Need help with my animations (Sword Combat System)

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I want to make a sword combat system.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    The animations don’t play.


    (I was clicking)

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I don’t think I need to search a website for that.

-- Wait for char
game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()

-- Services
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local StarterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

-- Modules
local Config = require(script.Parent.Parent.Modules.Config)

-- Tool
local Tool = script.Parent.Parent
local Handle = Tool:WaitForChild("Handle")

-- UI
local UI = Tool.Assets.UI
local CooldownUI = UI.CooldownUI

-- Sword Vars
local Damage = Config.Damage
local Cooldown = Config.Cooldown

-- Player Vars
local player, humanoid, char
char = Tool.Parent.Parent or Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait() or Players.LocalPlayer.Character
player = Players.LocalPlayer
humanoid = player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

-- Anim Folder
local AnimFolder = Tool.Animations

-- Booleans
local isAttacking = false
local canDamage = true

-- Animation Instances

for i,v in pairs(Config.Animations.SlashAnimations) do
	if not v.Enabled then continue end
	
	local Anim = Instance.new("Animation")
	Anim.Parent = AnimFolder
	Anim.Name = i
	Anim.AnimationId = v.AnimationId
end

for i,v in pairs(Config.Animations.OtherAnimations) do
	if not v.Enabled then continue end
	
	local Anim = Instance.new("Animation")
	Anim.Parent = AnimFolder
	Anim.Name = i
	Anim.AnimationId = v.AnimationId
end


local function onEquip()
	local EquipAnim = AnimFolder:WaitForChild("Equip")
	local EquipTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(EquipAnim)
	EquipTrack:Play()
end

-- Attack
local Combo = 1

local function Attack()
	local Slash = humanoid:LoadAnimation(AnimFolder:WaitForChild("Slash" .. tostring(Combo)))
	Slash:Play()
	
	Tool.Remotes.ClientCast:FireServer(Slash.Length, Config.Cooldown)
	canDamage = false
	task.wait(math.max(Slash.Length, Config.Cooldown))
	canDamage = true
end

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProccessed)
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.MouseButton1 and char:FindFirstChild(Tool.Name) then
			if isAttacking == false and canDamage then
				isAttacking = true

				if Combo > 5 then
					Combo = 1
				end

				Attack()

				isAttacking = false
				Combo += 1
			
			end
	end
end)

Tool.Equipped:Connect(onEquip)

This script is the whole local script. The slash animations are played from the Attack() function.

#2

Have you tried loading the animations after the animation is created in the AnimFolder?

for i,v in pairs(Config.Animations.SlashAnimations) do
	if not v.Enabled then continue end
	
	local Anim = Instance.new("Animation")
	Anim.Parent = AnimFolder
	Anim.Name = i
	Anim.AnimationId = v.AnimationId
	humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator"):LoadAnimation(Anim)
end

Another possible issue could be that the AnimationIDs arent being set correctly.

#3

If I do that, how am I supposed to play the animation though?

#4

Here’s a list of things to check off to debug:

  • Is the animation priority set to “Action”?
  • Is the animation looped and meant to be a pose? If so, make sure it is looping.
  • Is the weight of the animation correct?
  • Is the animation owned by you? If not, try playtesting in team test.
  • Is the animation owned by your group, and the game is owned by you? If so, reupload your animation.
  • Does the animation load if you set it as the default walk animation?

If all of the above works, and recompiling your animation doesn’t, I don’t know what to tell you.

#5

I fixed it. I just needed to do that:
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