How could I make my NPC play an animation when I click on it?

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#1

Hi, I know nothing about scripting so help would be appreciated. :slight_smile:

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    I want my NPC to play an animation when I click on it then animation stops after the animation stops playing then when I click on it again it will play the animation again.

  2. What is the issue?
    I don’t have an issue about this to be honest.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I tried looking at the dev forum but I can’t seem to find topics similar to mine same goes for YouTube.

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#2

try adding ClickDetector on the torso or upper torso of whatever on the NPC
and add a script inside the click detector. now add animation on the script

and then edit the script and should be like:

local NPC = script.Parent.Parent.Parent -- the npc
local Humanoid = NPC:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") -- the npc's humanoid
local Animation = script:WaitForChild("Animation") -- the animation

script.Parent.MouseClick:Connect(function()
    if Humanoid ~= nil then
        Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
    end
end)

dont know if this really works though… i directly typed this here

#3

This should be in Help and Feedback:Scripting Support

#4

Alright, sorry. (30 charrssssss)

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#5

It didn’t work. (30 charsssss)

#6

here. i just made it because too lazy to explain.

NOTE: make sure you change the animation id

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https://www.roblox.com/library/5508523855/ClickNPC-Thingy

hope you understand how it works

#7

Will this work if I use it on an r15 NPC?

#8

yes of course. its in the rig type your using

#9

this can make the npc repeatedly play the animation. this is better:

local isPlaying = false
local animTime = 10 -- replace with how long the animation is
local NPC = script.Parent:WaitForChild("NPC")
local Hum = NPC:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
local Anim = script:WaitForChild("Animation")
local DetectorPart = script.Parent:WaitForChild("ClickPart")
local ClickDetector = DetectorPart.ClickDetector
local LoadAnim = Hum:LoadAnimation(Anim)
ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
	if isPlaying == true then
		print("Already Playing")
	elseif isPlaying == false then
		isPlaying = true
		LoadAnim:Play()
		wait(animTime)
		isPlaying = false
	end
end)
#10

It did not work, I’m not sure what I’m doing wrong. ;-;

#11

change the name to NPC 30 charsssss

#12

does your rig type match the NPC’s rig type? like is your animation r15 and the NPC is r6? or the opposite? did you change the animation id?

#13

I did. (30 charssssssssssssss)

#14

Yes, my animation is r15 and I also changed the animation id

#15

any errors?
30 charactersssssss

#16

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This is the output right now

#17

Bam. Error
Infinite yield means it can wait forever
it think that the clickdetector is parented to itsself
make sure you add an extra .Parent to the clickdetector variable

#18

oof! the rig type of the model i sent is r6. try to use the r15 rig here.

https://www.roblox.com/library/5508580295/R6-And-R15-Click-To-Play-Animation

Animations needs to match the rig your using

#19

Script. That isn’t the problem.
She has to locate the click detector correctly, as you can see from the output

#20

Like this?

local DetectorPart = script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild(“ClickPart”)