Multiplayer Animation

ok i know this is a commonly asked question but i have a specific case and do not understand why this isnt working i have this attached to each character

 var animator : Animation;
 var walk : String = "Walk_Forward";
 var strafe : String = "strafe";
 var run : String = "run";
 var idle : String = "idle";
 var jump : String;
 var walkAnimationSpeed : float = 2;
 var strafeAnimationSpeed : float = 2;
 var runAnimationSpeed : float = 2;
 var runThreshold : float;
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 var runWalkRatio : float;
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 var action : boolean = true;
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 var lastPos : Vector3;
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 var deltaPos : Vector3;
 var speedMagnitude : float;
 var weightFwd : float;
 
 
 function Start () {
 
 }
 
 
 function FixedUpdate () {
     action = false;
     deltaPos = transform.position - lastPos;
     speedMagnitude = deltaPos.magnitude;
 
     weightFwd = Mathf.Abs(Vector3.Dot(transform.forward.normalized, deltaPos.normalized));
     var walkSpeed : float = deltaPos.magnitude * weightFwd;
     var strafeSpeed : float = deltaPos.magnitude * (1 - weightFwd);
     
 
     if(weightFwd < .1){
         weightFwd = 0;
         animator.Stop(walk);
     }
     if(weightFwd > .9){
         weightFwd = 1;
         animator.Stop(strafe);
     }
 
     if(gameObject.GetComponent(PlayerMove).grounded){
         if(weightFwd > .2 && deltaPos.magnitude > .015){
             Forward(walkSpeed, weightFwd);
             action = true;
         }
     
         if(weightFwd < .8 && deltaPos.magnitude > .015){
             Strafe(strafeSpeed, 1 - weightFwd);
             action = true;
         }
 
     }
     
     if(!action){
 //        animator.Stop();
         animator.CrossFade(idle, .1);
     }
         
     lastPos = transform.position;                
 }
 
 function Forward (speed : float, weight : float) {
     animator[walk].speed = speed * walkAnimationSpeed;
     animator[run].speed = speed * runAnimationSpeed;
 
     if(deltaPos.magnitude > runThreshold)
         animator.Blend(run,runWalkRatio);
     else
         animator.Blend(walk, weight - runWalkRatio);
 }
 
 function Strafe (speed : float, weight : float) {
     animator[strafe].speed = speed * strafeAnimationSpeed;
     animator.Blend(strafe, weight, .1);
 }

so in theory each animation calculations and playing should happen locally (which is better than RPC as far as i understand) but except for player character the only animation that plays is the dle animation, so i kno that the animations are playing but why is it that the other animations will not play? is it because of how the transform is observed and updated, and more importantly how can i fix it?