Detecting the hit location on a character

Another animation-related topic in combat is the hit location detection. This recipe shows how to easily detect hits to different body parts.

Getting ready

We are going to use a simple character with just one looped Idle animation in this recipe. You can also use the provided example Unity project and go to the Chapter 06 Handling combat\Recipe 10 Detecting the hit location on a character directory. You will find an Example.unity scene there, with a Humanoid character. Play the game to see the effect.

How to do it...

To be able to detect hits for different body parts, follow these steps:

1. Import your character with all the necessary animations to Unity. Place it on the scene.

2. Create a new Layer and name it BodyParts. To do so, go to the Layers menu and choose the Edit Layers option, as shown in the following screenshot:

Adding a new Layer

3. Create a new script and name it BodyPart.cs. Create only one public string bodyPartName variable in this script. We will...