Animation not playing!

[butterfly_burper (anat)]

Hi, never posted on here, but a lot of the posts are helpful!!! Ok anyways, im working on this npc/rig/thing which like moves in random directions. I need it to play the walk animation when it’s moving and play the idle animation when it’s not. I’ve tried a bunch of different ways and looked at a couple posts on here but couldn’t find anything that worked. here’s my script btw:

while true do
	local randx = math.random(-50,50)
	local randz = math.random(-50,50)
	local direction = math.random(1,2)
	local timer = 10
	if direction == 1 then
		local newx = ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X + randx
		local newposx = Vector3.new(newx, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z)
		ghost.Humanoid:MoveTo(newposx)
		idleanim:Stop()
		walkanim:Play()
		repeat
			timer -= 1
			wait(1)
		until ghostpart.Position == newposx or timer == 0
		walkanim:Stop()
		idleanim:Play()
	else
		local newz = ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z + randz
		local newposz = Vector3.new(ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y, newz)
		ghost.Humanoid:MoveTo(newposz)
		idleanim:Stop()
		walkanim:Play()
		repeat
			timer -= 1
			wait(1)
		until ghostpart.Position == newposz or timer == 0
		walkanim:Stop()
		idleanim:Play()
	end
	wait()
end

to be clear, the movement works but the animation will not play for some reason. i’ve actually been doing this for like days please help!

[svenska_kartongbit (Programming_kitten)]

what is idleanim and walkanim? its hard to know since i dont have acces to the full script

[butterfly_burper (anat)]

oh lol forgot to explain!! its the animations that are loaded onto the npc for walking and being idle

[teamassists]

what is ghostpart

can you provide the entire script please

[butterfly_burper (anat)]

-- variables

local ghost = script.Parent

local ghosthuman = ghost.Humanoid

local ghostpart = ghost.HumanoidRootPart

local field = ghost.field

local chaseSpeed = game.Workspace.Values.chasespeed

local walkanim = ghosthuman:LoadAnimation(ghost.Animate.walk.WalkAnim)

local idleanim = ghosthuman:LoadAnimation(ghost.Animate.idle.Animation1)

-- entering ghost proximity, chasing

field.Touched:Connect(function(touchedPart)
	if touchedPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		local character = touchedPart.Parent
		local humanpart = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		print("Ghost touched " .. character.Name)
		repeat
			ghosthuman.WalkSpeed = chaseSpeed.Value
			ghosthuman:MoveTo(humanpart.Position)
			wait(5)
		until
			ghostpart.Position == humanpart.Position or field.TouchEnded
		wait(0)
	end
end)

-- wandering

while true do
	local randx = math.random(-50,50)
	local randz = math.random(-50,50)
	local direction = math.random(1,2)
	local timer = 10
	if direction == 1 then
		local newx = ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X + randx
		local newposx = Vector3.new(newx, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z)
		ghost.Humanoid:MoveTo(newposx)
		idleanim:Stop()
		walkanim:Play()
		repeat
			timer -= 1
			wait(1)
		until ghostpart.Position == newposx or timer == 0
		walkanim:Stop()
		idleanim:Play()
	else
		local newz = ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z + randz
		local newposz = Vector3.new(ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y, newz)
		ghost.Humanoid:MoveTo(newposz)
		idleanim:Stop()
		walkanim:Play()
		repeat
			timer -= 1
			wait(1)
		until ghostpart.Position == newposz or timer == 0
		walkanim:Stop()
		idleanim:Play()
	end
	wait()
end

[butterfly_burper (anat)]

thank you guys for all the replies, but i figured it out on my own! here’s my script:

-- variables

local ghost = script.Parent

local ghosthuman = ghost.Humanoid

local ghostpart = ghost.HumanoidRootPart

local field = ghost.field

local chaseSpeed = game.Workspace.Values.chasespeed

local walkanim = ghosthuman:LoadAnimation(ghost.Animate.walk.WalkAnim)

local idleanim = ghosthuman:LoadAnimation(ghost.Animate.idle.Animation1)

-- entering ghost proximity, chasing

field.Touched:Connect(function(touchedPart)
	if touchedPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		local character = touchedPart.Parent
		local humanpart = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		print("Ghost touched " .. character.Name)
		repeat
			ghosthuman.WalkSpeed = chaseSpeed.Value
			ghosthuman:MoveTo(humanpart.Position)
			wait(5)
		until
			ghostpart.Position == humanpart.Position or field.TouchEnded
		wait(0)
	end
end)

-- wandering

while true do
	local randx = math.random(-50,50)
	local randz = math.random(-50,50)
	local direction = math.random(1,2)
	local timer = 10
	if direction == 1 then
		local newx = ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X + randx
		local newposx = Vector3.new(newx, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z)
		ghosthuman:MoveTo(newposx)
		print("walk")
		idleanim:Stop()
		walkanim:Play()
		repeat
			timer -= 1
			wait(1)
		until ghosthuman.MoveToFinished
		timer = 10
		print("pause")
		walkanim:Stop()
		idleanim:Play()
	else
		local newz = ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z + randz
		local newposz = Vector3.new(ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.X, ghost.HumanoidRootPart.Position.Y, newz)
		ghosthuman:MoveTo(newposz)
		print("walk")
		idleanim:Stop()
		walkanim:Play()
		repeat
			timer -= 1
			wait(1)
		until ghosthuman.MoveToFinished
		timer = 10
		print("pause")
		walkanim:Stop()
		idleanim:Play()
	end
	wait(math.random(1, 10))
end