Blending when using LinkAnimClassLayers?

[nikolai.shkurkin (Nikolai S.)]

Here is how I got blending working when linking / unlinking anim layers (Unreal 5.5):

1. Generally follow the instructions here: Animation Blueprint Linking in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.6 Documentation | Epic Developer Community

2. In your Anim Layer Interface (which defines the layers to your animation), be sure the “Bindings” are set to the “Default Anim Graph Node Binding” type:
   

   

3. In your ABP which implements your Anim Layer Interface, click on the layer function and in the Details tab you should see blend times appear:
   

   
   
   
   

4. In the ABP that uses the linked layers, add an Inertialization node after the linkage:
   

   

Caveat: Did not try this for multiple linked layers.