How to check if humanoid is walking?

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#1

I know this sounds kinda dumb or something since it is probably easy to find out, but how would I find when the humanoid is walking? I used if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 but it was unreliable and when I turned a different direction, the code below the if statement starts again.

Sooo, how would I do this?

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#2

use humanoid.Running

humanoid.Running:Connect(function(speed)
    if speed > 0 then
        print("yes")
    end
end)
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#3

Umm, I tried it, and It was a little glitchy. Is that the only reliable source, or is there a more reliable one.

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#4

What about it is glitchy? I use it and it works fine.

#5

Well, can you try an else statement on it? That’s basically what I did. Sorry, should have said that at first.

#6

Yes, you can use an else block.

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#7

Well, when I tried it, it repeated the code inside the if statement several times. Should I like use some sort of debounce on it?

#8

If you are wanting the code inside the if statement to only run once when the player runs then yes you can use a debounce:

local Debounce = false 
humanoid.Running:Connect(function(speed)
    if speed > 0 and not Debounce then
         Debounce = true
             ----code
       else 
         Debounce = false
    end
end)

Btw, if you wanted to “use the event in an if statement” elsewhere easily, than inside the event, you can create a function to return whether or not the humanoid is walking, something like this

local function IsWalkingListner(Humanoid)
local Walking = false
Humanoid.Running:Connect(function(speed)
    if speed > 0 then
       Walking = true
		else
	  Walking= false
    end
 end)
  return function()
	return Walking
  end
end

Example:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local IsWalking = IsWalkingListner(Humanoid)

while true do
	wait()
	if IsWalking() then
        print("Walking!")
     end
end
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#10

Another method would be checking the Humanoid’s MoveDirection property, here’s an example:

if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude > 0 then
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#11

I already tried that. Thanks for the suggestion though!

#12

Ooh, my bad, I didn’t see that. I’m really tired right now. I don’t understand why that wouldn’t work though, any errors? And if you don’t mind, can you share your code?

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#13

You could perhaps try to see if the players running sound IsPlaying. Not guaranteed to work, just a random idea.

#14

What about using StateChanged

humanoid.StateChanged:Connect(function(state)
     if state == Enum.HumanoidStateType.Running then
     
     end
end)
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#15

Increase the threshold to 0.3 and remove the Y component. I used that solution, it works fine.

#16

It says in https://developer.roblox.com/, that it only fires after you jump or something like that. I tried it, as expected, the code in the statement is started after I jump.

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#17

(vel * Vector3.new(1, 0, 1)).Magnitude > threshold
or
sqrt(vel.X*vel.X + vel.Z*vel.Z) > threshold
use
vel = rootPart.Velocity - standingPart.Velocity if you want to account for any platforms they are currently standing on somewhat.
Otherwise, just vel = rootPart.Velocity should be good enough to detect if they are moving at all.
You can also check their Humanoid.MoveDirection which resets to <0,0,0> when there is no input from controllers / keyboard / etc.
All these are viable ways of detecting if they are walking or moving at all.

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#18

RunningNoPhysics is often called some time after a jump, when on a flat surface, or before a jump too.

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