Scaling animations

[CoCo_Finessin (oliverr)]

I put this in scripting support because I think this would have to be scripted. I want to make a basketball dribble animation, where the ball goes up and down. How do I scale this animation when the players are taller or shorter?

[TheReal_CatCrafter (TheReal)]

Simply, I believe there isn’t an easy way to do it, or I haven’t found a way yet to do it (I had a similar problem).

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What's the best way to scale animations?

Of course the animation isn’t going to scale; it only cares about the relevant Motor6Ds used to create the animation (and therefore their CFrame Transform property), not the size of your parts. You’re going to have to create the animation in such a way that it accommodates for different character scaling or configure your game to achieve the same effect whether that’s by enforcing a single size or making your own avatar sizing editor in-game. You have the option of creating your own animation-i…

[CoCo_Finessin (oliverr)]

Ahh ok, thank you! I wonder how other games do it, I doubt they make the same animation multiple times. Anyways, I’ll mark this as a solution because you answered my question.

[TheReal_CatCrafter (TheReal)]

Yeah. I suppose bigger games could employ a contractor to do some of the harder work, rather than the main game’s developer. Otherwise, I suppose it’s a case of copying and pasting what you can do, or scaling so all avatars would be the same size (Arsenal for example - I believe that’s how it’s done).

[CoCo_Finessin (oliverr)]

Yeah, I actually reached out to a developer that has made a game like mine, and he does not scale animations. It’s just so unnoticeable that he does not have too. Anyways, thank you so much for the help!