{"id":345,"date":"2026-04-01T16:04:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:04:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/?p=345"},"modified":"2026-04-01T16:04:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T16:04:29","slug":"how-to-import-your-npc-animations-from-blender-into-unity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/uncategorized\/how-to-import-your-npc-animations-from-blender-into-unity\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import your NPC animations from Blender into Unity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Before starting this tutorial, please make sure you’ve at least completed steps 1 through 8 from the previous tutorial<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this tutorial, I will be using a model created by Emmie for her Odyssey project. This particular character is called a siren.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 1:<\/strong> Ensure your animation is included in the .fbx<\/code> file you imported. You can do so by making sure there is at least 1 metarigAction<\/code> clip in your .fbx<\/code> file. If there is not, then redo the previous tutorial<\/a> or ask for help in the discord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 2: <\/strong>Select your model, and in the inspector, make sure your Animation Type<\/code> is set to Generic<\/code> in the Rig<\/code> tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 3:<\/strong> If you want your animation to loop continuously, then you can select the Animation<\/code> tab and set Loop Time<\/code> to true<\/code> by checking the box in the Animation tab:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 4:<\/strong> Create an Animation Controller. In your project window, click the +<\/code> icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then, select Animation<\/code> -> Animation Controller<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rename your animation controller to whatever you like. I renamed mine to Siren Animation Controller<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Double click the animation controller to open it, then drag your metarigAction<\/code> into the Animator<\/code> window.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 5:<\/strong> Drag your model into your Unity scene, add an Animator<\/code> component to it, and assign the Controller<\/code> as the Animation Controller you made in the last step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 6:<\/strong> Enter play mode, and make sure your model is animated! If it is not, ask for help in the discord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Step 7: Next Steps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn how to take advantage of the Animation Controller: https:\/\/learn.unity.com\/pathway\/creative-core\/unit\/animation\/tutorial\/control-animation-with-an-animator?version=6.0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Before starting this tutorial, please make sure you’ve at least completed steps 1 through 8 from the previous tutorial. In this tutorial, I will be using a model created by Emmie for her Odyssey project. This particular character is called a siren. Step 1: Ensure your animation is included in the .fbx file you imported. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studiox.digitalscholar.rochester.edu\/greenhouse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}