while youre better off buying the full version, id suggest flipping through the AUM magazines, theyve gotten me started fine. that and just plain expiramentation and practice. also the gamestudio manual covers A LOT.

as for calling the animations, i do beleive it has something to do with assigning them to a "skill" number, and then using that in your script. im not 100% on this, as i am new too. id wait for someone else to confirm this.