Why does "GetPlayingAnimationTracks" Animation name = "Animation" even though I am looping through on client?

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#1

I used a remote event, so I am looping through on client, but it still has the name “Animation”

#2

Properly name animation objects

local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
animation.Name = "MyUniqueAnimationName"  -- This is just for your reference
animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://123456789"

Load and Play Your Animation

local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character or game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local animationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
animationTrack:Play()

Handling Animations Dynamically

local animations = {}

-- Load and play the animation
local function playAnimation(animationId, customName)
    local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
    animation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://" .. animationId
    local animationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
    animationTrack:Play()
    animations[customName] = animationTrack
end

-- Example of playing an animation
playAnimation("123456789", "MyCustomAnimation")

Looping Through Your Custom Animation Storage

for name, track in pairs(animations) do
    print(name) -- This will print "MyCustomAnimation" or any other custom names you've used
    -- You can also access the track properties here
end
#3

It is named, I’m not instancing animation objects, they are pre-made

#4

key is to reference them correctly, manage their playing state (perhaps in a table, indexed by their names), and use their names to control their behavior within your game.

#5

Referencing the animations isn’t my problem

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#6

So your saying it still has the name animation

#7

When I print the name when looping through the playing animations, it prints animation instead of the name of the animation object

#8 
-- Assuming you have a list or a way to access your active animation tracks
for _, animationTrack in pairs(activeAnimations) do
    -- Access the Animation object associated with the AnimationTrack
    local animationObject = animationTrack.Animation
    -- Now print the Name property of the Animation object
    print(animationObject.Name)
end
#9

Yeah, it prints animation for some weird reason, normally this occurs due to looping through on the server, but im looping through on the client, so I’m not sure why