I’m trying to make a CPU that moves around, so the player can mess with it, however, I’m in the middle of playing a run animation when the CPU starts running, and I cannot seem to get it to play. The CPU just moves, but without the animation, and I do not know why this isn’t working.
This is what it looks like.
I’ll also provide the script that handles the CPU behavior.
--Variables
local physicsService = game:GetService("PhysicsService")
local dummy = game.ServerStorage.Dummy
local description = dummy.CPUDescription
local spawnPoint = Vector3.new(0, 5, 0)
dummy.Humanoid:ApplyDescription(description)
local runAnim = dummy.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(dummy.RunAnim)
--CPU behavior
while true do
--Make CPU
local cpu = dummy:Clone()
cpu.Parent = game.Workspace
cpu:MoveTo(spawnPoint)
local humanoid = cpu.Humanoid
local root = cpu.HumanoidRootPart
--Collision
local dummyParts = cpu:GetDescendants()
for index, dummyPart in pairs(dummyParts) do
if dummyPart:IsA("BasePart") then
physicsService:SetPartCollisionGroup(dummyPart, "Players")
end
end
--Animation (This is where the problem is)
local running = humanoid.Running:Connect(function(speed)
if speed > 0 then
runAnim:Play(10, 01, 10)
else
runAnim:Stop(10)
end
end)
--CPU movement
local movement = coroutine.wrap(function()
wait(1)
while true do
--Make positions
local pos = root.Position
local x = math.random(-10, 10)
local z = math.random(-10, 10)
local movePos = pos + Vector3.new(x, 0, z)
humanoid:MoveTo(movePos)
humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
wait(2)
--Break movement if dead
if humanoid.Health == 0 then
break
end
end
end)
movement()
--Wait until it dies
cpu.Humanoid.Died:Wait()
wait(5)
cpu:Destroy()
running:Disconnect()
end
No errors appear in the output, so I can evaluate what’s really going on.
What do you want to achieve? I want to create a CPU that moves around freely.
What is the issue? The running animation doesn’t play at all.
What solutions have you tried so far? I had tried searching for other posts, but I found nothing that could help.
To clarify, the running animation is inside the CPU’s model. I have little experience with scripting animations, so I can’t figure this out. I am indeed puzzled.
Maybe try commenting out your core loop and just putting some code at the top to run the animation? That should indicate if the animation isn’t loading entirely for some reason.
It’s probably good for debugging purposes to just only load in the animation on an NPC and then use the :Play: method for starters. That’ll indicate if the animation not loading in is the core problem or not.
If it is related to playing the animation before it finishes loading on the client, I’ve already talked about this issue in the past. The suggestion is still to try some sort of countdown to test if that is the case. Also, humanoid.Running is very inaccurate, my suggestion is to manipulate the animation on RenderStep or another similar interval. I never play NPC movement animations on the server though usually, I do it on the client because that way I can make NPCs that are farther away update slower (or not at all) saving on performance costs, but this really only helps if this is practically the only thing you’re doing every tick/frame for the NPC.
After waiting for 60 seconds before spawning the CPU, but after calling LoadAnimation() on the humanoid, it still doesn’t work, and in your reply in the other post you linked, you suggested to wait for 15 seconds, so I don’t think loading is the problem.
Is the animation ID correct? It should be rbxassetid://ID_HERE or something similar. Check if it imports into the NPC with the animation editor too.
Also try using runAnim:Play(1) and comment out everything from the running to movement().
EDIT:
This is most likely the actual issue after a bit of looking into it: LoadAnimation creates a new object, so cloning the dummy wouldn’t matter as it still references the old object.
This would be similar to doing
local hum = dummy.Humanoid
local copy = dummy:Clone()
copy.Parent = workspace
hum.Health = 0
and expecting the dummy clone to die.
Where?
Also, for future reference, use something like this instead:
The id is correct. Only having “1” as a parameter doesn’t work when I comment out what you suggested me to comment out. When I call LoadAnimation() for the clone’s humanoid, nothing changes.
Try another animation then, like this one. (updated to a Roblox animation)
If this works then your running animation is not loading properly. Try making a new one.
Make sure to use an R15/Rthro rig.
