Rigging Model Doesn't Play Animation?

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#1

I’m attempting to animate a block that spins around, spinning a light with it. Which works fine in the animation editor playing the animation how i want it.

However my issue is that the animation isn’t playing whatsoever once I’ve uploaded it and attempted to use it in work space.

I’m following this tutorial here: Complete guide to rigging and animating models!
Using the same method and script:

wait(1)

local loadedanimation = script.Parent.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Animation)
loadedanimation:Play()

I’m certain i have everything in the correct parents etc as seen below:

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Any help is greatly appreciated!

#2

Alright, couple things to check,

  1. Make sure everything is unanchored
  2. Remove the humanoid and just leave the animation controller

Let me know if either of these work.

EDIT

I just noticed the problem, the motor6d joint is under the child… In the tutorial, I went over parent and child in terms of animating… Im afraid you’ll need to re-rig the model, making sure you click the root then the “LightSource”.

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#3

I prefer to use the :WaitForChild(“Animation”) rather than what you are using.

#4

Mhm, when I am actually programming a project I will, but the script I included is literally just to see the animation play. And using wait(1) also gives your character a bit of time to load so you don’t miss quite as much of it.

#5

I see what you mean, just I prefer to use the WaitForChild method.

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#7

Your method worked for me, but i’m attempting to put this into a vehicle which uses a weld script that requires the model to be anchored at first. But this is affecting the animation and stopping it from playing as a whole. Do you know a way to combat this issue by any chance?

#8

Alright, so you can really stop that script from welding the rig without editing the script a good bit, what you can do, and what I suggest is pre-welding the car together…

I personally really enjoy this plugin by @PlaceRebuilder. Basically you just select all of the parts you want to weld and hit the button on the plug-in page… When I have rigs that has hundred of parts that not all move, this is the method I use pretty much everytime.

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