AnimationState.time \ AnimationState.normalizedTime

What is the difference between AnimationState.time vs. AnimationState.normalizedTime?

The normalised time is the elapsed playback time divided by the length of the animation clip (so you are correct that 0 represents the start of the animation and 1 represents the end). However, if the clip is set to loop or repeat its last frame then the value can go above 1. You can think of this as a fraction or percentage of the length of the clip but this percentage can go above 100% if the animation plays for longer than its single play length.

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Get the current time of animation using script Unity3d

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I want to know the current time of the played animation using script in Unity3d. I tried using currentState.normalizedTime but this time is not the time of the animation, like it's the time of the runtime I think. Any advice please?

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asked Jul 27 '15 at 16:03

 

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Try this:

    int frameNumber = Mathf.FloorToInt(normalizedtimeOfFrame* totalFrames);

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answered Jul 28 '15 at 19:08

 

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You would use AnimationState.time

It can be larger than the length of the animation, so to get the value with this, you would need to modulo with the animation clip length.

float time = currentState.time % currentState.clip.length;

You can also use Normalized Time, but you would have to mulitply the value by the length instead of the animation (AnimationClip.Length)

float time = currentState.normalizedTime * currentState.clip.length;

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• But this is the animation time or the run time? Like what if after running my application I didn't play the animation until 5 seconds, would these 5 seconds included when using AnimationState.Time? – Tak Jul 27 '15 at 16:26

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• Sorry, I was still editing the question after I posted it. – jgallant Jul 27 '15 at 16:28

• I tried it and it gives this error Error CS0117: 'UnityEngine.Animation' does not contain a definition for 'length' (CS0117) (Assembly-CSharp) – Tak Jul 27 '15 at 16:43

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• You have to reference the actual animation instance. Use currentState.clip.length; – jgallant Jul 27 '15 at 16:44

• it is still not working as it gives this error Error CS1061: 'UnityEngine.AnimatorStateInfo' does not contain a definition for 'time' and no extension method 'time' accepting a first argument of type 'UnityEngine.AnimatorStateInfo' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?) (CS1061) (Assembly-CSharp) – Tak Jul 27 '15 at 16:47