Active Object Animation question

to be honest i downloaded the file and ran the app not in hwa but should not make that much of a difference it seems to work fine,
each time i click the button the animation plays for me.

true, my system works, but i dont understand why i need to put in spaghetti code logic to change the animation to walking to get this to work.

I haven't downloaded your file, but do be careful of using the walk animation slot, as it is automatically assigned to left and right movement if you are using the default movements. Stick to using your own custom animation and it shouldn't give you trouble.

Others have mentioned to use a custom animation, and although i have tried that, i havent had success. I'm hoping someone can take the file i posted and get it to work with a custom anim so i can see what i did wrong

Ok, so if I understand you correctly you want the animation to play each time the button is clicked and then stop once the animation has reached the end of the loop and not play again (can't click the button again) until the loop is finished?

I noticed that you are using a Bitmap Push button, personally I would not use that for this type of action but rather make your own button also with custom animations.