Running foreign Animations in my game

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#1

You can write your topic however you want, but you need to answer these questions:

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I want to allow players to input any animation id and use the animation.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    I am unsure if there is any method to running foreign animations with Roblox’s issues with permissions and ownership

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I’ve tried running many foreign animations to no avail.

I am curious if there is any method to using foreign animations or if i should just give up before I waste any more time on this idea.

#2

To prevent animations from getting stolen and reused in other games, Roblox has made it such that animations that are owned/uploaded under the Owner of a game - either a group or a user - can be used in-game. Any attempt to run animations that are not owned/uploaded by the Owner of the game will not work.

Even if Roblox did allow games to play animations that aren’t owned by the creator of the animations, this idea opens up a can of worms to inappropriate animations that may surface from users. Remember that animations aren’t automatically moderated!

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#3

Yeah, I kinda suspected it was something like that but I wanted to double check anyway. Thanks for the feedback!