Why doesn't the animation work?

[kungsangun]

Help!
Why doesn't the animation play with this active?

[Jeff]

You could do it like this or like that if you want only one object on the screen.

[kungsangun]

Thanks Jeff,
The 2nd way is what I was trying to do..
I still don't understand WHY the object must be continually created and destroyed to restart the animation.
Shouldn't the animation just be able to be restarted?

[Jeff]

Animations are a little tricky to work with and sometimes don't work as easily as they should.

Here is another example that is a bit closer to how you wanted it to work.

What I did is move your animation to another one besides "Stopped" and then you can switch to other animations and that can restart it.

[Mico]

Animations are a little tricky to work with and sometimes don't work as easily as they should.

What I did is move your animation to another one besides "Stopped" and then you can switch to other animations and that can restart it.

Jeff, I have also found this when changing between directions of the same animation. The only annoying result is how it complicates the naming of animations and finding them again. Is there a work around?