How do i play an animation in my npc

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#1

Hello i am trying to play an idle animation for my Npc. It wont seem to work. All parts of the Npc are not anchored and the Npc does have a humanoid and my animation is not corrupted and works just fine, its just the animation wont work for my Npc for some reason. I don’t know what this reason is.

Script

local animation = script:WaitForChild(“idle”)
local humanoid = script.Parent
local idle = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

idle:Play()
idle.Looped = true

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#2

https://gyazo.com/87a93b6a9696dff65516d753a6ca8a9d

#3

Here is a video I linked if you need help cause I gtg right now.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSbyWsnPth0

#4

First of all, please indent your code to make it easier to read. Also, is your animation called idle? I honestly would do
local animation = script:WaitForChild(“idle”)
I would change that to
local animation = “Npc Name here”.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

#5

I know how to use moon animator and animate, ive made many animations, just this one wont work for some reason

#6

alright i indented my code and did it that way but it still wouldn’t work, i assume u already knew that but do u have any idea why it doesn’t?

#7

I’d suggest just creating the animation in your script

wait(1)

local anim = Instance.new("Animation")
anim.AnimationId = "(Anim id here)"
local track
local humanoid = script.Parent
track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim)
track.Looped = true
trackLoopedR:Play()

And why not set the npc right next to the spawn so you don’t have to run across the map to check if the animation is working?

#8

because the spawns are in 8 diffrent places around my map and thanks, also ive noticed that when the npc dies and respawns the animation starts playing, only once tho

#9
  • by only once i mean the animation isnt looped
#10

Is the animation being played on a local script or a sever script?

#11

the animation is being played on a server script and wow fast reply!

#12

also quick question, why do people in their scripts do, for example:
local track
-(“Text Here”)
track = “Something”
instead of defining it at the top

#13

I don’t really know, I suggest searching up in any like, youtube vids. Or, something in this site to help you.

#14

It doesn’t really matter I just do it out of habit.
Is the animation working now?

#15

I found a way to make the animation work yea, i know this is very inefficient but, putting it in a while loop with a wait 5 seems to make it play

#16

local animation = script:WaitForChild(‘Animation’)
local humanoid = script.Parent:WaitForChild(‘Humanoid’)
local dancer = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

while true do
dancer:Play()

Can you try?

#17

yea i did something like that except its

wait(1)

local animation = script:WaitForChild(“idle”)

local humanoid = script.Parent

local idle = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

while true do

wait(5)

idle:Play()

end

#18

Yep, should work. Tell me if it does not.

#19

Hm, you sure? It should be working. Just letting this know.

#20

yea works for me too, just going to have a decent amount of npcs so i hope this method doesnt lag my game