Reply To: Comparison with Timeline (Hint: Timeline is not perfect!)

[Gavalakis]

Thanks a lot for your honest review!
I really appreciate that and I do agree with the cons presented for Slate vs Timeline. Most of the things you mention are things I do certainly want to improve, with root-motion baking performance being one of my top priorities since it’s one of the things that is really bugging me!

The only reason that root motion is baked honestly, is so that the cutscene can stay dynamic (as far as actor position/rotation goes), meaning that the root motion is applied as an “offset” releative to the actor’s “starting” position, instead of “absolute” position/rotation (like it’s done in Timeline). But of course, not everyone needs that to be the case and right now baking is taking place even in those situations where applying the root motion as an “offset” is not required. Having said that though, I will definetely need to accomodate that as an option, and/or improve baking (a lot).

I really hope that this major con is resolved in the next version!
I will also of course try to improve in the rest of the areas you’ve mentioned in your review as well 🙂

Thanks again!

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