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# State Machine
The state machine trigger detects events related to the states of the specified state machine. By tracking the states of the steates we can bind animations to them.
A state-machine trigger consists of two properties: State machine name and name of the state.
Conditions are tracked by three trigger modes: Started, Continue, End.
#### State Started
Trigger starts as soon as the specified state machine enters the specified state.
#### State Continue
Trigger starts and continues it's working as long as the specified state machine is in the specified state. Upon exiting that state, refered objects stops immediately.
#### State Stop
Trigger starts as soon as the specified state machine exits the specified state.
Trigger links from the states of the State machine in Game Flow actually represent a State machine trigger. You can choose to use this event more conveniently.
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