Sample Mecanim Animations in Editor

Hey all, quick question:

Is there a script function that allows the playing of animations inside the editor outside of play mode?

In the legacy system this is available, but i have yet to stumble across the equivalent in mecanim.

I know about the [Execute in editor mode] option, but what script call for mecanim states goes along with that?

Thanks in advance!

 

Hi akelsey,

Here a script that show you how to achieve this.

Best regards,
Sonny

 

Awesome! Thanks!

 

Does this work on optimized gameobjects?

I am getting an error:
pose.m_Count == transformCount
UnityEditor.AnimationMode:SampleAnimationClip(GameObject, AnimationClip, Single)

 

Is there a way to deoptimize the transform hierarchy in script?

I would just want to do it to the scene object as I am previewing it. Doesnt look like the animation window supports optimized gameobjects animation either...

 

No, unfortunately, optimized game object hierarchy are not supported right now.

But yes you can switch from Optimized to Deoptimized from script
Take a look at the documentation:
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/AnimatorUtility.html

 

We are using 4.3, it doesnt look like this option is available yet.

Which version did this come online?

 

In 4.3, the function was in another namespace

UnityEditor.GameObjectUtility.OptimizeTransformHierarchy(GameObject go)

 

@Mecanim.Dev is the script working in 4.6.2? i got flickering animation when the animate button are active

 

I don't know rea, I didn't test this script since 4.3

 

Why dont you support sampling animation and preferably the whole state machine in editor natively like the old animation,

 

You can, setup all your controller's input parameter and call manually animator.Update(deltaTime).

There is even some user doing IK in the editor with the Animator built in IK.
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/set-up-ik-in-editor.332035/#post-2155040