Core Concepts

Normalized timing

Montage positions are stored from 0% to 100% instead of as absolute seconds. This has two consequences:

• changing playback speed keeps markers at the same relative point in the animation; and
• replacing a clip with one of a different length does not require every marker to be retimed.

For example, an event at 30% remains at 30% even when the clip duration changes.

Note

Normalized timing preserves a relative position. It does not guarantee that two different clips place the same pose or contact at that position; review important cues after replacing a clip.

Playback lifecycle

The player follows this cycle:

Idle → Blending In → Active Playback → Blending Out → Idle

During active playback, the Player advances the normalized playhead and evaluates authored timeline elements.

Gesture and State playback

Mode	Intended behavior	Examples
Gesture	Temporary one-shot layered over locomotion, then blended out.	Drinking, opening a chest, reloading, rolling.
State	Sustained animation or stance that remains active until exited.	Limping, crawling, carrying an object, aiming.

State transitions

State mode supports a main state plus dedicated entry and exit clips. The timeline can expose separate entry and exit segments so each phase can carry its own point events.

Root motion

Translation and rotation from Unity root motion blend with Game Creator locomotion. Test the result with the project’s Character, animation clips, and locomotion setup.

Layers and avatar masks

Montages can target animation layers and use Unity Avatar Masks. This is intended for cases such as an upper-body interaction that continues while lower-body locomotion remains active.

Interruption

Montage settings include interruptibility, priority, conflict behavior, blend durations, and an option to require a cancel window.

Use Windows to define the part of playback in which an interrupt is allowed.