Load animation to skinned mesh

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#1

i’m trying to load animation to skinned mesh and make it an npc but
the animation is either weird or won’t work at all
i tried to use the animate script from roblox, i tried to find an animated mesh npc in toolbox for reference, i also tried to make animation script myself

local function playAnimation(animationid)
	local anim = Instance.new("Animation")
	anim.AnimationId = animationid
	animtrack = animator:LoadAnimation(anim)
	animtrack:Play()
end

playAnimation(walk)
playAnimation(idle)

but nothing worked… and i have no idea why

can someone please explain me how to load an animation to a skinned mesh?

#2

Are you sure that you have the animator variable defined correctly? If so, try and add print() statements:

local function playAnimation(animationid)
    print("Function fired")
	local anim = Instance.new("Animation")
	anim.AnimationId = animationid
    print("Creating & Setting Animation")
	animtrack = animator:LoadAnimation(anim)
	animtrack:Play()
    print("Playing Animation")
end

playAnimation(walk)
playAnimation(idle)
#3

i mean, my script is playing the animation, but it playing only the walking animation

#4

Might be because the Priority is set like that? Try temporary removing the playAnimation(walk) line?

#5

now it’s playing the idle animation only

#6

Wait, couldn’t you just detect changes made by the Humanoid when they either walk or stay idle?

#7

wdym?
if i don’t remove the line, they play the walking animation even when they are idle

#8

Like, detecting the Humanoid’s State Type of when your NPC is walking or staying idle

Could you try this…?

local function playAnimation(animationid)
	local anim = Instance.new("Animation")
	anim.AnimationId = animationid
	animtrack = animator:LoadAnimation(anim)
	animtrack:Play()
end

print("Does the script even work ._.")

local Humanoid = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
print(Humanoid)
print("???")

Humanoid.StateChanged:Connect(function(Old, NewState)
    print("State Changed")
    if NewState == Enum.HumanoidStateType.Running then
        print("NPC is walking")
        playAnimation(walk)
    else
        print("NPC is still")
        playAnimation(idle)
    end
end)
#9

that’s not working, it won’t even enter the function

#10

The script should be parented to your NPC, correct? There should also be a Humanoid object inside it

#11

yes, it parented to the NPC and there’s Humanoid inside it

#12

Ok now this is the part where I start to just edit my script That’s strange, could you try it again and see what gets outputted?

#13

nothing gets outputted, it’s empty

#14

Ok, maybe Humanoid is defined as nil or something? I know I have the event right, so it couldn’t be that

#15

oh, i found out the issue, i accidently put it under a loop lol so it didn’t reach that code, but the animation still has some issues, it still always playing the run animation ;-;

#16

okay, here’s what i did,

local animtrack = nil
local animator = script.Parent.Humanoid.Animator
local Humanoid = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local function playAnimation(animation)
	animtrack = animator:LoadAnimation(script[animation])
	animtrack:Play()
end

local function stop()
	if animtrack then
		animtrack:Stop()	
	end
end

Humanoid.StateChanged:Connect(function(Old, NewState)
	if NewState == Enum.HumanoidStateType.Running then
		stop()
		print("NPC is walking")
		playAnimation("walk")
	else
		stop()
		print("NPC is still")
		playAnimation("idle")
	end
end)

the problem is, statechanged not firing always when state changed