Help with loading Walk and Run Animations

[atomic shuttle]

Heya, new to roblox (but not programming) here. I'm trying to load a walk and run animation for my r6 player rig, but literally nothing is working and it's kind of driving me crazy. For more context, I set up a shift to sprint script which works flawlessly, it just changes my walkspeed. Now I'm trying to add animations for both my default walk, and when i sprint, but nothing is working and i have no idea why.

Details:

• I have an r6 rig and r6 animations (and i know they work). To be specific i force my player to use that r6 avatar i've set
• I've tried two ways

1. Using a script (I'll paste my code below)
2. Using the local animate script in the player

the 2nd way works only for my walk animation, but not my run animation script, even after changing some values in the actual animate script for whatever god forsaken reason.

Here's my script code

 
local Humanoid: Humanoid = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local RunService: RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local Animations = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerAnimations
local Animator: Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator") --Ignore error, weird behaviour but should be functional

local walkTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animations.Walk)
local sprintTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animations.Sprint)

walkTrack.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Movement
sprintTrack.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Movement

walkTrack:Play(0, 1)
sprintTrack:Play(0, 0)

local isSprinting = false
local walkSpeedDefault = 16

function checkForSprint(speed: number)
    return speed > walkSpeedDefault
end

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
    local speed = Humanoid.WalkSpeed
    
    isSprinting = checkForSprint(speed)

    if isSprinting then
        walkTrack:AdjustWeight(0, 0.5)
        sprintTrack:AdjustWeight(1, 0.5)
    else
        sprintTrack:AdjustWeight(0, 0.5)
        walkTrack:AdjustWeight(1, 0.5)
    end
end)```

And here's the code I changed in the animate script (copied and pasted from the forum, but from my understanding fits my specs)

```lua

function onRunning(speed)
    speed /= getRigScale()
    
    if speed > 16 then
        playAnimation("run", 0.1, Humanoid)
        pose = "Running"
    elseif speed <= 16 and speed > 0.01 then
        playAnimation("walk", 0.1, Humanoid)
        if currentAnimInstance and currentAnimInstance.AnimationId == "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=180426354" then
            setAnimationSpeed(speed / 14.5)
        end
        pose = "Walking"
    else
        if emoteNames[currentAnim] == nil then
            playAnimation("idle", 0.1, Humanoid)
            pose = "Standing"
        end
    end
end ```

Just to be clear, I tried both ways, not both of them simulatenously, in case that was a point of confusion. Any and every help would be greatly appreciated. I've also watched every video known to mankind and every post on the forums known to mankind, I just can't get it to work. 

Also, if it matters (I don't think it does), I'm using rojo with vscode. I mentioned it because there is a setting i can't access if i don't publish, which i can't because im constantly overwriting my place file.

SOLVED: Just had to rename my custom script into "Animate"

[fringe pike]

What is the problem, the animations arent playing?

[atomic shuttle]

yeah, it just defaults to the normal / default animations

[fringe pike]

The default animations take over the new ones then, you could delete the normal running and walking animations

[atomic shuttle]

i did try that, then my character just t poses funnily, and if i replace it with my animations, only my walk animation plays, but not my sprint animation, even after i modified my animate script

[fringe pike]

I have an idea that would let you have more control of the animations, what about making a custom Animate script?

Or

let me think

What about the priority?

The animation priority

[atomic shuttle]

the first script i sent is bascially my custom animate script but only for walking and sprinting, and the second one i my modified animate script

[atomic shuttle]

yeah, i changed my priority to movement in the first code block i sent for both sprint and walk

[fringe pike]

is the first script a local one?

[atomic shuttle]

local script in starterCharacterScripts yes

[south stirrup]

** You are now Level 1! **

[fringe pike]

What if you instead of changing the weight of the animations, you stop and play them when needed?

or what is the problem with the first script?It seems fine

[atomic shuttle]

i haven't tried them, but apparently it looks janky when transitioning to sprint and walk? I'll try it anyways and see what happens, but if i already called anim track:play() shouldn't it still work?

[atomic shuttle]

my guess is as good as yours, no error, no compiler error, my animation just doesn't show

[fringe pike]

both animations?

[atomic shuttle]

yeah both animations

[fringe pike]

One more question: while using the first script, the idle animations dont exist no?

[fringe pike]

Actually yeah it should be smoother using animation weight

[atomic shuttle]

idle animations still play, the default one that is, so it's like roblox studio is gaslighting me or something

[fringe pike]

You could try deleting the default animations, if you running and walking animations for after that, you could change the animation priority in the actual animation editor or make idle animations stop when the player is moving

[fringe pike]

AAA WAIT

You are checking if the walkspeed is more than 0 I think

You need to check if the speed is bigger than the running speed

not the walkspeed

Walkspeed doesnt change if you are standing still

nor when you walk

May that be the bug?

or not really because else you would be playing the animation while standing still

[atomic shuttle]

sorry, i'm assuming in the first script? my shift-to-sprint changes my actual humanoid walkspeed, so i the animation script just checks when my walkspeed has changed to a higher value than default, and then it should change the weights accordingly

[fringe pike]

that is true

hmmmm

stop the idle animations while moving?

[atomic shuttle]

that's exactly what i thought as well actually, technically my animation should still be playing when im idle, but it's like my script is non existent to my studio smh

[fringe pike]

is your first script named "Animate"?

and you can also delete the default Animate script and paste yours, but be sure its named "Animate"

[atomic shuttle]

it's called movementAnimations

[fringe pike]

name it "Animate" and see if that fixes something

[atomic shuttle]

yep that's what i've tried as well, then i replace the run and walk animations, but only walk works, not sprint, even after i changed the code inside the animate script

[atomic shuttle]

hmm alright gimme a min

[fringe pike]

and also check if the default Animate is still there

[atomic shuttle]

OMG IT WORKS, HOLY BALLS, ARE YOU KIDDING ME

still a bug, it's playing the animation while im idle, but i can fix that

holy crap i can't thank you enough, i can't believe it 😭

[fringe pike]

So the problem was that roblox was overriding your animations

[atomic shuttle]

yeah seems to be the case

[fringe pike]

Want me to help you with the speed detection?

[fringe pike]

no problem, you are welcome

[atomic shuttle]

ah it's ok, i'm still learning, so whatever problems i know i can solve i''ll try myself first, thanks for the offer though

[fringe pike]

no problem you are welcome, if you have any problems regarding animations, you can ping me