Animation preview not playing under certain conditions

Development Character & Animation
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Branch:‘Binary’ build from the Unreal Launcher

Build version: 4.8.3-2634408+++depot+UE4-Releases+4.8

Detailed description of the issue:
In the Animation Blueprint Editor: If the preview in the “Graph tab” is paused, it’s not possible to preview an animation in the “Animation tab”. Unpausing the preview in the “Graph tab” fixes this.

Repro Steps:

  1. Open an Animation Blueprint (with animations available for testing)
  2. Select “Graph Tab”
  3. Pause preview
  4. Select “Animation Tab”
  5. double click any animation from “Asset Browser” within that window

Reproduction rate: 100%

Attachments: I used the “Shootergame” HeroTPP_AnimBlueprint and HeroFPP_AnimBlueprint

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Hi Ditma1,

Thanks for pointing this bug out. I’ve tested this and, as you’ve pointed out, wih a 100% reproduction rate. I have reported this as: JIRA [UE-19995]. When this is addressed in a future build of the engine, we will add an update to this post.

Thanks again for the feedback!

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The way the AnimBlueprint is reworked for UE4.14 fixes this issue even though this issue was not addressed directly.