I need help with animations inside viewportframes

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#1

I am making an emote shop at my game and i want players to be able to preview the animations before buying them, so for that i’m using viewportframes .

Example of what i’m going for:

https://gyazo.com/43c81bf2b55f7510c77750e4122d1a09

This is the script i’m currently using and the result is in the image in this message:

local viewportFrame = Instance.new("ViewportFrame")
viewportFrame.Size = UDim2.new(0.3, 0, 0.4, 0)
viewportFrame.Position = UDim2.new(0, 15, 0, 15)
viewportFrame.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.new(0.196078, 0.196078, 0.196078)
viewportFrame.BorderSizePixel = 0
viewportFrame.Parent = script.Parent

local Character = game.ReplicatedStorage.Dummy
local clone = Character:Clone()
clone.Parent = viewportFrame

local viewportCamera = Instance.new("Camera")
viewportFrame.CurrentCamera = viewportCamera
viewportCamera.Parent = viewportFrame

viewportCamera.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0, 6, 6), clone.HumanoidRootPart.Position)

I tried this for animation but it didnt work, apparently the Dummy does not have the Animator inside of it. Which i tried to add manually and also do Humanoid:LoadAnimation() (Both did not work)

local humanoid = clone.Humanoid
local animation = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Animation")
local loadAnim = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
loadAnim:Play()

Note: This is still in the same script

This is also my first time using ViewportFrames

Now what i need to do is make the animation play in the dummy, i would really appreciate some help, thanks.

image

Thanks!

#2

What is the animation priority on the animation?

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#3

I’m not sure, let me check real quick

#4

I don’t really know, it’s just for dances and i made them sometime ago and i don’t really remember by now

But i think it’s Idle

#5

Try changing the animation to Action, for that one is the highest priority.
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If that doesn’t work, please let me know, Thanks! WE

#6

Ah this. Sadly Viewports are still so limited, but so useful.
Disclaimer: I don’t know if it still works due to me not using viewports in a while.

But anyway, when I encountered this problem I found this video which helped me.

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#7

Now how do i add the animation to the Dummy in workspace?

This might be a dumb question but the method i used doesn’t work anymore

#8 
local humanoid = clone.Humanoid
local animation = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Animation")
local loadAnim = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator"):LoadAnimation(animation)
loadAnim:Play()

But before you do this, you need to click Plugins, then Click on Animation Editor, then click on the Dummy and make an animation. Can be a minimalist, nothing animation. Save. This will generate the Animator.
You can delete the AnimSaves after.

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