Detect Player Idle Character

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#1

I want to know when the player is idle, not using any actions or keys. The default animator does not do this, it will play the walk animation even as a character slides on ice with no WASD input.
Is there a better way to do this than to check that none of the keys are being used?

#2

You can use the Player.Idled event which will fire two minutes after the player is idle! Very simple way to do this, I’m sure there’s other ways however.

#3

Try using Humanoid.MoveDirection, which is as the name implies:

Pseudocode:

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
        print("player is moving")
    else
        print("idle")
    end
end)
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#4

Humanoid.Running has a Speed parameter:

Humanoid.Running:Connect(function(Speed)
    if Speed > 0.75 then
        -- Play walk animation
    else
        print("Player is idle")
    end
end)
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#6

This worked beautifully to Enable/Disable a ParticleEmitter acting as a dust trail when player runs. Exactly what I was looking for, thank you.