why this wouldn't work if applied to 3D as well.



The methods used in the video would not necessarily all be needed - just the end bit where he changes the sprite to jump/fall.
The method of blend states in mecanim is well demonstrated here too.

cyborgrabbit

Ah thanks. Since I'm not making a 2D game I did not see that. I should have figured it was there though, this asset seems to have just about everything. Really awesome. Thank you.