Looking for Actor Sequence alternatives for 2D weapon animations

I am currently watching a tutorial on how to create a retro shooter in Unreal. It has come to a point where the tutorial uses the Actor Sequence Component to animate a weapon sprite in front of the camera for weapon bob and raising the weapon on the screen.

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Unfortunately it seems the Actor Sequence option is really unreliable since I only ever got weapon bobbing to work and restarting Unreal made it so neither the weapon bob or weapon draw animations work anymore. Nearly half the posts are about not being able to get either to work either.

I’m brand new to Unreal so I have no idea what else to try. I’d really appreciate suggestions.

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