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quartz verge Dec 28, 2023, 11:54 PM

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when playing one animation and then playing the next animation it seems to make my npc stand up straight for half a second and then it plays the next animation, how do i remove this effect?

local part = script.Parent.Parent.Designated
local animation = script.Animation
local anim2 = script.Anim2
local anim3 = script.anim3
local humanoid = script.Parent.Humanoid
local animationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
local anim2Track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim2)
local anim3Track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim3)

local function playNext()
    print("Animation stopped and playing Anim2")
    anim2Track:Play()
    wait(anim2Track.Length)
    anim2Track:Stop()
    print("Anim2 stopped and playing Anim3")
    anim3Track:Play()
end

-- Play the first animation
animationTrack:Play()

local function onTouched(other)
    local character = other.Parent
    local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")

    -- If touched by a player's humanoid, stop the animation and play Anim2
    if humanoid then
        animationTrack:Stop()
        playNext()
    end
end

part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 12:25 AM

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Ive tried implementing a wait and also a firstRun bool to where it the first animation will continue to loop and after the player touches the designated part then it will stop the first animation and start the 2nd then the 3rd animation only once and stop at the 3rd animation. The problem is that when the 2nd animation plays, the npc stands straight up and then plays the 2nd animation, also using the print function, the animations are being run multiple times for example its being run 18x and so the head of the npc will look like its bugged and reset from the start of the 2nd animation for a few times before going to the 3rd animation.

local part = script.Parent.Parent.Designated
local animation = script.Animation
local anim2 = script.Anim2
local anim3 = script.anim3
local humanoid = script.Parent.Humanoid
local animationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
local anim2Track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim2)
local anim3Track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim3)
local firstRun = true

local function playNext()
    print("Animation stopped and playing Anim2")
    anim2Track:Play()
    wait(anim2Track.Length)
    --anim2Track:Stop()
    print("Anim2 stopped and playing Anim3")
    anim3Track:Play()
end

local function onTouched(other)
    if firstRun == true then
        local character = other.Parent
        local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")

        -- If touched by a player's humanoid, stop the animation and play Anim2
        if humanoid then
            
            wait(1)
            print("falsing")
            animationTrack:Stop()
                playNext()
                wait(5)
                print("Ran once")
                firstRun = false
            
        end
    end
end

animationTrack:Play()

part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 12:43 AM

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I've had the same issues before and I don't totally understand it, but my best guesses are that the animation priority is set incorrectly (done via animation editor) or your keyframes are starting from a standing position

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I've had moments where I got no issues, other times when it was presumably the same script with stuttering, so I dont exactly understand either

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hope that helps a little bit? theres def someone out here that knows better than me tho

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 1:38 PM

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im not sure because the starting position is definitely not standing and im not sure what else to do

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 4:01 PM

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quartz verge im not sure because the starting position is definitely not standing and im not ...

I may or may not have some good news for you

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I was just trying to solve the issue formyself and I found something out

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Let me ask a question, in your animation did you create keyframes of the player's neutral standing pose?

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:36 PM

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surreal patio Let me ask a question, in your animation did you create keyframes of the player'...

I dont believe so

sonic urchinBOT Dec 29, 2023, 11:36 PM

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quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:36 PM

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let me open studio and check again, ive just woken up

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none of my keyframes start from standing

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surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:42 PM

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mind what your trying to animate exactly?

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ty

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:42 PM

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just from sitting down and looking up a little

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:42 PM

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is this a cutscene?

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:42 PM

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from animation1 > animation2 it suddenly tenses up and then goes back to sitting down to start animation2

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:42 PM

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surreal patio is this a cutscene?

just a normal animation

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:43 PM

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by tenses up do you mean stutturs

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like resetting to normal pos then starting again?

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:44 PM

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yes

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this is the first animation btw

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im not sure why the head keyframe dots are orange but maybe that has to do with it a little?

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im very new to animating as ive just started using studio yesterday

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:45 PM

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quartz verge im not sure why the head keyframe dots are orange but maybe that has to do with ...

it likely doesnt

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:45 PM

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im not sure how to remove the orange and make it normal

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:45 PM

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surreal patio it likely doesnt

okok

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:45 PM

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heres what I would try and do

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make an anim of the dude sitting doen, setting anim priority to idle

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then make other animations action

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then you can keep the idle one playing the whole time

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and the action anims will override

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:47 PM

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does that mean i have to republish them?

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and whats the difference between idle and core

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:48 PM

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idk

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I believe they just rank in priority

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so a core anim will be overridden by any idle animations or anything below idle

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but if there are no keyframes in the overriding anim (like only the head moves) then the rest of the core anim will play

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thats how stuff like tools in roblox work

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they have "action" priority

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but character anims still play

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:50 PM

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ill try remake the first animation but instead of it being cubic ill make it linear, dont know what the difference is but im just trying to make it work

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:50 PM

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surreal patio make an anim of the dude sitting doen, setting anim priority to idle

hence my suggestion

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:50 PM

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and then republish all animations

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with that in mind

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:50 PM

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quartz verge ill try remake the first animation but instead of it being cubic ill make it lin...

that wont do anything

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:50 PM

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so just republish with new priorities?

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:51 PM

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yes

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:51 PM

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okok

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it fixed the stutter

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but

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it keeps playing the first animation after the 2nd and 3rd animation plays

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im not sure how to code this much

local part = script.Parent.Parent.Designated
local animation = script.Animation
local anim2 = script.Anim2
local anim3 = script.anim3
local humanoid = script.Parent.Humanoid
local animationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
local anim2Track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim2)
local anim3Track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim3)


local function playNext()
    print("Animation stopped and playing Anim2")
    anim2Track:Play()
    wait(anim2Track.Length)
    --anim2Track:Stop()
    print("Anim2 stopped and playing Anim3")
    anim3Track:Play()
end

local function onTouched(other)

    local character = other.Parent
    local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")

    -- If touched by a player's humanoid, stop the animation and play Anim2
    if humanoid then
        wait(1)
        playNext()
        wait(5)
    end
end


animationTrack:Play()

part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:57 PM

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correct me if I'm wrong

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the anim is supposed to play for both animations then stop after right?

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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yes

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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@

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ok then

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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but the first animation will loop play

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until the player has touched the part

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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wait(anim3Track.Length)

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so this

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then anim:Stop()

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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surreal patio wait(anim3Track.Length)

anim3Track consist of an animation of 1 keyframe tho

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:58 PM

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or whatever the looping one is

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:59 PM

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animationTrack is anim 1
anim2Track is anim 2
anim3Track is anim 3

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if I do animationTrack:Stop() it stutters

surreal patio Dec 29, 2023, 11:59 PM

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you just have to call anim1 to stop when they are done

quartz verge Dec 29, 2023, 11:59 PM

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when which is done

surreal patio Dec 30, 2023, 12:00 AM

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all the ones you want to play before stopping

quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 12:00 AM

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okok ill try that

surreal patio Dec 30, 2023, 12:00 AM

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if you want to play 2&3, you make anim1 stop in the code after they've played

quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 12:01 AM

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ok im trying

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it triggered the idle animation to stop but it keeps playing in the end

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and it stutters again

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i think it stutters because animation 1 was called to stop

surreal patio Dec 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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did you call it to stop after anim2?

quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 12:09 AM

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local function playNext()
    anim2Track:Play()
    print("Anim2 playing")
    wait(anim2Track.Length)
    anim2Track:Stop()
    print("Anim2 stopped")
    animationTrack:Stop()
    print("Anim1 stopped")
    anim3Track:Play()
    print("Anim3 playing")
end

surreal patio Dec 30, 2023, 12:10 AM

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yes its going to stutter

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its playing anim2

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waits until finished

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stops anim2

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stops anim1

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then plays anim3

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you need anim1 to stop after anim3

quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 12:11 AM

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let me try

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quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 12:13 AM

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it still stutters

local function playNext()
    anim2Track:Play()
    print("Anim2 playing")
    wait(anim2Track.Length)
    anim2Track:Stop()
    print("Anim2 stopped")
    anim3Track:Play()
    print("Anim3 playing")
    animationTrack:Stop()
    print("Anim1 stopped")
end

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and the anim1 still plays

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the idle animation

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even after its been called to stop

quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 2:37 AM

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Ive figured it out

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somehow along the way I managed to accidentally save the 1st animation as the 3rd animation 😐

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but thank you @surreal patio :)

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also do yk how to add text on the bottom of the screen like a type writer animation and some type writer font, idk if that uses some gui tricks or just printing on screen im not sure how

surreal patio Dec 30, 2023, 2:41 AM

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Ill give you some AI help

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local playerGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

local typewriterLabel = playerGui:WaitForChild("TypewriterLabel")
local textToDisplay = "This is a typewriter animation example in Roblox Lua."
local typingSpeed = 0.05 -- Adjust the typing speed as needed

-- Function to animate the typewriter effect
local function typewriterEffect()
    for i = 1, #textToDisplay do
        typewriterLabel.Text = string.sub(textToDisplay, 1, i)
        wait(typingSpeed)
    end
end

-- Connect the typewriter effect function to the script
typewriterEffect()

-- You can adjust the position, size, font, and other properties of the TypewriterLabel as needed.

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If your knew to scripting, I'd highly recomment using roblox's documentation, or asking chatgpt detailed questions like, "What does for i = 1, #textToDisplay do Mean?"

quartz verge Dec 30, 2023, 3:02 AM

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ah okok tysm

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ill make sure to try it out later in the evening

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:16 AM

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Is your anim script local

sonic urchinBOT Dec 31, 2023, 3:16 AM

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surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:18 AM

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You could try :FireAllClients()

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Because the issue might be its not sending to a specific client

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:19 AM

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yes i did that thank you

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im sorry I didnt realize you replied

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how do I just play one second of a specific audio

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like for example I want to play the audio but only seconds 3-4

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:20 AM

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As far as I know, there's no easy way around it

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:20 AM

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😔

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the type writer animation doesnt match up with my text

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:20 AM

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Either you make it :Stop() after 1 sec or get a better sound

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:20 AM

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i mean the sound

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:21 AM

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surreal patio Either you make it :Stop() after 1 sec or get a better sound

i could try that

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let me see

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:21 AM

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If I were you I'd get a single click sound, literally anything that sounded like a click

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Dialogue audio is just one note of a sound getting spammed

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:22 AM

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perfcect i found a single second audio of one

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:22 AM

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Cool

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Lil tip

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:22 AM

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theres some bug with the shift lock tho

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like when im shift locked it doesnt turn my screen or like when im in first person

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ive seen it in some games but i have not the slightest idea how to fix it

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:23 AM

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You can easily make a sound start in the middle of a sound or towards the end

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There's a time length or position property, I forgot the name

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But it's just in each sound

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:23 AM

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ah okay i see

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:24 AM

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quartz verge like when im shift locked it doesnt turn my screen or like when im in first pers...

Idk what you mean

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Explain diff

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:24 AM

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let me record a clip of it

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itll be easier to demonstrate

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:24 AM

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Ok

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:25 AM

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quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:25 AM

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its so hard to move my screen when im shift locked or in first person

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im not sure why

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:26 AM

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Do you have custom camera movement?

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:26 AM

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not as far as i know

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idk what those are because i didnt put them in

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:27 AM

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Well if you don't need shift lock then... get rid of it 😎👍

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I've never come across this issue so idk

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:27 AM

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ah alright no worries then

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:28 AM

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You can see if other ppl get it or if it's just u

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:28 AM

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it just does it in first person as well

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:28 AM

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Like testing in another random game

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:28 AM

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quartz verge it just does it in first person as well

Well I don't know the issue but here's a debugging technique

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Firstly, test in a fresh baseplate to see if it's a fundamental studio bug, then it's not your fault!

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:30 AM

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what if i test it in the game like i launch roblox

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:30 AM

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If it's working in the baseplate, then it's your issue, one by one disable the local scripts in your game, testing each time. Whenever the issue stops, that'll tell you which script is causing the bug

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:30 AM

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disable local scripts as in commenting them or is there a way to actually disable?

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:31 AM

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It's a property

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As a payment for me helping you, you should play our game that comes out in the next few days

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For free rizz

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:33 AM

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of course ill be sure to check it out

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im trying to disable one by one as much as i can to see

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:34 AM

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Well firstly try disabling all scripts

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If there's an issue and all scripts are disabled, might be a settings problem?

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You should still try the fresh baseplate test with all of this too to really narrow it out

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:38 AM

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disabling all scripts didnt seem to help

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:38 AM

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Do the fresh baseplate test

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:39 AM

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okok

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it works perfect in a fresh baseplate

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:43 AM

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Well I'm afraid your debugging process is gonna be a bit tedious, here's what I would do

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Start adding things like scripts and the map into the fresh baseplate (doesn't have to be 1 by 1) and just keep testing every time you add a lot of stuff in. Eventually the bug will come into the baseplate, which will then tell you what's causing the issue.

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There's one other case

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Which is unlikely

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If EVERYTHING is in the new baseplate and working just fine

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Then just start working on the game with the new baseplate crying

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Cause that other one is damned to just break

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:48 AM

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Imma cry

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can I at least export the map terrain?

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:48 AM

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quartz verge Imma cry

For a long time

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Try file + save as then select the baseplate

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That will directly copy the game into the baseplate

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:49 AM

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okok that wil be my last resort

surreal patio Dec 31, 2023, 3:52 AM

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Yeah there are some things you don't have to try, I would do scripts and other game changing stuff first

quartz verge Dec 31, 2023, 3:54 AM

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yes ill try that

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i have given up

#animation buffer?