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# Effect Behavior

Last updated AC v1.5.3

## Overview

The Effect Behavior connects the animations states to the Effect Manager.

It Plays or stops an effect during the normalized time of an animation

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## Parameters

{% hint style="info" %}
**Dynamic Managers was removed in AC v1.5.3.** Effect Managers now register themselves on the Animator above them and re-register when they are re-parented, so a manager on a weapon that is equipped, holstered or swapped between hands is found automatically. There is nothing left to enable.
{% endhint %}

#### ID

ID of the Effect to activate. Check the ID on the Effect Manager.

#### Action

What to do with the Effect: `Play`, `Stop`, or `Play-Stop [Range]`, which plays the effect and stops it again inside the same animation.

#### Time

Normalized time of the Animation. When to play or stop the effect.

When the Action is `Play-Stop [Range]` the inspector hides Time and draws **Range** instead, a min and max normalized time. The effect plays at the start of the range and stops at the end of it.

#### Execute On Exit

If the animation is interrupted by a transition and the Time has not played yet, execute the Effect anyway.

#### Exit In Transition

If the animation is interrupted, execute the Effect as soon as it starts transitioning to another Animation State.

#### Description

Free text to describe what this entry does. It is only a note for the author, it does not change the behaviour.

#### Ignore In Transition

Ignore the effect if execute is called in Transition and the next transition is on this list. Use the name of the Animation State.