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im trying to get an enemy walk cycle (a.k.a. a walking model without need of keyboard/mouse inputs) and i’m just not hitting the nail on the head

currently my code consists of (it’s a bit messy)

private void setupEnemyAnimationController() {
        enemyAnimControl = enemyMod1.getControl(AnimControl.class);
        enemyAnimControl.addListener(this);
        enemyAnimChannel = enemyAnimControl.createChannel();
        enemyAnimChannel.setLoopMode(LoopMode.Loop);
    }

@Override
    public void simpleUpdate(float tpf) {
//  This part is the character controlled movements
        Vector3f camDir = cam.getDirection().clone().multLocal(0.1f);
        Vector3f camLeft = cam.getLeft().clone().multLocal(0.1f);
        Vector3f enemyCamDir = cam.getDirection().clone().multLocal(0.1f);
        Vector3f enemyCamLeft = cam.getLeft().clone().multLocal(0.1f);
        camDir.y = 0;
        camLeft.y = 0;
        if (left) {
            walkDirection.addLocal(camLeft);
        }
        if (right) {
            walkDirection.addLocal(camLeft.negate());
        }
        if (up) {
            walkDirection.addLocal(camDir);
        }
        if (down) {
            walkDirection.addLocal(camDir.negate());
        }
        if (!character.onGround()) {
            airTime = airTime + tpf;
        } else {
            airTime = 0;
        }
        if (walkDirection.length() == 0) {
            if (!"stand".equals(animationChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                animationChannel.setAnim("stand", 1f);
            }
        } else {
            character.setViewDirection(walkDirection);
            if (airTime > .3f) {
                if (!"stand".equals(animationChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                    animationChannel.setAnim("stand");
                }
            } else if (!"Walk".equals(animationChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                animationChannel.setAnim("Walk", 5f);
            }
        }
        character.setWalkDirection(walkDirection);

//   This part is what i'm trying to work on
        enemyCamDir.y = 0;
        enemyCamLeft.y = 0;
        walkDirection.set(0, 0, 0);
        enemyWalkDirection.set(0, 0, 0);
        if(enemyMove) {
            //move forward 4 paces, turn left, walk forward 3 paces, turn left again, repeat
//            for(int x = 1; x <= 4; x++) {
                enemyWalkDirection.addLocal(enemyCamDir);
                enemy1.setWalkDirection(enemyWalkDirection);
                if (!"Walk".equals(enemyAnimChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                    enemyAnimChannel.setAnim("Walk", 2f);
                }
//            }
            enemyWalkDirection.addLocal(enemyCamLeft);
            enemy1.setWalkDirection(enemyWalkDirection);
            if (!"Walk".equals(enemyAnimChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                enemyAnimChannel.setAnim("Walk", 2f);
            }
//            for(int x = 1; x <= 3; x++) {
                enemyWalkDirection.addLocal(enemyCamDir);
                enemy1.setWalkDirection(enemyWalkDirection);
                if (!"Walk".equals(enemyAnimChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                    enemyAnimChannel.setAnim("Walk", 2f);
                }
//            }
            enemyWalkDirection.addLocal(enemyCamLeft);
            enemy1.setWalkDirection(enemyWalkDirection);
            if (!"Walk".equals(enemyAnimChannel.getAnimationName())) {
                enemyAnimChannel.setAnim("Walk", 2f);
            }
        }
    }

any help or tutorials (i can’t seem to find any on this website) would be appreciated