Issues with playing animations on the server

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#1

I’m having an issue stopping/playing animations on the server. It just looks very laggy sometimes

Here’s a video of the issue:
[Watch 2024-03-03 21-32-09 | Streamable]

Here’s the current script for playing the animations: (it’s messy, I know)

local function OpenDoor()
	leverAnimations.Up:Play()
	leverAnimations.Down:Stop()
	leverAnimations.DownIdle:Stop()
	leverAnimations.Up.Stopped:Wait()
	leverAnimations.UpIdle:Play()
	
	doorAnimations.Open:Play()
	doorAnimations.Close:Stop()
	doorAnimations.CloseIdle:Stop()
	doorAnimations.Open.Stopped:Wait()
	doorAnimations.OpenIdle:Play()
	
	DoorChanging = false
end

local function CloseDoor()
	leverAnimations.Down:Play()
	leverAnimations.Up:Stop()
	leverAnimations.UpIdle:Stop()
	leverAnimations.Down.Stopped:Wait()
	leverAnimations.DownIdle:Play()
	
	doorAnimations.Close:Play()
	doorAnimations.Open:Stop()
	doorAnimations.OpenIdle:Stop()
	doorAnimations.Close.Stopped:Wait()
	Shake:FireAllClients("Explosion")
	doorAnimations.CloseIdle:Play()
	
	DoorChanging = false
end
#2
  1. Why are you running it on the server (You should run it on the client)
  2. Is the animation being loaded onto the Humanoid?
#3

I don’t know how to make the video an embed, but it plays the animation and everything is loaded, but it just looks glitchy. It’s on the server because I need it to be visible to all players (not a humanoid) it’s a door with an animation controller

#4

last time I checked, animations replicated from the client.

#5

It’s not being handled by a client, it’s a door that anyone can interact with

#6

Yes, but you can tell the client to hire an animation when fired.

#7

The client does not own it therefore I don’t want to play it on the client

#8

Please read up on stuff before telling people what to do

#9

The sliding door animation looks smooth in the video?

Do you mean the brief glitch that’s visible with the door?

I assume you have the animations preloaded?

#10

Yes, I load the animations when the game starts, then I play them

#11

I think the glitch has something to do with the pause between stopping and playing the animations

#12

What if you try

task.wait(leverAnimations.Down.Length)

Instead of the Stopped event.

#13

It’s not that part that’s bugging, it’s whenever I start the animation. Currently it starts the close/open animation for the door, then stops the opposite anima

#14

Oh sorry I meant

task.wait(leverAnimations.Down.Length - 0.1)

So it calls play on the other one a bit sooner.

I’m not sure what you mean though.

#15

I figured out how to fix this. The animations weren’t loaded yet on the client, so when an animation played there was a delay for loading. I just added it to ReplicatedStorage so my loading screen included them.

#16

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