# 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 ![](https://4240499350-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Lt-sE9MYKe9pZOcHwg5%2Fuploads%2FfT2As9QevMLYJ2RuwTdC%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=dc672b63-40ba-4efc-ad22-4cbccfbe1151) Trigger starts as soon as the specified state machine enters the specified state. #### State Continue ![](https://4240499350-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Lt-sE9MYKe9pZOcHwg5%2Fuploads%2FdnmEgTXKiLmoVTI0hBCi%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=79063554-dab0-43be-b002-5deb44de8dee) 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 ![](https://4240499350-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F-Lt-sE9MYKe9pZOcHwg5%2Fuploads%2FakZuWNYOM9fLCNpEV20F%2Fimage.png?alt=media\&token=940aa378-3ad4-4ee8-951f-4f586186d131) 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.