else bug?

if(play_death_animation == true)
         play appropriate death animation
else
	if(moving)
		moving animation
	else
		idle
	if(jumping)
		jumping animation
	if(falling)
		falling animation
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However, nothing in that else was being done (and adding a simple event to the top of it didn't affect anything either. I had to invert the original if and then stick the nested ones inside of it to make it work and I thought that was mighty strange and made little sense. Explanation for it?

+ if(play_death_animation == true)
-> play appropriate death animation

+ else
+ if walking
-> walking animation

+ else
+ if jumping
-> jumping animation

+ else
+ if falling
-> falling animation

+ else
-> idle animation[/code:2jd4j6v1]