When combining Cinemachine and Timeline, another example we can look at is a cutscene that is activated when the character walks into a trigger. This is usually the kind of “event” cutscene that interrupts your gameplay as you walk into a certain area of your map like when you enter…

When combining Cinemachine and Timeline, you can add all sorts of interesting camera angles to your animation to create cutscenes. Let’s have a look at how you can combine both. Objective: Combine Cinemachine and Timeline to create a simple sequence that transitions from gameplay to cutscene and back to gameplay. Table of Contents …

Have you ever noticed how a little cutscene or animation segment plays when you open a chest in a video game? These are different from other kinds of cutscenes and blend in with the flow of gameplay, this is something we can be easily achieved with Timeline. Objective: Learn how…

Making multifaceted character animations often requires more than just multiple animation clips spliced together into one sequence. For more context, “multifaceted animation” is a term I like to use to refer to animations that require more than one track or Timeline combined into a single finalized animation. …

Whether you got your animations from the asset store or another 3rd party, you will need to duplicate your animation in order to use it. This is because imported animations are write-protected which impedes certain things like Events or Timeline usage. Objective: Learn how to fix the “animation is read-only”…

We’ve seen primitives, and more complex objects like ships animated in Timeline, but the most complex object yet is a character. Characters tend to have a variety of expressions, actions, and states that make them truly unique to explore when it comes to animation. …

Unity 2019.1 introduced Signal Emitters, a feature that establishes a communication channel that allows Timeline to interact with outside systems in your project, including scripts. Let’s take a look at how you can use this to your advantage when scripting! Objective: Learn what signal emitters are, how to use them…

A Control Track in Unity Timeline enables you to control time-related elements and Playable Directors in a GameObject This means that you can have multiple Timeline Assets with their own individual Playable Director components in the same sequence. …

Audio Tracks allow you to add background music and sound effects in a straightforward easy process. …