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Playing a walk animation in a custom character? (Updated script)

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I have a script that plays an animation whenever W,A,S, or D are pressed . The animation ends in a loop, however I was wondering if there was a way I could get it to stop the animation when the key was released? Would it work with a looped animation? Do I need to remove the loop? I've tried adding an additional chunk of code using Service.InputEnded but the animation continued to play.

--EDIT-- Script now fires when key is released, And I've changed the animation to one that doesn't loop. It still doesn't work quite right however.

		local Service = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = player.Character

Service.InputBegan:connect(function(input, recieved)
	if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
			
			repeat
			
			print('Input W')
		animation.AnimationId = "http://www.roblox.com/Asset?ID=313344129" 
		local animTrack = player.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation) 
			animTrack:Play()
			wait(1)
			
			
		
		until
			
			Service.InputEnded:connect(function(input, recieved)
			if input.UserInputType == Enum.UserInputType.Keyboard then
			if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.W then
			
			print('Input W stahped')
		local animTrack = player.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation) 
			animTrack:Stop()
			
					end
				end
			end)
		end
	end
end)
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Its better to use the humanoid running function to make animations I also recommend making a function that plays the animations for you.

--[[local animation = Instance.new("Animation") Our first change is that instead of doing this we do this]]
local walkAnimation = Instance.new("Animation") --next we will already set the ID
walkAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://313344129" --[[I recommend using rbxassetid:// it is quicker and saves time]]
--Next we add a wait so we can have the player load
wait(1)
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = player.Character or player.Character:Added() --without this it could easily bug online
local human = char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") --allows us to get the humanoid to load animations
local playingWalkAnimation = false --this is our debounce read down for more on it
--Now we will make an function that plays animations for us!
function playAnimation(animation)
	--Next we make an animation tracker right here in this function
	local aniTrack = human:LoadAnimation(animation)--we will call it this aniTrack and load the animation right now
	aniTrack:Stop() --we stop the animation first then wait
	wait()
	aniTrack:Play() --next we play it and then the function is done!
end

--Next we make an on running function
function onRunning(speed) --speed gets the player speed
	if speed > 1 then --[[we check if the speed is greater then 1 and not 0 or the animation will play when you land]]
		--next I suggest adding a debounce so the animation does not jitter
		if playingWalkAnimation == false then -- this will be our debounce
		playingWalkAnimation = true --[[setting it to true will stop the animation from looping over itself]]
		playAnimation(walkAnimation) --now it shall play our animation using this function!
		end
	else
		--Next we set the debounce to false so we can play the animmation when running again
		playingWalkAnimation = false
		--we can add the idle animation here if you like
	end
end
--And finally we add a connect function so the onRunning function will even work
human.Running:connect(OnRunning)
--And that is it!

Hope this helped! ~KIHeros (There may be a few errors in this please tell me in the comments!)

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2 comments

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that script wont stop the loop.

Anonymous#
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Id suggest to use the "Animate" script found inthe default player, all you will need to do is change the animation ids to your own

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