Does anyone have any methods to detect what animation a Humanoid is currently playing?

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#1

So I made another post earlier where I had problems with the function :GetPlayingAnimationTracks(), where the table would not return any details about animations that the dummy is playing.

Example

Detector.Touched:Connect(function(hit) -- TOUCHED EVENT
			if Busy == false then return end
			if Registered == true then return end
			if Blocking == true then return end

			local Humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			local Detector = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Detector")

			if Humanoid then
				local Tracks = Humanoid:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()
				for i, v in pairs(Tracks) do
					print(v.Name) -- Prints "Animation"
					print(v) -- Prints "Animation"
				end
				if Humanoid.Parent:GetAttribute("Blocking") == true then 
					Registered = true
					local hitBlock = Humanoid.Parent
					HitRegistered:FireServer(nil, nil, nil, hitBlock, Blockage, Sounds)
					return end
				Registered = true
				HitRegistered:FireServer(Dmg, Humanoid, nil, nil, nil, Sounds)
			elseif Detector then
				if Detector.Parent.Parent.Parent:GetAttribute("Blocking") == true then return end
				Registered = true
				LoadAnims.Other.Parry:Play()
				HitRegistered:FireServer(nil, nil, Detector, nil, nil, Sounds)
				repeat Busy = true	
					wait()
				until LoadAnims.Other.Parry.IsPlaying == false
				Busy = false
			end
		end)

I think I’ve come to learn that it does not provide any details. It just allows you to run a :Stop() command on them, meaning that I cannot find a specific animation that someone may be playing whenever I try :GetPlayingAnimationTracks().

I came to ask if there were better methods to find out what animations a humanoid may be playing, or if I can find a way to identify a specific animation a humanoid is playing.

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#2

Using Humanoid:GetPlayingAnimationTracks() will return AnimationTracks, not Animations. To get the Animation of an AnimationTrack, you can use AnimationTrack.Animation.

#3

Basically this:

print(v.Animation.Name)

Instead of this:

print(v.Name)
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#4

I’m glad I saw this recently because I just tried it, and it was able to return something, but sadly it was the same thing:

https://gyazo.com/a0cc2e922cb49698c466b55273dec470

Here is what the name of the animation SHOULD be:
https://gyazo.com/87f3c3290be10904d58f128384ca937f

If you’d like to look through my code, because I’m not sure if I’m having any oversights here:

Detector.Touched:Connect(function(hit) -- TOUCHED EVENT
			if Busy == false then return end
			if Registered == true then return end
			if Blocking == true then return end

			local Humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
			local Detector = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Detector")

			if Humanoid then
				local Tracks = Humanoid:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()
				for i, v in pairs(Tracks) do
					print(v.Animation.Name) -- Prints "Animation", should print "Hold"
				end
				if Humanoid.Parent:GetAttribute("Blocking") == true then 
					Registered = true
					local hitBlock = Humanoid.Parent
					HitRegistered:FireServer(nil, nil, nil, hitBlock, Blockage, Sounds)
					return end
				Registered = true
				HitRegistered:FireServer(Dmg, Humanoid, nil, nil, nil, Sounds)
			elseif Detector then
				if Detector.Parent.Parent.Parent:GetAttribute("Blocking") == true then return end
				Registered = true
				LoadAnims.Other.Parry:Play()
				HitRegistered:FireServer(nil, nil, Detector, nil, nil, Sounds)
				repeat Busy = true	
					wait()
				until LoadAnims.Other.Parry.IsPlaying == false
				Busy = false
			end
		end)
#5

Oh but interestingly enough it’s capable of printing the AnimationId?
https://gyazo.com/d6e767f64f9e27a18c26dd5684c6b63e

#6

That’s weird, I just tested it out myself and it returned the correct name.

#7

Let me try testing it between two test players. I’ve been using a dummy that’s handled on the server and that might be the issue.

#8

https://gyazo.com/289c2cb921563ca12d429519ab4722a2

It did not solve the issue?

#9

I’m going to list this as a solution, because it did bring me a step forward.

My issue hasn’t necessarily been solved, but I think what I can do is use the AnimationId and compare it to the right Animation instances that are provided. This’ll just be a plan B sort of thing because I just think this function is buggy and I won’t bother trying to test it elsewhere.

Thank you!