A clearer workflow
starts here.

Overview

Cleaner Animator Controller layouts, faster.

AnimFlow Organizer is a Unity Editor tool designed for developers working with large, messy, or hard-to-read Animator Controllers. It scans the selected controller layer, detects Animator states, groups related states, and applies a clean visual layout to improve readability.

It is especially useful when a controller contains many states, multiple layers, or manually placed nodes that have become difficult to navigate during production.

Features

Main Features

Safety

Designed to be safe for production controllers.

AnimFlow Organizer only changes visual node positions inside the Animator Controller graph. It does not modify gameplay logic or runtime behavior.

Installation

Open the tool from the Unity menu.

1. Import AnimFlow Organizer into your Unity project.
2. Open the tool from the Unity menu.
3. Select an Animator Controller in the Project window.
4. Click Use Selected Controller From Project or assign the controller manually.
5. Click Scan Controller.

Quick Start

Recommended first test.

1. Open your Animator Controller.
2. Open Tools > AnimFlow Organizer.
3. Select the Animator Controller.
4. Click Scan Controller.
5. Review the detected groups.
6. Correct any wrong group using the manual group dropdown if needed.
7. Choose SmartLayout.
8. Click Organize Selected Layer.
9. Use Ctrl + Z if you want to undo the operation.

Layout Modes

Choose the layout style that fits your controller.

Classification

Smart state grouping.

AnimFlow Organizer uses state names, transition parameters, built-in English keywords, custom keywords, and manual overrides to determine where each state should belong.

For example, states named Attack01 or SwordSlash can be classified as Combat. States using parameters such as Speed, Velocity, or IsMoving can be classified as Movement. Parameters are only read for classification and are never edited.

Custom Keywords

Support your own naming style.

Custom Keywords allow AnimFlow Organizer to understand project-specific abbreviations, naming conventions, or other languages. Enable Use Custom Keywords in the Smart Classification section and add keywords separated by commas.

Manual Overrides

Correct groups before applying the layout.

After scanning a controller, each detected state has a group dropdown next to it. If a state is placed in the wrong group, change the dropdown before organizing the layer.

Manual overrides only affect AnimFlow's grouping and layout calculation. They do not modify Animator Controller logic.

Workflow

Recommended workflow.

1. Select your Animator Controller.
2. Click Scan Controller.
3. Check the detected groups.
4. Use manual overrides if needed.
5. Choose SmartLayout.
6. Start with Organize Selected Layer.
7. If the result looks good, use Organize All Layers.
8. Save your project.

Unity Notes

Known Unity editor limitations.

Unity's Animator window does not expose every visual control through public editor APIs. Entry, Any State, and Exit may require a visual refresh. The Select button can select and ping a state, but Unity may not always pan directly to it.

If the Animator window does not update instantly, reselect the controller, switch layers, or reopen the Animator window. These are editor visualization limitations and do not affect Animator Controller data.

FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Support

Support information.

If you find an issue, please include your Unity version, the Animator Controller structure, screenshots before and after organizing, and the steps needed to reproduce the issue.

This helps identify layout or classification problems faster.