How to check when a character animation stay's the same? (AKA When a character is AFK)

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Hi

So I’m new to Unreal Engine and I’m wondering if there’s a way to do this? In the blueprints can I check if the character animation stays the same and then, for example, display a message? I know how to print a message but just not how to check whether the character is idle (and I thought checking the idle animation would work to show if a character is AFK…). I’m using the preset 2D scrollable scene…

Thank you in advance!

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If you check the third person character’s animation blueprint, you will find that it has the variable Speed, that indicates the character’s speed. If it’s 0, the character is idle :wink:

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Can you go and then print a message in there directly then?

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Also, how do you do this without the animation blueprint but instead the character blueprint?