Character Animation System

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🎮 Animation Made Simple!

Character Animation System (CAS) is a new workflow for Unity that makes animation easy and scalable. Focus on building your game while CAS handles blending and IK.

CAS works with your existing Animator Controller, keeping it clean and simple. Instead of stacking complex layers, you add Modular Overlays that blend dynamically. Want your character to hold a torch or aim with a gun? Drop in an Overlay (pose or controller) and adjust a few blend sliders – it’s that simple.

On top of that, CAS includes procedural modifiers for natural, dynamic interactions, saving you time and helping you ship new ideas fast.

Ready to learn how CAS can help your project? Let’s dive in.

🔹 Your Animator, Modular Overlays

Build your Animator once, add your Overlays, and adjust the blending sliders.

CAS also supports Overlay Animators – modular controllers with custom logic (say, sword draw, holster, and attack). Create states, transitions, or blend trees, and CAS will dynamically blend them with the main Animator.

🔹 Simple Workflow

With CAS, adding new features takes a few clicks, not hours:

1. Add your Overlay and adjust the sliders on the fly.
2. Add Procedural Animation Modifiers.
3. Link your gameplay logic with CAS without writing any code.

🔹 Nice and Smooth

CAS creates automatic transitions between poses, making sure the gameplay is smooth.

🔹 Procedural Animation

Add dynamic features to your game with powerful modifiers:

• Two Bone IK: Attach hands to props (e.g., barrels or levers).
• Procedural Steps: Perfect to avoid foot sliding.
• Look around and Turn In Place: No need for blend trees!
• Foot IK: Perfectly places feet in the game world.
• Look At: Great for NPCs aiming at objects.
• Move Leaning: Lean towards velocity when running or sprinting.
• Or just modify bones in the editor without any code!

The workflow is very simple:

1. Create Procedural Animation Settings.
2. Add your animation modifiers (say, Look and Foot IK).
3. Start the game and adjust on the fly!

CAS supports swapping Procedural Settings at runtime, so you can have procedural presets for different gameplay situations (e.g., holding a barrel or climbing).

🔹 Climb and Interact

Add traversal and interaction actions easily with Motion Warping. Easy setup, natural motion, and highly customizable.

🔹 Example Content

Additional game-ready content for CAS - prefabs, animations, scripts, and more.

CAS makes animation simple so you can focus on what matters – your game.

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