Custom NPC Animations Not Playing

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Summary

Custom NPCs don’t play animations triggered through verse

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Unreal Editor for Fortnite

What Type of Bug are you experiencing?

Assets

Steps to Reproduce

When animations are triggered through verse in the behaviour like this:

var AttackAnimation1 : animation_sequence = Animations.ANIM_Venosaur_BiteAttack

if (NPCAnim := NPCChar.GetPlayAnimationController):
NPCAnim.Play(AttackAnimation1)

The animation does not play.

Normal movement animations still work fine.

Expected Result

The animation should play.

Observed Result

The NPC is frozen

Platform(s)

PC

Island Code

1403-1268-8348

Video

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To add, this is specifically an issue with the ‘Biped’ locomotion blueprint, the ‘Basic’ locomotion seems unaffected.