# Motion Warping Asset

## Curves and Warp Phases

This plugin uses **Motion Warping Assets** to control how the animation will be warped in runtime. To create a new **Motion Warping Asset**, make sure to: <mark style="background-color:purple;">**Right click -> Create -> MotionWarping -> MotionWarpingAsset.**</mark>

<figure><img src="/files/fPClTFT8T5nNHnrtX7fo" alt="" width="412"><figcaption><p>This asset contains all properties that configure the warping process.</p></figcaption></figure>

Now we need to select the animation we want to warp. Let's use a **JumpOver** clip as an example. Then, press the **"Extract Curves"** button. It will generate the root motion curves from the clip:

<figure><img src="/files/hoQiBPOsKwza26oCbjAl" alt="" width="377"><figcaption><p>Curves are properly extracted!</p></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip**: you can modify these curves manually if your animation does not contain keyframes for the root.
{% endhint %}

The next step is to tell the system what parts of the animation we want to warp. To do this, we need to set the **Phases Amount** to the number of parts we want to warp.

{% hint style="info" %}
**Example:** In the **JumpOver** animation, this value is **3** because we have 3 target points: close edge, far edge, and landing point.
{% endhint %}

After that, hit the **"Generate Phases"** button:

<figure><img src="/files/RXS69JKptIwMjmtTO02h" alt="" width="368"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

{% hint style="success" %}
**Tip**: it is possible to drag and resize **Warp Phases**, by hovering over the green bars and their edges.
{% endhint %}

For every green segment, there is an element in the **Warp Phases** list. Let's see what properties the phases have:

<figure><img src="/files/b47ZZHU8kTnpe69bs3jv" alt="" width="475"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* **T Offset**: translation offset for the target point.
* **R Offset**: rotation offset for the target point.
* **Start Time**: animation start time for this segment.
* **End Time**: animation end time for this segment.
* **Min Rate**: minimum allowed playrate.
* **Max Rate**: maximum allowed playrate.
* **Total Root Motion**: the final distance for each axis.

{% hint style="warning" %}
**Tip:** close and open up the asset again to generate the total root motion!
{% endhint %}

## Additional Properties

For fine-tuning, **Motion Warping Asset** offers additional functionality to control the warping process:

<figure><img src="/files/9Ea9yjKIiyXwAgTHZg2z" alt="" width="369"><figcaption></figcaption></figure>

* **Use Linear:** whether to use linear interpolation for the selected axes.
* **Use Animation:** whether to play animation on top of warping adjustments; keep this on for all axes, unless animation is not required.
* **Use Warping**: whether to warp the selected axes.
* **Use Collision**: whether to use native (*CharacterController* or *Rigidbody*) collision when warping. For example: if we want to warp the sword attack animation, we can enable the collision, so the character will react to the environment.

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At this point, our **Motion Warping Asset** is ready. Next, we are going to learn about the main component of the system.


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