LookupSequence / SetSequence Seemingly Being Skipped

[ReverendV92]

My problem is that the animation I specify in the script in my lua/autorun folder doesn't get used, while the offset does. I can't figure it out why it suddenly stopped working.

[lua]
local veh = nil
local isScarSeat = nil
local SCar = nil
local plyAng = nil
local vehAng = nil
local function SCarOverrideTurretAnim( ply )

--Checking if the player is in a vehicle
if ply:InVehicle() then
//Msg("Checked In Vehicle\n")

--Getting the vehicle
veh = ply:GetVehicle()

--Is the vehicle a seat in a SCar?
isScarSeat = veh:GetNetworkedInt( "SCarSeat" )

--Getting the SCar
SCar = veh:GetNetworkedEntity("SCarEnt")

--Checking if it's passenger seat 2 and if it's a seat that should use the turret animation
if isScarSeat == 2 and veh:GetNetworkedBool("IsTurretSeat") then

//Msg("Checked Seat 2\n")
--Compensating for the position offset the animation will add
ply:SetLocalPos( Vector(-9,0,-20) )

--Making the player face the direction of the turret.

--Getting the angle from the turret
plyAng = SCar:GetNetworkedEntity( "JeepTurret" ):GetAngles()

--Getting the angle from the vehicle
vehAng = SCar:GetAngles()

--Use the vehicles pitch
plyAng.p = vehAng.p
--Use the vehicles roll
plyAng.r = vehAng.r

--You may have to adjust an offset later with your man_gun animation. Just replace SOME_OFFSET with the degrees you need.
plyAng.y = vehAng.y --+ SOME_OFFSET

--ply:SetAngles( plyAng )
ply:SetAngles( plyAng )

--//Overriding the animation here
--ply.CalcSeqOverride = ply:LookupSequence( "Man_gun" )
--ply.CalcSeqOverride = ply:LookupSequence( ACT_HL2MP_IDLE_DUEL )
--ply.CalcSeqOverride = ply:LookupSequence( "idle_dual" )
--ply.CalcSeqOverride = ply:LookupSequence( "1745" )
--ply:SetSequence( ply.CalcSeqOverride )
ply:DoAnimationEvent( ACT_HL2MP_IDLE_DUEL )
return true
end
end

end
hook.Add("UpdateAnimation", "SCarOverrideTurretAnim", SCarOverrideTurretAnim)[/lua]

I checked the wikis and the syntax is correct; it also gives no errors when used.

Does anyone have any idea what's wrong with it?

Edit:

Using DoAnimationEvent instead of the Lookup/SetSequence method worked fine.

[Rubat]

SetSequence is being overriden each frame by other Animation hooks.

[editline]10th November 2013[/editline]

Also, saving local variables outside of the function is a bad idea.

[ReverendV92]

[QUOTE=Robotboy655;42819167]SetSequence is being overriden each frame by other Animation hooks.

[editline]10th November 2013[/editline]

Also, saving local variables outside of the function is a bad idea.[/QUOTE]

Which hooks? I need to know which ones to override.

[Rubat]

All of them that are called from CalcMainActivity: [url]https://github.com/garrynewman/garrysmod/blob/ff51a59d5a821dec3c8f524631c86150b3e4744d/garrysmod/gamemodes/base/gamemode/animations.lua[/url]

ProTip: You can search GMods source code like this: [url]https://github.com/garrynewman/garrysmod/search?q=UpdateAnimation&ref=cmdform[/url]