State Inspector

The State Inspector lets you edit the properties of the selected state. Most importantly it lets you edit the Actions on a state.

1. State Name: The name of the selected state. NOTE: State names must be unique in an FSM.
2. Settings Menu: Color Swatch and State Inspector settings menu. See below.
3. Action: Each state has a list of actions. Each action has it's own Action Editor.
4. Debug: Shows the value of any variables used in Actions. Useful for debugging variables at runtime.
5. Hide Unused: Hide unused, optional parameters. This can reduce clutter in the action UI. 
6. Action Browser: Open the Action Browser so you can add actions to the state.

Settings Menu

• Action Sequence: When checked, each action is run until finished before the next one starts.
• Show State Description: Use state descriptions to describe how your FSM works.
• Show Action Parameters: Show/hide the action parameters.
• Dim Unused Parameters: Dim unused, optional parameters. Can help reduce visual clutter.
• Set State Color: Set a custom color for the state in the Graph View. See Color Preferences.
• Select All Actions: Select all the actions on the selected State.
• Copy Selected Actions/Paste Actions: Copy/Paste actions.
• Delete All Actions: A quick way to remove all actions on the State.
• Action Browser: Opens the Action Browser.
• Online Help: Opens this document!

Drag and Drop

• Actions can be re-ordered by dragging their title bars.

• Actions can be dragged from the Action Browser into the State Inspector. You can also drag actions back into the browser to remove them.

• Components can be dragged from the Unity Inspector onto the State Inspector. This opens a context-menu that shows actions that apply to that component. Select an action and it will be added to the state and setup to target the dragged component.

Update Loop

• All actions are updated every frame from top to bottom. 
• Finished actions are skipped in the update loop.
• When all actions on a state have finished a FINISHED event is sent.
• When the game is playing, active actions have a green highlight; finished actions are dimmed.
• The Action Sequence setting lets you run each action in turn instead of simultaneously. 

See Actions for more details on the update loop.

Workflow Hints

• Use the Debug check box to show variable values while playing the game.
• NEW: You can hover over the left edge of the Inspector and drag to resize.

Shortcuts

• After selecting a State in the Graph View, hit Tab to highlight the State Name edit field.
• Press ~ or Ctrl~ to open the Action Browser.
• Double click any empty space in the State Inspector to open the Action Browser.
• Ctrl click an action foldout to open/close all actions:

• Ctrl click the enable check box to enable/disable all actions:

• Hover over another state while dragging actions to select it:

 

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