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# State Machine Runner

The State Machine Runner is the component in charge of executing your state machine asset or embedded.

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### The Buttons

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**`Edit`** this button will open or reload the current existing graph view window with the selected State machine

**`New Window`** this will open a new graph window. You can open as many as you want with different State Machines.

**`Clear`** this will remove any existing embedded data for an embedded State Machine

**`Embed`** embed or create an scene State Machine allowing you to use scene references directly

**`Detach`** this will roll back to the State Machine asset if there was any. Existing embedde data won't be deleted.

{% hint style="info" %}
If no State Machine asset is present it will create and embed a new State Machine
{% endhint %}

{% hint style="success" %}
If a State Machine asset is present it will create a copy of it and embed it into the runner
{% endhint %}