Animation not playing on character

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#1

im trying to make it so when a player clicks the keybind X an animation plays that reduces the speed of the opponent in front of them, when i click X the animation doesn’t play but all the print statements come out as true and says the animation is loaded

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local rootPart = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local BLOCK_KEY = Enum.KeyCode.X
local BLOCK_DURATION = 3 -- Duration of the block effect in seconds
local COOLDOWN_DURATION = 5 -- Cooldown duration in seconds
local BLOCK_RADIUS = 5 -- Radius for block collision detection

local lastBlockTime = 0
local isBlocking = false

-- Load the block animation
local blockAnimation = Instance.new("Animation")
blockAnimation.AnimationId = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=16155202554"

local function onKeyPress(input)
   if input.KeyCode == BLOCK_KEY and not isBlocking and os.time() - lastBlockTime >= COOLDOWN_DURATION then
   	isBlocking = true
   	lastBlockTime = os.time()

   	-- Play block animation
   	local blockAnimationInstance = humanoid:LoadAnimation(blockAnimation)
   	print("Block animation loaded:", blockAnimationInstance)
   	blockAnimationInstance:Play()
   	print("Block animation playing:", blockAnimationInstance.IsPlaying)

   	-- Reduce walk speed of nearby players
   	for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
   		local char = player.Character
   		if char and char ~= character and (char.PrimaryPart.Position - rootPart.Position).Magnitude <= BLOCK_RADIUS then
   			local humanoid = char:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
   			if humanoid then
   				humanoid.WalkSpeed = humanoid.WalkSpeed / 2 -- Reduce walk speed by half
   			end
   		end
   	end

   	-- Wait for the duration of the block effect
   	wait(BLOCK_DURATION)

   	-- Reset speed after duration
   	if isBlocking then
   		humanoid.WalkSpeed = humanoid.WalkSpeed
   		isBlocking = false
   	end

   end
end

local function checkBlockCollision()
   if isBlocking then
   	local parts = workspace:FindPartsInRegion3(
   		Region3.new(rootPart.Position - Vector3.new(BLOCK_RADIUS, BLOCK_RADIUS, BLOCK_RADIUS), 
   			rootPart.Position + Vector3.new(BLOCK_RADIUS, BLOCK_RADIUS, BLOCK_RADIUS)), 
   		nil, math.huge)

   	for _, part in ipairs(parts) do
   		local humanoid = part.Parent:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
   		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
   		if humanoid and player and player ~= game.Players.LocalPlayer then
   			-- Check if the player is not on the same team
   			local localPlayerTeam = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Team
   			local playerTeam = player.Team
   			if localPlayerTeam and playerTeam and localPlayerTeam ~= playerTeam then
   				-- Reduce walk speed of the player who is blocked
   				humanoid.WalkSpeed = humanoid.WalkSpeed / 2 -- Reduce walk speed by half
   			end
   		end
   	end
   end
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(onKeyPress)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
   player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
   	character = char
   	humanoid = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
   	rootPart = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
   end)
end)

-- Check for block collision every frame
game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:Connect(checkBlockCollision)
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#2

Did you get any errors when trying to play the animation? If not please do try making an animation instance in the script before playing it, as i have had problems with playing animations made using Instance.new()

#3

i put an actual animation inside the script with the same id, but same problem

#4

Does this print out as nil? and try to put the animation in replicated storage instead, as putting it in a local-only space means it wont replicate.

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#5

putting it in replicatedstorage didnt work, and it comes out as “Block animation loaded: Animation”

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#7

Load all your animations inside humanoid.Animator and not humanoid itself, also i recommend using task.wait() instead of wait()

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#8

still doesnt work as expected to

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#9

Maybe you published the animation incorrectly, which should have been published on the account instead you published it to the group, usually this is a common mistake :open_mouth:

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#10

i published it to my own account

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#11

Change "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=16155202554’’ to ‘‘rbxassetid://16155202554’’

(this could be the issue)

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#12

i changed the script instead of using instance.new by putting an animation in replicatedstorage and adding the animation ID there, nothing changed

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#13

try setting the animations priority type to action

like so:

blockAnimationInstance.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action

Also good to note that most block animations are 1 frame, and so you MUST have it looped. so please do check that aswell

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#14

the block animation still doesnt work

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#15

the problem is probably with the block animation id. Make sure you own it. Also, creating animations in the client-side won’t replicate to the server

#16

block animation - Roblox the animation is owned by me

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