Animation Replication Overhead

[Kojet0987 (Kojet)]

i have a runservice connection like this:

runs = game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
			if hum.MoveDirection.Magnitude <= 0 and StyleEquip and not blocking and not isDodging.Value then
				idletrack:Play()
				midletrack:Stop()
			elseif hum.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 and StyleEquip or isDodging.Value or blocking then
				idletrack:Stop()
				midletrack:Play()
			end
		end)

for whatever the reason is… even if the tracks are played locally, the animation played is replicated to all clients as far as I am concerned.

My question is, can a runservice connection like this make server throttle due to let’s say some people decide to be funny and start to do some jittery walking movement?

If yes… how do I replace the idle animation in a more efficient way? (currently, the style idle animation overlaps the core one, but could I replace the idle animation in ‘Animate’ local script without much issues?)

[ChiDj123 (xHeptc)]

start the game, and copy player scripts from your starterplayerscripts container and paste it in edit mode then edit your animation ids

[Kojet0987 (Kojet)]

issue is, if i do that the idle animation does not change immediately, instead the player has to move again in order for the new idle anim to play

that’s why i did the method with runservice

[TEARAPARTJAMES (FROGMIRE)]

Shouldn’t cause server throttling.

But you should check if the track is playing before stopping it or playing it.

[Kojet0987 (Kojet)]

I’ll trust you on that.

Regarding the if the track is playing check… I did that a moment after I posted this, thank you though.

I won’t give you the solution checkmark just yet though, I want others to let me know what they think.