Why is the animation not Playing?

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#1

I am making an enemy but the animation does not play even though I am trying to let it play. The script below is the handler and below that is where I set it the play the animation.

-- Services
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")

-- Constants
local ATTACK_DISTANCE = 5.5
local WAIT_TIME_BEFORE_PATROL = 7
local WAYPOINT_CHECK_INTERVAL = 0.1

-- Variables
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local enemy = nil
local waypointsFolder = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Waypoints")

repeat
	task.wait(0.1)
until game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Enemy")

enemy = script.Parent

-- Animations and Sounds
local walkAnim = enemy:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(script.WalkAnim)
local attackAnim = enemy.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.AttackAnim)
local walkSound = script.WalkSound
local attackSound = script.AttackSound

-- Pathfinding parameters
local pathParams = {
	AgentHeight = 5,
	AgentRadius = 3,
	AgentCanJump = false
}

-- Wait until enemy and waypoints are loaded
repeat
	task.wait(WAYPOINT_CHECK_INTERVAL)
	enemy = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Enemy")
until enemy and waypointsFolder and #waypointsFolder:GetChildren() > 0

-- Functions
local function CheckForCharacter(char)
	local rayOrigin = enemy:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position
	local rayDirection = (char.HumanoidRootPart.Position - rayOrigin).Unit * 40
	local raycastResult = workspace:Raycast(rayOrigin, rayDirection, RaycastParams.new())
	
	if raycastResult then
		local raycastInstance = raycastResult.Instance
		
		if raycastInstance:IsDescendantOf(char) then
			return true
		end
	else
		return false
	end
end

local function FindNearestPlayers()
	local players = Players:GetPlayers()
	local nearestPlayer = nil
	local maxDistance = 40
	
	for _, player in pairs(players) do
		if player.Character ~= nil then
			local targetCharacter = player.Character
			local distance = (enemy.HumanoidRootPart.Position - targetCharacter.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
			
			if distance < maxDistance and CheckForCharacter(targetCharacter) then
				nearestPlayer = targetCharacter
				maxDistance = distance
			end
		end
	end
	
	return nearestPlayer
end

local function Attack(char)
	local distance = (enemy.HumanoidRootPart.Position - char.HumanoidRootPart.Position).Magnitude
	if distance > ATTACK_DISTANCE then
		enemy.Humanoid:MoveTo(char.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
	else
		attackAnim:Play()
		attackSound:Play()
		char.Humanoid.Health = 0
	end
end


local function CalculatePath(destination)
	local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath(pathParams)
	path:ComputeAsync(enemy:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position, destination)
	return path
end

local function WalkToDesination(destination)
	local path = CalculatePath(destination)
	
	if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
		for _, waypoint in pairs(path:GetWaypoints()) do
			local nearestPlayer = FindNearestPlayers()
			if nearestPlayer then
				Attack(nearestPlayer)
				break
			else
				enemy.Humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
				enemy.Humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
			end
		end
	else
		enemy.Humanoid:MoveTo(destination - (enemy.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.LookVector * 10))
	end
end

local function Patrol()
	local waypoints = workspace.Waypoints:GetChildren()
	if #waypoints > 0 then
		if walkSound.Playing == false then walkAnim:Play() walkSound:Play() end
		WalkToDesination(waypoints[math.random(1, #waypoints)].Position)
	end
end

-- Start patrol after initial wait
task.wait(WAIT_TIME_BEFORE_PATROL)
Patrol()

-- Check for enemy and waypoints continuously
while true do
	repeat
		task.wait(WAYPOINT_CHECK_INTERVAL)
		enemy = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Enemy")
	until enemy

	repeat
		task.wait(WAYPOINT_CHECK_INTERVAL)
	until #waypointsFolder:GetChildren() > 0

	--task.wait(WAIT_TIME_BEFORE_PATROL)  -- Wait before starting patrol again
	while true do
		Patrol()
		task.wait(0.01)
	end
end

if walkSound.Playing == false then 
     walkAnim:Play() 
     walkSound:Play() 
end

Thank you for the help!

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#2

Try using the humanoids animator , if it doesnt have one add it
2 If this is a npc it should be ran on the server
3 make sure script.attackanim has a valid animation id rbxassetid://...
4 debug by playing the animations constantly to verify its not the code and is the animation

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#3

That did not work, thank you for the help regardless!

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