Why doesn't my animation play?

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My animation doesn’t play and I’m using a local script. This is the script:

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	local Anim =  game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)
	Anim:Play()
	print("playedddd")
end)

There were no errors and it printed the ‘playedddd’ text. I tried this on another local script, it works but I’m not sure why suddenly it doesn’t work.

See below for the hierarchy, thanks.

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Humanoid:LoadAnimation() has been replaced by Animator:LoadAnimation()

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    local Humanoid = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
    local Anim = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator"):LoadAnimation(script.Animation)
    Anim:Play()
    print("playedddd")
end)
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So I tried to do that, I used the code from the developer website article but what happened is the ‘got here’ was printed but ‘ran’ wasn’t printed. No errors either. It still doesn’t work.

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
--[[	local Anim =  game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)
	Anim:Play()
	print("playedddd")--]]
	print"got here"

	local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
	local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
	if humanoid then
		-- need to use animation object for server access
		local animator = humanoid:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator")
		if animator then
			local animationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)
			animationTrack:Play()
			return animationTrack
		end
	end
	print"ran"
end)
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I think it’s because Character, Humanoid, or Animator hasn’t loaded yet.
Use this:

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

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    print"got here"
    animator:LoadAnimation(script.Animation):Play()
    print"ran"
end)
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5

Strange it still won’t work, no idea why and no errors. It printed both prints tho.

6

Maybe the animation is the problem, please check it and republish it, if it doesn’t work, try placing it in another asset.

7

Sorry I forgot to emphasise that it did work before on an empty baseplate when I was making it.

8

If it doesn’t work, would you like to find the character in your workspace?

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Char = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(Player.Name)
local Humanoid = Char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animation = script:WaitForChild("Animation")
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	local Anim = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	Anim:Play()
end)

I tested it. If this really doesn’t work, I think there’s a problem with animation.
And make sure the animation belongs to your account.
Thank you.

9

The animation does belong to my account and it has worked before, like I said, but in a different game (in fact it was just empty baseplate). That’s the code I used as well.

10

The owner of your game and the owner of the animation should be the same. Otherwise, the animation will not work.

Examples of incorrect methods:

  1. publishing animations to Jiwonz’s account without putting animations in the group Game Party Studio game. => does not work
  2. developer published animation to developer’s account and Jiwonz used it for his game => does not work

Example of the correct method:

  1. He makes his own animations and publishes them to his account and uses them. => work
  2. After being created by the developer, use animation after publishing to the group. => work

Edit: Added more things

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What can I say, you’re right!! I didn’t even know about the ownership part and didn’t notice I uploaded it as my own when instead should’ve uploaded it to the group. Thanks!

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