Thanks for the answer to issue 2. Closing the anim bp in the editor eliminated the zero printing out. I have more info regarding the anim notifies problem. I had created an anim notify named Footsteps. I later added a FootstepR and a Footstep L, then I deleted the redundant original Footsteps in the “manage notifies” menu. For some reason it ignored the new 2 every time. I renamed them FstepR and FstepL and they work. It also always still shows the original Footsteps notify in the list of notifies, although I can not interact with it in any way. Hope this helps tracking down the bug.