Change idle and walk animation during game

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I’m trying to change the default animation of the character during the game, but nothing i try works. here is the script:

local function UpdateCoreAnimations()
	if plr.Character:FindFirstChild("Laser") and plr.Character["Laser"]:IsA("Tool") then
		if _G.laserActive == true then
			for _, playingTrack in pairs(animator:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()) do
				playingTrack:Stop(0)
			end
			animModule.walkAnim = "rbxassetid://10658698711"
			animModule.idleAnim = "rbxassetid://10650404838"
			
			animateScript.run.RunAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://10658698711"
			animateScript.walk.WalkAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://10658698711"
			animateScript.idle.Animation1.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://10650404838"
			
			loaded_anim1 = char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(char.Animate.idle.Animation1)
			loaded_anim2 = char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(char.Animate.walk.WalkAnim)
			loaded_anim3 = char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(char.Animate.run.RunAnim)
			--animateScript.Disabled = true
			--animateScript.Disabled = false
			

		elseif _G.laserActive == false then
			for _, playingTrack in pairs(animator:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()) do
				playingTrack:Stop(0)
			end
			animModule.walkAnim = "rbxassetid://00000000000"
			animModule.idleAnim = "rbxassetid://11322685681"
			
			animateScript.run.RunAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://00000000000"
			animateScript.walk.WalkAnim.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://00000000000"
			animateScript.idle.Animation1.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://11322685681"--11322685681

			loaded_anim1 = char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(char.Animate.idle.Animation1)
			loaded_anim2 = char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(char.Animate.walk.WalkAnim)
			loaded_anim3 = char.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(char.Animate.run.RunAnim)
			--animateScript.Disabled = true
			--animateScript.Disabled = false
			
		end
	end
end

i tried debugging it by printing the AnimationId of the WalkAnim and idle, and the AnimationId changes, but the animation is still the same in the game.
also i used a module script to change the animation id in the animate script, here is the module and the animate script:

module:

local module = {}
module.walkAnim = "rbxassetid://10658698711"
module.idleAnim = "rbxassetid://10650404838"
return module

animate script:

local replicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local animModule = require(replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("CoreAnimVariables"))

idleAnimation = animModule.idleAnim
walkAnimation = animModule.walkAnim

local animTable = {}
local animNames = { 
	

	idle = 	{	
				{ id = idleAnimation, weight = 1 },
			{ id = idleAnimation, weight = 1 },
			{ id = idleAnimation, weight = 9 }
			},
	walk = 	{ 	
			{ id = walkAnimation, weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	run = 	{
			{ id = walkAnimation , weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	swim = 	{
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507784897", weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	swimidle = 	{
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507785072", weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	jump = 	{
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507765000", weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	fall = 	{
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507767968", weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	climb = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507765644", weight = 10 } 
			}, 
	sit = 	{
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=2506281703", weight = 10 } 
			},	
	toolnone = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507768375", weight = 10 } 
			},
	toolslash = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=522635514", weight = 10 } 
			},
	toollunge = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=522638767", weight = 10 } 
			},
	wave = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507770239", weight = 10 } 
			},
	point = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507770453", weight = 10 } 
			},
	dance = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507771019", weight = 10 }, 
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507771955", weight = 10 }, 
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507772104", weight = 10 } 
			},
	dance2 = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507776043", weight = 10 }, 
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507776720", weight = 10 }, 
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507776879", weight = 10 } 
			},
	dance3 = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507777268", weight = 10 }, 
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507777451", weight = 10 }, 
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507777623", weight = 10 } 
			},
	laugh = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507770818", weight = 10 } 
			},
	cheer = {
				{ id = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=507770677", weight = 10 } 
			},
}

(this isn’t the entire animate script, just the part that i changed)

2

You seem to be using a ModuleScript containing the animation values.

Later on, you fetch the values and store it in a variable.

These variables aren’t reactive, so idleAnimation won’t change if animModule.idleAnim changes.

A solution would be to use bindable events (client → client). You can for example write something like this:

UpdateCoreAnimations()

local BindableEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.Path.To.Event
BindableEvent:Fire({
    idleAnimation = "rbxassetid://10650404838",
    walkAnimation = "rbxassetid://10658698711"
})

Animate script

local BindableEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.Path.To.Event
BindableEvent.Event:Connect(function(animationData)
    animNames.idle = {
        { id = animationData.idleAnimation, weight = 10 }
    }
    animNames.walk = {
        { id = animationData.walkAnimation, weight = 10 }
    }
end)

(code written on phone which is a pain)

3

Thanks for the answer! unfortunately it still doesn’t work. i got no errors, but the animation stays the same in the game =(