How do I make an speed increasing walk script

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#1

I’m basically looking to find out how to make it so when my R6 character is walking, it gradually gets faster.
I am very new to scripting and have little knowledge and I am starting from 0.

I don’t want to have a shift keybind function to run or anything, just looking to find out how to make it so my character starts walking slow (e…g. 1 walkspeed) and gets to something faster (e.g. 18 walkspeed) within maybe 0.4 seconds

I would also like it to be able to make the walking animation start off very slow and then gradually increase to the correct animationspeed in accordance to the walkspeed…

I have attached a video below as a reference

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#2

I really don’t want to give out scripts. But anyway, try to understand what im trying to do, this script is in startercharacterscripts.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local MIN_SPEED = 10
local MAX_SPEED = 20
local ACCELERATION = 20 -- Speed units per second
local DECELERATION = 40 -- Speed units per second

local targetSpeed = MIN_SPEED
local currentSpeed = MIN_SPEED

local function updateSpeed(dt)
	local moveDirection = humanoid.MoveDirection

	if moveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
		targetSpeed = MAX_SPEED
	else
		targetSpeed = MIN_SPEED
	end

	if currentSpeed < targetSpeed then
		currentSpeed = math.min(currentSpeed + ACCELERATION * dt, targetSpeed)
	elseif currentSpeed > targetSpeed then
		currentSpeed = math.max(currentSpeed - DECELERATION * dt, targetSpeed)
	end

	humanoid.WalkSpeed = currentSpeed
end

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(updateSpeed)

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(newCharacter)
	character = newCharacter
	humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	currentSpeed = MIN_SPEED
	humanoid.WalkSpeed = MIN_SPEED
end)
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#3

I appreciate this very much. Extremely helpful.
Do you have any advice on how to make the animation speed start slow and then gradually get fast? Is there some sort of instance I can use?

#4

Im not experienced with Animations but I suggest you look into AnimationTrack:AjustSpeed()and the animation documentation in general.

#5

Multiply the Magnitude of the Move direction of Humanoid by any speed you like (for example: 1)
Inside Animation:AdjustSpeed(here)..

#6

What I like to do for that is increase the animation speed based on a ratio, so, for example

local animationTrack = [[Your Animation Track]]
local Humanoid = [[Humanoid of the player character]]
local walkSpeed = [[The walkspeed on which the animations looks normal]]
local animSpeedRatio = (animationTrack.Speed/walkSpeed)
local runConnection = nil

runConnection = game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
    if Humanoid.Parent == nil or Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
        --The character has died or no longer exists, disconnect
        runConnection:Disconnect()
        return
    end
    if animationTrack.IsPlaying then
        --Only adjust the speed when animation is playing
        animationTrack:AdjustSpeed(animSpeedRatio * Humanoid.WalkSpeed)
    end
end)

While you can just slap it on your animation and it’ll work, this is supposed to act as a blueprint to how you can modify the animation speed with the walkspeed