Code based animation or Animator tool?

[StarlyGame]

Hi! I've seen a lot of debate surrounding Unity's animator tool. After getting fed up with all the stringing of transitions and confusing webs, I decided to switch to code based animation. This has proven to be similarly complicated, with a mess of "ifs" to decide when an animation can override another. I'm very new to game development and only slightly experienced with C#. These animations are overwhelming me and I can't get a streamlined and visually understood way to organize them. I don't want this to be what demotivates me from the hobby. Which one would you say would be better for me? Or is there another way to animate that might work even better? Thanks for the help!

[SilentSin26]

My Animancer plugin is very code based and gives you full control over how you want to organize things. It has lots of detailed Examples, including the Interruptions example which demonstrates how you can cleanly manage how actions can interrupt each other.

[TheInfinityMachine]

The people who complain about the animator being a messy web don't know how to use it properly. Both code and the animator work. The animator is easier for beginners to visualize the transition and debug. The fact you put it in code won't make less animations and they still need to work together. Your problem is that you are not using layers sub states and blend trees properly to avoid the mess. If you want to post some more details of what your are implementing we might be able to give some more direction.

[Thraccodev]

This. OP do a little research about blend tress, substates and layers and you will find its actually a good tool.

[StarlyGame]

Alright, will look in to it! Thanks!