Animation won't stop when the npc stops moving

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#1

so i’m trying to make my npc stop it’s run animation when he isn’t moving and make the animation play if he is moving. however, the problem is that it won’t stop the animation at all and it’ll just keep playing.

i tried searching up on the forum but i couldn’t get it to work from the posts that i read. ty for ur help!!!

somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Running:Connect(function(speed)
	local animFolder = somedudethatfollowsu.Animations
	local randomNumber = math.random(1,2)
	local runAnim = somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(animFolder.run)

	if speed > 0 or somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
		if not runAnim.IsPlaying then
			runAnim:Play()
		end

		if randomNumber == 1 then
			if not canJumpDB then
				canJumpDB = true
				somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Jump = true
				canJumpDB = false
			end
		end
	else
		if runAnim.IsPlaying then
			runAnim:Stop()
		end
	end

end)

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#2

Using running can be really wonky so switch it to listening for move direction change


somedudethatfollowsuHumanoidGetPropertyChangedSignal(“MoveDirection”):Connect(function()
	local animFolder = somedudethatfollowsu.Animations
	local randomNumber = math.random(1,2)
	local runAnim = somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(animFolder.run)

	if somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
		if not runAnim.IsPlaying then
			runAnim:Play()
		end

		if randomNumber == 1 then
			if not canJumpDB then
				canJumpDB = true
				somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Jump = true
				canJumpDB = false
			end
		end
	else
		if runAnim.IsPlaying then
			runAnim:Stop()
		end
	end

end)
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#3

hey Dr,
thanks so much for your help once again man!!!

unfortunately the animation won’t play now so i can’t really test it to see if it stopped. perhaps there’s something in the rest of my script that is preventing the animation from playing?

local somedudethatfollowsu:Model = workspace.somedudethatfollowsu
local somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid:Humanoid = somedudethatfollowsu.Humanoid
local pfs = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
local RS = game:GetService("RunService")
local insertService = game:GetService("InsertService")

local startingPosition = somedudethatfollowsu:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position
local endingPosition = workspace.SpawnLocation.Position
local connection = nil
local canJumpDB = false

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(p)
	p.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(c)

		connection = RS.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
			local mag = (somedudethatfollowsu.HumanoidRootPart.Position - c.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
			somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid:MoveTo(c.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
		end)
		
	end)
end)

somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid:GetPropertyChangedSignal("MoveDirection"):Connect(function()
	local animFolder = somedudethatfollowsu.Animations
	local randomNumber = math.random(1,2)
	local runAnim = somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(animFolder.run)

	if somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
		if not runAnim.IsPlaying then
			runAnim:Play()
		end

		if randomNumber == 1 then
			if not canJumpDB then
				canJumpDB = true
				somedudethatfollowsuHumanoid.Jump = true
				canJumpDB = false
			end
		end
	else
		if runAnim.IsPlaying then
			runAnim:Stop()
		end
	end

end)