====== Things to note when using animation ======

  * Animation in VCI has **limitation to the keys assignable. **
  * **You cannot control Unity components through an AnimationClip**.
  * Use VCI script (Lua) for the things you want to control in VCI.

===~= What can be set as a key in VCI animation clip =====

  * transform: position
  * transform: rotation
  * transform: scale
  * BlendShape

**Note: Even if you configure parameters to other components, they will not be exported in output VCI. **

===== Why can't we save more keys? =====

Animations can take various structures depending on the media to record and play and what to record.\\
For instance, You cannot replicate a car race with a human animation file, as they have a different structure.

**Animation in VCI is different from the animation in Unity. **\\
For instance, it would be meaningless to include an animation that is not supported by VCI. VCI is not a data format that can record all data in Unity.

In other words, **Unity's AnimationClip can have numerous kind of data assigned as its key, but they are different from data that a VCI can make use of**.\\
That is why the problem of not being able to play a certain animation even though its key is configured in an AnimationClip occurs.

===== Flow chart for using Animation =====

The time is the trigger to the process → NO → Use Lua to control\\
↓YES\\
The content of the process is a movement of an object→NO→Use Lua to control\\
(Position, rotation, scale and blendshape)
↓YES\\
Use AnimationClip to control

If you wish to control an element that is not controllable from Animation nor Lua, we recommend you to make a request on our [[https://discord.gg/jtsXVVA|Discord]].
Please write what do you want to do and what is the problem in doing so. That will help us discuss what new functionality to add in VCI.