Playing animations with custom skeletons using play_animation_controller fails after 40.30

[Benjf29]

Custom NPC Animations Not Playing

Summary Custom NPCs don’t play animations triggered through verse Please select what you are reporting on: 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 st…