Broken backpedal function on modified animate script

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  1. What do you want to achieve? backpedal function actually works

  2. What is the issue? me backpedal func no worky >:(

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? intensive debugging and consulting my clanker friend claude.ai (didn’t work)

i modified the basic animate script that you usually get on spawn to use a backpedal function and footsteps (thats the only thing that works) and it randomly stops working. i have tried debugging, it doesn’t print past the first line… it worked before, i dont know why it doesnt work now

local baseSpeed = 11

--...

local rawSpeed = 0
local backpedalConnect

function connectBackpedaling()
	print("backpedal start")
	if backpedalConnect then
		print("backpedal disconnected")
		backpedalConnect:Disconnect()
	end

	local function backpedalFunction()
		print("changed")
		local DirectionOfMovement = Figure.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame:VectorToObjectSpace( Figure.HumanoidRootPart.AssemblyLinearVelocity )
		DirectionOfMovement = Vector3.new( DirectionOfMovement.X / Humanoid.WalkSpeed, 0, DirectionOfMovement.Z / Humanoid.WalkSpeed )
		local animationSpeed = rawSpeed / baseSpeed
		
		if currentAnimInstance then
			if DirectionOfMovement.Z < 0.1 then
				setAnimationSpeed(animationSpeed)
			else
				setAnimationSpeed(-animationSpeed)
			end
		end
	end

	backpedalConnect = Figure.HumanoidRootPart:GetPropertyChangedSignal("AssemblyLinearVelocity"):Connect(backpedalFunction)

end

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(newCharacter)
	character = newCharacter
	Figure = newCharacter
	Torso = Figure:WaitForChild("Torso")
	RightShoulder = Torso:WaitForChild("Right Shoulder")
	LeftShoulder = Torso:WaitForChild("Left Shoulder")
	RightHip = Torso:WaitForChild("Right Hip")
	LeftHip = Torso:WaitForChild("Left Hip")
	Neck = Torso:WaitForChild("Neck")
	Humanoid = Figure:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

	Humanoid.Died:connect(onDied)
	Humanoid.Running:connect(onRunning)
	Humanoid.Jumping:connect(onJumping)
	Humanoid.Climbing:connect(onClimbing)
	Humanoid.GettingUp:connect(onGettingUp)
	Humanoid.FreeFalling:connect(onFreeFall)
	Humanoid.FallingDown:connect(onFallingDown)
	Humanoid.Seated:connect(onSeated)
	Humanoid.PlatformStanding:connect(onPlatformStanding)
	Humanoid.Swimming:connect(onSwimming)

	pose = "Standing"
	playAnimation("idle", 0.1, Humanoid)

	connectBackpedaling()
	clearDefaultSounds()
end)

connectBackpedaling()
clearDefaultSounds()

function onRunning(speed)
	rawSpeed = speed
	if speed > 0.01 then
		playAnimation("walk", 0.1, Humanoid)
		pose = "Running"
	else
		if emoteNames[currentAnim] == nil then
			playAnimation("idle", 0.1, Humanoid)
			pose = "Standing"
		end
	end
end