Not sure if I phrased the title the best, so please feel free to ask for clarification if you need it.
My script is server side and is inside of pathfinding script inside of an npc. But for whatever reason my animation gets all buggy, I’m guessing it’s something with the humanoid running property, but to be honest I’m a bit lost.
Script
npc = script.Parent.Parent
hum = script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
runA = Instance.new("Animation")
runA.AnimationId = 'rbxassetid://11949111737'
run = hum.Animator:LoadAnimation(runA)
run.Looped = true
local function whenMoving()
run:Play()
print("moving")
end
local function whenNotMoving()
run:Stop()
print("not moving")
end
npc:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Running:Connect(function(status)
if status > 1 then
whenMoving()
else
whenNotMoving()
end
end)
script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
print("death detected")
wait(2)
script.Parent.Parent:Destroy()
end)
I think you are firing whenMoving() function (the one playing the animation) lot of times, when this event happens:
npc:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Running:Connect(function(status)
if status > 1 then
whenMoving()
else
whenNotMoving()
end
end)
It will fire many times, replaying your run:Play() animation
Add a lock/debouce maybe would fix it:
local MovingNow = false
npc:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Running:Connect(function(status)
if status > 1 then
if not MovingNow then
MovingNow = true
whenMoving()
end
else
if MovingNow then
MovingNow = false
whenNotMoving()
end
end
end)
Any ideas? I’m not sure if I’m just doing something stupid or if it’s something else.
The reason the animation was “stuttering” was because I was using a looped animation. But if you remove the looped property, and just use a normal animation, it will work a lot better.
(You can also use a looped animation for the walk cycle, since it will only play once, so it shouldn’t be a problem.)
