Script issue with changing decals on StarterCharacter

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#1

hey! for context i’m making a 2d sprite in a 3d overworld and im trying to create walking animations based on the WSAD keys pressed. prints and stuff work good but for some reason when i press the key, the decal just disappears. no errors

local fw1 = "rbxassetid://14673295435"
local fw2 = "rbxassetid://14673304630"
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local dec = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("BillboardGui"):WaitForChild("ImageLabel")
local aaa = game:GetService("UserInputService")

aaa.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)

	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
		dec.Image = fw1
		task.wait(.5)
		dec.Image = fw2
		task.wait(.5)
	end
end)
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#2

Decals are different from ImageIds. I converted your decals to ImageIds for you.

Code:

local fw1 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673295386"
local fw2 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673304582"
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local dec = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("BillboardGui"):WaitForChild("ImageLabel")
local aaa = game:GetService("UserInputService")

aaa.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)

	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
		dec.Image = fw1
		task.wait(.5)
		dec.Image = fw2
		task.wait(.5)
	end
end)

You could probably also use rbxassetid:// with these too but I didn’t just incase it wouldn’t work.

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#3

thank you so much! works great. one thing, i have a loop to repeat the walking frames over and over but i don’t know how to make the loop cease after the button has being pressed. do you know what i would add?

if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
		while true do 
		dec.Image = fw1
		task.wait(.5)
		dec.Image = fw2
		task.wait(.5)
			
		end
	end
end)
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#4

NEVERMIND i figured it out and it works great, thanks for all your help

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#5

hey again! so im adding all of the sprites for the different but now im running into an issue where it works great with the S key sprites but when i press W for the backwards sprites, they go invisible just like what was happening before, but this time i have them formatted correctly

local fw1 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673295386"
local fw2 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673304582"
local fw = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673293513"
local bw1 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673772477"
local bw2 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673775009"
local bw = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14673766920"
local rw1 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14674241566"
local rw2 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14674238809"
local right = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14674245898"
local lw1 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14674233268"
local lw2 = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14674236949"
local left = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=14674230583"
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local dec = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("BillboardGui"):WaitForChild("ImageLabel")
local aaa = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject, gameProcessed)
	if gameProcessed then return end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
		while UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.S) do
		dec.Image = fw1
		task.wait(.3)
		dec.Image = fw2
		task.wait(.3)
			
		
			

			
			if UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.S) == false then
				dec.Image = fw
			end
		end
	end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
		while UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.W) do
			dec.Image = bw1
			task.wait(.3)
			dec.Image = bw2
			task.wait(.3)
		end
	end	
end)
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#6

Formatting it isn’t enough. You need to put the actual decal id (just the number) into an ImageLabel, wait for it to convert, and then copy that converted id. I’ll convert these ones for you too.

Code:

--//Services
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

--//Variables
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local dec = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("BillboardGui"):WaitForChild("ImageLabel")

--//Controls
local fw1 = "rbxassetid://14673295386"
local fw2 = "rbxassetid://14673304582"
local fw = "rbxassetid://14673293513"
local bw1 = "rbxassetid://14673772440"
local bw2 = "rbxassetid://14673774972"
local bw = "rbxassetid://14673766867"
local rw1 = "rbxassetid://14674241501"
local rw2 = "rbxassetid://14674238774"
local right = "rbxassetid://14674245838"
local lw1 = "rbxassetid://14674233233"
local lw2 = "rbxassetid://14674236885"
local left = "rbxassetid://14674230540"

--//Functions
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject, gameProcessed)
	if gameProcessed then return end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
		while UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.S) do
			dec.Image = fw1
			task.wait(.3)
			dec.Image = fw2
			task.wait(.3)

			if UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.S) == false then
				dec.Image = fw
			end
		end
	end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
		while UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.W) do
			dec.Image = bw1
			task.wait(.3)
			dec.Image = bw2
			task.wait(.3)
		end
	end	
end)
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#7

ohh okay awesome!! works great. last thing, do you know how i can instantly cease the sprites from going after the key has been lifted? after i lift the key for either one, it plays for a second extra which causes some issues.

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#8

Add a check between the waits.

Code:

--//Services
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

--//Variables
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local dec = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("BillboardGui"):WaitForChild("ImageLabel")

--//Controls
local fw1 = "rbxassetid://14673295386"
local fw2 = "rbxassetid://14673304582"
local fw = "rbxassetid://14673293513"
local bw1 = "rbxassetid://14673772440"
local bw2 = "rbxassetid://14673774972"
local bw = "rbxassetid://14673766867"
local rw1 = "rbxassetid://14674241501"
local rw2 = "rbxassetid://14674238774"
local right = "rbxassetid://14674245838"
local lw1 = "rbxassetid://14674233233"
local lw2 = "rbxassetid://14674236885"
local left = "rbxassetid://14674230540"

--//Functions
UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject, gameProcessed)
	if gameProcessed then return end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.S then
		while UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.S) do
			dec.Image = fw1
			task.wait(.3)
			
			if not UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.S) then
				break
			end
			
			dec.Image = fw2
			task.wait(.3)
		end
		
		dec.Image = fw
	end
	if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
		while UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.W) do
			dec.Image = bw1
			task.wait(.3)
			
			if not UserInputService:IsKeyDown(Enum.KeyCode.W) then
				break
			end
			
			dec.Image = bw2
			task.wait(.3)
		end
	end	
end)
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#9

works great, thank you so much!!

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