Timeline is a formidable tool for both linear animation and interactive experiences. Come discover Timeline's latest features and 2019 improvements: Markers and Signals, nested control tracks, and updates to root motion offsets. You'll also learn how to create a short animation in the context of a game, drive cameras with Cinemachine, and then integrate these into gameplay. Speaker: Ciro Continisio – Unity

2. Blending Gameplay and
Storytelling in Timeline
Ciro Continisio - Lead Evangelist, EMEA

3. Who am I
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Ciro Continisio
Lead Evangelist, EMEA
Focus: Games, more advanced uses of Unity
Past:
— Developer of my own games
— Certification tester at EA
@CiroContns

4. Improvements to
Timeline
— Markers and Signals
– Custom markers
— Animator track offset *
— Control track nesting
— Audio track controls *
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5. Markers
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Markers give the ability to mark an instant in time on a Timeline.
They are opposed to clips, which represent a continuous segment
of time (and have a start, a duration and an ending).

6. Signals
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Signals are a specific type of marker, and require 3 parts to work:
— Signal Emitter on the Timeline, which emits the notification
— Signal (Asset) which is the channel through which the
notification is broadcasted
— Signal Receiver (Component)

7. Creating your custom marker
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To create a marker with no functionality, you need 1 script:
— One which defines the marker, inheriting from Marker
To have the marker trigger code, you need 2:
— Marker: Inherits from Marker, implements INotification
— A MonoBehaviour: implements INotificationReceiver

8. Let’s see a code example
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CardMarker: the marker on the Timeline
[Serializable, DisplayName("Card Marker")]
public class CardMarker : Marker, INotification
{
public CardData card;
public Vector3 position;
public Placeable.Faction faction;
//required by INotification but we're not actually using it
public PropertyName id { get { return new PropertyName(); } }
}

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CardPlayerBridge: receives the notification
public class CardPlayerBridge : MonoBehaviour, INotificationReceiver
{
public GameManager gameManager; //the receiver of the notification
//will ask the manager to play a Card
public void OnNotify(Playable origin, INotification notification, object context)
{
CardMarker cm = notification as CardMarker;
if(cm != null)
gameManager.UseCard(cm.card, cm.position, cm.faction);
}
}

11. Other improvements
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12. Mange tak.
Ciro Continisio - Lead Evangelist, EMEA
@CiroContns
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