# Animation system for actor ## Animation System overview The animation system in **Gem RTS** handles animation control and switching for game entities with complex skeletal animation, such as humans, animals, or robots. It consists of two main components: * **Finite State Machine (FSM)** — ensures correct transitions between states based on requests from external control systems such as AI, player commands, game physics, and others. * **State handler** in the engine provides feedback from the FSM to other game systems and manages animations and effects according to the unit’s active state. Most animation selection rules are defined in configuration files of the **Animation Selector**.

Interaction between FSM and Animation Selector for animation control in Gem RTS

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/pages/AQgQU7P7ceoGj85CD1KW	Explanation of the purpose and working principles of the FSM in the Gem RTS engine, including its structure and main configuration components.	/files/ueYOF7YCEEu954WYabzW
/pages/Ap4atTpYWVJYwkRJyI8L	Explanation of how the Animation Selector works: configuration structure for selecting animations based on FSM state and other parameters.	/files/ueYOF7YCEEu954WYabzW
/pages/g13p57R3RyUxoH2RRjUF	A guide to debugging FSM and animations in the editor.	/files/TVlz0a9eAtrPjujnvvbu

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