Getting Animation for NPC

Unity Engine
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Hello,

sorry hope this is in the right location,

so I have my NPC finally working, its able to go to 4 points on the map, with the code below:

    internal Transform thisTransform;

    // The movement speed of the object
    public float moveSpeed = 2.0f;

    // A minimum and maximum time delay for taking a decision, choosing a direction to move in
    public Vector2 decisionTime = new Vector2(10, 14);
    public float TimeCountdown = 5;
    private float defaultTimeCountdown;

    private int currentMoveDirection;
    public Transform[] targetSpots;

    //public Animator NpcAnimator;
    //public Rigidbody2D rgb;

    public void MoveAnimation()
    {

        /*
        if (speed <= 0.1)
        {
            NpcAnimator.SetFloat("Speed", 0);
        }
        else
        {
            NpcAnimator.SetFloat("Horizontal", dirx);
            NpcAnimator.SetFloat("Vertical", diry);
            NpcAnimator.SetFloat("Speed", speed);
        }
        */
        /*
        if (angle <= 145 && angle >= 35)
        {
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastHorizontal", 0f);
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastVertical", 1f);
        }
        else if (angle <= 34 && angle >= -34)
        {
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastHorizontal", 1f);
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastVertical", 0f);
        }
        else if (angle <= -34 && angle >= -145)
        {
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastHorizontal", 0f);
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastVertical", -1f);
        }
        else
        {
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastHorizontal", -1f);
            //catAnimator.SetFloat("LastVertical", 0f);
        }*/
    }
    void Start()
    {
        defaultTimeCountdown = TimeCountdown;
        thisTransform = this.transform;
        currentMoveDirection = 0;
    }

    // Update is called once per frame
    void Update()
    {
        MoveAnimation();
        if (TimeCountdown > 0)
        {
            TimeCountdown -= Time.deltaTime;
        }
        else
        {
            if (currentMoveDirection < (targetSpots.Length - 1))
            {
                currentMoveDirection++;
                TimeCountdown = defaultTimeCountdown;
            }
            else
            {
                currentMoveDirection = 0;
                TimeCountdown = defaultTimeCountdown;
            }
        }

        if (currentMoveDirection <= (targetSpots.Length - 1))
        {
            transform.position = Vector2.MoveTowards(transform.position, targetSpots[currentMoveDirection].position, moveSpeed * Time.deltaTime);
        }

    }

found from various sources, but in short, thing is I am asking…

how can I find a way to say “If NPC is moving, in this direction, then run this animation of walking, else stop and just do idle”…

any idea how i can accomplish that?

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Pretty much 100% of the existing walking animation tutorials out there will show you how to do it.

Make sure it involves MecAnim / Animators and Animations and property setting… that’s how you know it is a modern relevant tutorial.