Character can't be animated?

[TruffleExplorer]

Hey all,
for some reason none of the characters in my game are able to be animated. I’ve been using the play anim montage to try and make them play my animations but none of the characters are able to. I’ve been using different skeletons and this may be the cause of the problem but does anybody know the kind of thing that would cause all meshes to be unable to play my animations? (the animations themselves work in the animation window thing)

[SupportiveEntity]

Hey there @TruffleExplorer! Welcome back to the community! Could we take a look at your blends and where you call the montage? I’d recommend comparing them to something like this tutorial or documentation below to see if there’s any major differences. Often when animations won’t play, I’d recommend making sure the event is firing first, then see if the montage is set up properly, and lastly verify the correct animation BP is connected.

Montage Documentation:

Animation Montage

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Here’s a tutorial on setting up blended montages and calling them that may help:

Unreal Engine 5 Tutorial - Animation Montages / Slot Groups

[TruffleExplorer]

ok so my problem was that I had not set up the animation blueprint to work properly. thanks SupportiveEntity!