Animate Variable Actions

Unity offers many ways to animate, and PlayMaker adds powerful Tween Actions for precise control. Sometimes, though, you just need a quick procedural animation.

Animate Variable Actions provide a simple way to animate values directly, without setting up complex tweens or curves.

Tip

Also search for Move Towards for simple actions that animate a variable value to another value.

Common Parameters

Most animate variables actions share these parameters:

#	Control	Description
	Graph	A preview of the animation as a graph.
	Float	The float variable to animate.
	Start Value	The start value to animate from.
	End Value	The end value to animate to.
	Duration	How long the animation takes in seconds.
	UseRealtime	Uses unscaled time. For example, if time scale is set to 0 in a pause menu.
	Loop Settings	If and how the animation should loop.

Convert Actions

Use the Convert Menu to quickly switch between animation actions.