Animation is not loading through the API reference's code

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#1

If you are confused, let me explain. I was trying to overwrite the default walk animations to my own walk animation which I have here: Pillow fight run - Roblox

The animation here has an asset id and can be previewed just fine but when I use the API reference script to overwrite it here:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function onCharacterAdded(character)
	local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

	for _, playingTracks in pairs(humanoid:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()) do
		playingTracks:Stop()
	end

	local animateScript = character:WaitForChild("Animate")
	animateScript.run.RunAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://7124613658"        -- Run (My animation)
	animateScript.walk.WalkAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616168032"      -- Walk
	animateScript.jump.JumpAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616161997"      -- Jump
	animateScript.idle.Animation1.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616158929"    -- Idle (Variation 1)
	animateScript.idle.Animation2.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616160636"    -- Idle (Variation 2)
	animateScript.fall.FallAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616157476"      -- Fall
	animateScript.climb.ClimbAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616156119"    -- Climb
end

local function onPlayerAdded(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded)
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)

I noticed that most of the code is deprecated and cannot be used. I can’t find an alternative and have tried to update it to this:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function onCharacterAdded(character)
	local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

	for _, playingTracks in pairs(humanoid.Animator:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()) do -- First change
		playingTracks:Stop()
	end

	local animateScript = character:WaitForChild("Animate")
	animateScript.run.RunAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://7124613658"        -- Run (My animation)
	animateScript.walk.WalkAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616168032"      -- Walk
	animateScript.jump.JumpAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616161997"      -- Jump
	animateScript.idle.Animation1.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616158929"    -- Idle (Variation 1)
	animateScript.idle.Animation2.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616160636"    -- Idle (Variation 2)
	animateScript.fall.FallAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616157476"      -- Fall
	animateScript.climb.ClimbAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616156119"    -- Climb
end

local function onPlayerAdded(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded) -- Second change
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)

But still get this result:

If there are any fixes or alternatives to this, I would really appreciate them.

#2

Usually when the animations don’t play at all, it’s either: the user doesn’t own the animations, the rig is different than the one used in the animate script, the animations use a different rig than the rig used in-game, there is an error in the actual animate script. Have you checked for errors or yields?

#3

As far as I know, there are no errors being returned or yields. The only thing that has changed in the script was the asset id and i doubt that causes ALL the animations to break and the animation was made by me using an r6 rig. The only problem that I can think of is the API script being fundamentally broken which is why I’m also asking for alternatives.

#4

Try disabling the animate script and re-enable it after 0.1 seconds, that way it should reload.

#5

Do you think adding a wait(1) or something like that would work?

#6

Might be, try tweaking it a bit and see if anything changes.

#7

I tested the animation itself and it works fine so that’s not the problem. I added the wait(3) function and it didn’t work. The animations aren’t broken now, the script just doesn’t do anything.

#8

Maybe try adding some prints to debug it? I usually do that to check which parts of a script broke.

#9

I found the solution. Turns out that the formatting of the code was really bad so I changed it and tweaked it. Here it is if anyone has the same issue:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local function onCharacterAdded(character)
	local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

	for _, playingTracks in pairs(humanoid.Animator:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()) do -- First change
		playingTracks:Stop()
	end

	local animateScript = character:WaitForChild("Animate")
	animateScript.run.RunAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://7124613658"        -- Run (My animation)
	animateScript.walk.WalkAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://7124613658"      -- Walk
	animateScript.jump.JumpAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616161997"      -- Jump
	animateScript.idle.Animation1.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616158929"    -- Idle (Variation 1)
	animateScript.idle.Animation2.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616160636"    -- Idle (Variation 2)
	animateScript.fall.FallAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616157476"      -- Fall
	animateScript.climb.ClimbAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://616156119"    -- Climb
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded) -- Second change
end)
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#10

What changes from the first version? They look almost identical to me, except the onPlayerAdded function was removed. But either way, good job on finding the solution.

#11

It was really similar. It’s just roblox’s API needing updates.

#12

Alright. Also I suggest you to mark your post as solution so other people with the same problem can easily find the answer. :+1:

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#13

I put it there for that reason. I forgot to do it though.