How to work with humanoid animations in Unity

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Published 2024-06-12
Working with humanoid animations in Unity

Animation is a crucial part in games and Unity’s Animation system has been supporting projects for several years. In this video we will show you how to use the Animations systems in Unity to import existing characters and animations into your project. We’re going to look at key tips and techniques for working with humanoid characters in Unity, set up the Animation Controller, Inverse Kinematics or path finding for enemies AI.

If you want to learn more about the animation system in Unity, check out our latest guide for both experienced and new animators 'The definitive guide to animation in Unity': on.unity.com/4b0z1Ma

We’ve also launched Muse Animate for helping you rapidly generate humanoid animations through natural language. This in-Editor prerelease package is available for all Muse users. With this new version, you can create Unity Animation Clips directly within the Unity Editor and easily retarget them to work with characters that use the Unity Humanoid Rig. More information: unity.com/muse and on.unity.com/3VndZlk

Time Stamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:21 - Downloading animations
02:17 - Using Root Motion
03:40 - Modifying animations
05:35 - Player-controlled animations
06:30 - Merging animations using layers and Avatar masks
09:04 - Player movement control
10:43 - AI character navigation

All Comments (21)
  • @R4v3nB14ck
    I love this kind of tutorials, I don't care how basic they are or if I already know all of it, makes me feel that Unity still wants to make games and not just movies
  • @seyfo.03
    As a game dev, even i know these things i would love that Unity keeps uploading videos like this. Maybe there are small things i've missed and i am clearly open for learning and improving. Because i always say, i don't know everything.
  • @MDLeide
    Official Unity tutorial are almost always awesome, and this guy in particular is my favorite. Nice job.
  • @8BitsPerPlay
    For those in the comment section complaining Unity's needs to update the animation system, they have been on the forums explaining the massive update for the animation system they are working on for a few weeks now. Talking with devs, community members, and getting feedback. Go to the animation forums and look for the giant post by the new animation team. I understand Unity has made a lot of mistakes, but at least don't try to ignore the fact the developers that work and code on the engine itself are actually trying to help make it better. That is just spitting in the face of devs that are working hard to help the community and user base out.
  • @aleemehsan761
    Awesome guide of Animations. Thanks alot Unity. It makes us feel awesome. ❤❤❤❤❤❤
  • @HadiLePanda
    Thank you for this tutorial! I really enjoyed the pacing and every step was clearly explained without taking longer than needed. I would love more tutorials like this! 😊
  • @alec_almartson
    I have learned most of these tips and techniques from Jason Weimann, Code Monkey, iHeartGameDev,... and other good YT Channels... Nevertheless it is great to have this reference info from Unity Technologies themselves in YouTube Thank You!
  • @darknside
    Крутое видео, радует что вы начали выпускать уроки по разработке игр
  • @ramziramzi8149
    Thanks.... The duplicating the animation was. a GEM !!!!!!!!
  • @Hazzel31337
    amazing video, packed with useful information i didnt know, gonna refer to this tutorial a lot in the future, thanks a lot
  • @Ironlionm4n
    Very high quality, would love an in depth lesson on the challenging aspects of creating game mechanics with physics - going up slopes, moving platforms, steps, fast-paced combat. 2D and 3D. If anyone is an expert in physics in Unity reach out to me I will likely pay you for tutoring.
  • @ExpensivePizza
    One thing I figured out a while back just how important it is to always create your Humanoid avatars from base T-pose characters. Then assign the same avatar to each imported animation you'll get way better results. There's not many tutorials explaining this little detail.
  • @joe72110
    Thank you so much for the tutorial... I was wondering if the scene you used in the video is available for download. It would be helpful to follow along with the same assets
  • @sannanch7564
    Thank you unity you are a very beginner friendly engine absolutely...thank you so much it was very helpful......