Emote Overlap Problem

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#1

hi, im currently working on an emote/dance system and i have a small problem where two emotes and their songs overlap.

all i want is that the currently playing emote and its respective music is stopped when another one starts playing.

i would try to figure it out on my own but i genuinely dont know where to start, any amount of help would be and is greatly appreciated. (i tried a couple times before but none of those attempts were successful)

heres a video of the problem at hand: (animations and music are placeholders)

heres an image of the way the emote GUI is setup:
Screenshot 2023-07-27 202410

script located in each of the TextButtons:

local repStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Icon = require(repStorage.Icon)

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local lPlayer = players.LocalPlayer
local char = lPlayer.Character
local humanoid = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://14206950747"
local trackEmote = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

local button = script.Parent

local canPlay = true
local playingValue = script.Parent.Parent.Music.Value


local function playAnimation(animationSource)
	if canPlay == true and playingValue == false then
		trackEmote:Play()
		char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Anchored = true
		local music = script.Parent.Music:Clone()
		music.Name = "Music"
		music.Parent = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		music.Playing = true
		music.Looped = true
		
		canPlay = false
		playingValue = true
		
		button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
		button.Text = "Stop"
		button.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
		button.TextStrokeTransparency = 1
	elseif canPlay == false and playingValue == true then
		trackEmote:Stop()
		char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Anchored = false
		char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("Music"):Destroy()
		script.Parent.Parent.Music.Value = false
		
		canPlay = true
		playingValue = false
		
		button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
		button.Text = "Kazotsky Kick"
		button.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
		button.TextStrokeTransparency = 0
	end
end

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(playAnimation)

script for topbarplus located in starterPlayerScripts: (topbarplus module is located in ReplicatedStorage)

local repStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local Icon = require(repStorage.Icon)

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local localPlayer = players.LocalPlayer

local EmoteGUI = localPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("EmoteGUI"):WaitForChild("Frame")

-- TopBarPlus crap
local icon = Icon.new()
icon:setImage("rbxassetid://14206317093")
icon:setLabel("Emotes", "hovering")

icon:bindToggleKey(Enum.KeyCode.G)
icon:bindToggleItem(EmoteGUI)
#2

Instead of making a script in each TextButton, you should make just one script to control all of them. I made a script that will work for it, you just need to include a number attribute in each button named “AnimationId” and insert the correct value.

Make a new LocalScript under ScrollingFrame and paste this inside:

local repStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Icon = require(repStorage.Icon)

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local lPlayer = players.LocalPlayer
local char = lPlayer.Character
local humanoid = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

--//Variables
local ScrollingFrame = script.Parent
local playingValue = ScrollingFrame.Music

--//Controls
local currentEmote = nil

--//Functions
local function InitializeButton(button)
	local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
	animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://".. button:GetAttribute("AnimationId")

	local trackEmote = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

	local originalText = button.Text

	local function playAnimation()
		if currentEmote == trackEmote then
			trackEmote:Stop()
			char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Anchored = false
			char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("Music"):Destroy()

			button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
			button.Text = originalText
			button.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
			button.TextStrokeTransparency = 0

			return
		end

		if currentEmote then
			currentEmote:Stop()

			char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("Music"):Destroy()
		end

		char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Anchored = true

		trackEmote:Play()
		currentEmote = trackEmote

		local music = script.Parent.Music:Clone()
		music.Name = "Music"
		music.Parent = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		music.Playing = true
		music.Looped = true

		button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
		button.Text = "Stop"
		button.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
		button.TextStrokeTransparency = 1
	end

	button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(playAnimation)
end

for i, child in ipairs(ScrollingFrame:GetChildren()) do
	if child:IsA("GuiButton") then
		task.spawn(InitializeButton, child)
	end
end
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#3

it appears to work, uhhmm… kind of?

i had to edit some tiny stuff in the script to get it to play animations and music but it appears that the buttons break pretty badly,

#4

What are the errors? Also, try this:

local repStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Icon = require(repStorage.Icon)

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local lPlayer = players.LocalPlayer
local char = lPlayer.Character
local humanoid = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

--//Variables
local ScrollingFrame = script.Parent
local playingValue = ScrollingFrame.Music

--//Controls
local currentEmote = nil

--//Functions
local function InitializeButton(button)
	local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
	animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://".. button:GetAttribute("AnimationId")

	local trackEmote = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

	local originalText = button.Text

	local function playAnimation()
		if currentEmote == trackEmote then
			currentEmote:Stop()
			currentEmote = nil
			
			char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Anchored = false
			char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("Music"):Destroy()

			button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
			button.Text = originalText
			button.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
			button.TextStrokeTransparency = 0

			return
		end

		if currentEmote then
			currentEmote:Stop()
			currentEmote = nil

			char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart"):WaitForChild("Music"):Destroy()
		end

		char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Anchored = true

		trackEmote:Play()
		currentEmote = trackEmote

		local music = button.Music:Clone()
		music.Name = "Music"
		music.Parent = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
		music.Playing = true
		music.Looped = true

		button.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255,255,255)
		button.Text = "Stop"
		button.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0,0,0)
		button.TextStrokeTransparency = 1
	end

	button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(playAnimation)
end

for i, child in ipairs(ScrollingFrame:GetChildren()) do
	if child:IsA("GuiButton") then
		task.spawn(InitializeButton, child)
	end
end
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