A lightweight, high-performance Playables-based animation montage system for Unity. Features real-time timeline scrubbing, multi-track audio/VFX sequencing, zero runtime GC, and adaptive time warping.⚡ High-Performance, Lightweight & Zero-GC Presentation Layer ⚡CwcMontage is a high-performance animation montage system designed specifically for modern action games (ACT, ARPG, Top-Down Combat) in Unity.Built natively on top of the Unity Playables API, CwcMontage adopts a robust Dual-Track Pipeline architecture: your gameplay logic (such as State Machines or Ability Systems) retains authoritative control over timing and combat state transitions, while CwcMontage orchestrates precise animation sampling, dynamic multi-clip cross-fading, synchronized audio/VFX playback, and clean Root Motion delegation.================================================================================🌟 CORE HIGHLIGHTS================================================================================🎬 Real-Time Visual Timeline Editor• Scrub through complex animation sequences directly inside the Scene View with zero playback latency.• Multi-track timeline supporting animation blending, audio clips, particle VFX, and custom logic blocks.• Intuitive timeline ruler with magnetic frame snapping and physical section slicing.⏱️ Interval Sweep Sampling (Zero Event Loss)• Uses incremental half-open intervals (LastTime, CurrentTime] to evaluate action triggers.• Guarantees paired OnEnter -> OnUpdate -> OnExit execution even during severe frame-rate drops down to 10 FPS.• Built-in bidirectional scrub support and instant timeline seeking.🔀 Dynamic Section Timing (Adaptive Time Warping)• Call handle.SyncSectionDuration() at runtime to dynamically stretch or compress physical sections (windup, active, recovery) to match character gameplay attributes.• Harmonizes animation asset lengths with designer combat tuning without editing original animation clips.🔊 Multi-Track Audio & Particle Dispatching• Bind sound effects, particles, and prefabs with instant audio/visual preview directly in the editor.• Integrated lightweight, zero-GC object pool for runtime VFX and AudioSource instances.🏃 Modular Root Motion Delegation• Dispatches horizontal, vertical, and rotational delta motions via clean interfaces and C# events.• Completely decoupled from movement controllers (works out of the box with CharacterController, Rigidbody, or KCC).🛡️ Zero-GC Playables Mixer Architecture• Permanent dual-slot ping-pong cross-fade graph topology.• Eliminates dynamic node reconnections and array allocations during high-frequency combat playback.================================================================================🎮 OUT-OF-THE-BOX COMBAT DEMO================================================================================Includes an interactive, fully decoupled combat showcase:• Humanoid combat character with sword combos, rolls, and punches.• Real-time Playables monitor HUD displaying mixer slot weights and physical section progress.• Instant scene launch at: Assets/CwcPlugins/CwcMontage/Demo/Scenes/MontageDemoScene.unity.================================================================================📚 DOCUMENTATION & SUPPORT================================================================================📖 Online Documentation: https://cwcbbchao.github.io/CwcMontage/💻 Source Repository: https://github.com/CwcbbChao/CwcMontage💬 Issues & Community Support: https://github.com/CwcbbChao/CwcMontage/issuesFeatures & Technical Specifications:- Unity Version Compatibility: Unity 2021.3 LTS, 2022.3 LTS, and Unity 6 (6000.x)- Render Pipeline Compatibility: Compatible with Universal Render Pipeline (URP), High Definition Render Pipeline (HDRP), and Built-in Render Pipeline- Performance: Zero runtime GC allocations during active playback and cross-fading- Playables Topology: Fixed dual-slot ping-pong mixer architecture- Input System: Compatible with both the New Input System and Legacy Input Manager- Assembly Definitions: Fully decoupled assemblies (Runtime, Editor, and Demo)- External Dependencies: None. Built entirely with native Unity Playables API and UI ToolkitPackage Contents:- Complete C# source code for Runtime and Editor- Custom UI Toolkit Montage Editor window with real-time viewport scrubbing- 1 Interactive demo scene with complete combat controller and HUD- 1 Game-ready humanoid character model with animations (CC0 by Quaternius)- Demo particle effects, audio samples, and montage sequence configurationsAI-Assisted Content Disclosure:Artificial intelligence tools were utilized as an assistant during the conceptual layout and styling implementation of the UI Toolkit editor interface. All core runtime logic, Playables graph topology, interval sweep algorithms, data structures, and system architectures were entirely authored, benchmarked, and verified directly by the developer.
