Trail Set Manager Reference

Reference for the UI elements and product features in Trail Set Manager.

Trail Set Manager Dashboard

Overview infographic of the UI in Trail Set Manager.

1. Outliner

2. Gaits

3. Playback Timeline

4. 3D Viewport

5. Trail Editor

1. Outliner

Highlighted diagram of the Outliner in Trail Set Manager.

Trails are organized, created, and searchable in the Outliner.

Use the purple + button to create new trails and folders, or right click in the Outliner's Explorer to create trails and folders in specific locations.

You can also create new trails by importing Pure Root Motion data in a JSON format.

2. Gaits

Highlighted diagram of the Gaits section in Trail Set Manager.

Gaits are created and organized in the Gaits section.

Every Trail must belong to a Gait. Additionally, Idle is a Gait added to every Trail Set by default and does not need to be recreated by the user.

You can collapse the Gait section by clicking the double arrow button:

3. Playback Timeline

Highlighted diagram of the Playback Timeline in Trail Set Manager.

Directly control the 3D Viewport's playback of the Trail in real-time. Includes controls for repeating playback and changing the speed of playback.

You can also view and select Trail Segments directly in the timeline and view where each Segment resides in the Trail's runtime.

4. 3D Viewport

Highlighted diagram of the 3D Viewport in Trail Set Manager.

Trails are visually displayed in the 3D viewport with a T-posing, unmeshed avatar over selected segments. When using playback, the unmeshed avatar will play through the trail according the Trail and Trail Segment's configurations.

5. Trail Editor

Highlighted diagram of the Trail Editor in Trail Set Manager.

The Trail Editor allows you to edit a Trail's overall parameters, individual Segments, and select additional options for looping and Phase Shifting.

Trail Parameters

Example of the Trail Parameters section in the Trail Editor.

Every Trail includes overall parameters for the Trail's Initial Direction and Root Offset.

Trail Segments

Segments are customized in the Trail Segments section of the editor.

Example of the Trail Segments section in the Trail Editor.

Property	Definition
Gait	The Segment's selected Gait.
Duration	The number of frames within the selected Segment. Animations are captured in 30fps.
Turn Angle	The angle which the avatar turns at the start of the Segment.
Angspeed	The angular speed which the avatar turns during the start of the Segment. Used to create arcs.
Strafe Angle	The angle which the avatar faces when performing movement. For example, enabling this property forces the avatar to face 0°. When disabled, the avatar faces the direction of their movement by default.
Speed Multiplier	The multiplier of the Segment's speed. Used to create speed variations within the same Trail without using different Gaits.
Post Turn	Controls when the avatar begins rotating when carrying out a turn specified by Turn Angle. There are 3 available values: 0.0 (pre-turn), 0.5 (default), and 1.0 (post-turn). 0.0 starts rotation before the avatar's change in direction starts. 0.5 starts rotation when the avatar changes direction. 1.0 delays rotations until after the avatar changes direction.
End Angspeed	The angular speed which the avatar turns at the end of the Segment. Used to create arcs. When disabled, End Angspeed defaults to the same value as Angspeed.

Trail Options

Example of the Options section in Trail Editor.

Additional options include: turning the Trail into a looping animation, and enabling Phase Shifting to create animation variations with the Trail. A Trail cannot use Phase Shifting while also being a looping animation.

You can collapse the Options section by clicking the double arrow button: