Importing/starting animations in KSP

[Katten]

Hello!

I'm having trouble starting (my first) animation in KSP.

The animation ("deploy") works fine in Blender, exported as FBX, looks okey in Unity asset preview. I don't know how to test the animation in Unity after adding the asset to the scene tho. 

I have created a cfg-file that contains the following code:

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MODULE
{
name = ModuleAnimateGeneric
animationName = deploy
startEventGUIName = Deploy
endEventGUIName = Retract
animSwitch = false
isOneShot = false
actionGUIName = MyToggle
}

In the VAB, I get a button named "Toggle", but not the names I specified above.

I get the following output in ksp.log when clicking Toggle:

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[EXC 09:18:09.965] NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
    ModuleAnimateGeneric.UpdateAnimSwitch ()
    ModuleAnimateGeneric.Toggle ()
    BaseEvent.Invoke ()
    UIPartActionButton.OnClick ()
    UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCall.Invoke (System.Object[] args)
    UnityEngine.Events.InvokableCallList.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters)
    UnityEngine.Events.UnityEventBase.Invoke (System.Object[] parameters)
    UnityEngine.Events.UnityEvent.Invoke ()
    UnityEngine.UI.Button.Press ()
    UnityEngine.UI.Button.OnPointerClick (UnityEngine.EventSystems.PointerEventData eventData)
    UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute (IPointerClickHandler handler, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData)
    UnityEngine.EventSystems.ExecuteEvents.Execute[IPointerClickHandler] (UnityEngine.GameObject target, UnityEngine.EventSystems.BaseEventData eventData, UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventFunction`1 functor)
    UnityEngine.EventSystems.EventSystem:Update()

I see the following as part of the loading, which doesn't occur if I don't have the ModuleAnimateGeneric in there:

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[LOG 09:40:33.636] PartLoader: Part 'SpaceCat/Goblins United/Parts/Engine/gu_mt1-0_beetle/gu_mt1_0_beetle' has no database record. Creating.
[LOG 09:40:33.671] DragCubeSystem: Creating drag cubes for part 'gu.mt1.0.beetle'
[EXC 09:40:33.723] IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range.
    ModuleAnimateGeneric.AssumeDragCubePosition (System.String name)
    DragCubeSystem+.MoveNext ()
    UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine.InvokeMoveNext (IEnumerator enumerator, IntPtr returnValueAddress)
    UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
    :MoveNext()
    UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
    :MoveNext()
    UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
    :MoveNext()
    UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
    :MoveNext()
    UnityEngine.MonoBehaviour:StartCoroutine(IEnumerator)
    PartLoader:StartLoad()
    :MoveNext()
    UnityEngine.SetupCoroutine:InvokeMoveNext(IEnumerator, IntPtr)

Any ideas? =S

EDIT:

In now changed Unity -> Import Preview -> Rig -> Animation Type from Generic to Legacy according to a tutorial. Is that still needed? The .mu file grew by some 20kb. Reloaded the game, but I seem to have the same issues showing up.

Adding the log snip when the ship is loading in VAB:

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[ERR 10:00:34.221] Module ModuleAnimateGeneric threw during OnStart: System.IndexOutOfRangeException: Array index is out of range.
  at ModuleAnimateGeneric.OnStart (StartState state) [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 
  at Part.ModulesOnStart () [0x00000] in <filename unknown>:0 

[LOG 10:00:34.415] DragCubeSystem: Rendering procedural drag for fairingSize1
[EXC 10:00:34.624] NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
    ModuleAnimateGeneric.FixedUpdate ()
[LOG 10:00:34.640] Autogen thumbnail for C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Kerbal Space Program/KSP_Data/../thumbs/Testing!_VAB_Auto-Saved Ship.png from C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program\saves\Testing!\Ships\VAB\Auto-Saved Ship.craft

 

Edited September 3, 2017 by Katten

[Katten]

Solved! I think the crucial step was to rename the animation in Unity editor from "Armature:open" to just "open".