I tried to load animation but said attempt to index nil with humanoid

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#1

local tool = script.Parent

local player = game:GetService(“Players”).LocalPlayer

local character = player.Character

local humanoid = character.Humanoid

local animation = script.Animation

local animationtack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

tool.Activated:Connect(function()

animationtack:Play()

end)

:says attempt to index nil with humanoid

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#2

That error is happening because the game is not finding the humanoid when you try to assign the variable.

To fix this, you can try

local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

If this still does not work, let me know.

#3

The issue is on line 3:

local character = player.Character

The issue is that the player’s character hasn’t been created. The most common workaround for this is:

local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

The or statement will do the second condition if the first condition (player.Character) is false, or in this case, nil. player.CharacterAdded:Wait() mentions an event, .CharacterAdded and uses :Wait() so the code will yield until the character is added and return the character once it is added. I see @BitMaster32 beat me to responding but this is a more common approach I see so I will still post this.

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#4

tried it now it says attempt index nil with waitforchild

#5

Hmmm. Yeah it can be kind of annoying sometimes.

Refer to @RoloTheDevBunny’s post. I think his is a better way of doing it.

#6

after i did this now says humanoid is not part of model

#7

Replace both your character and humanoid lines with our updated versions. Tell us the results.

#8

theres no errors but the animation doesnt load

#9

Try putting a print statement in the tool.Activated function to verify it is running.

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#10

I’ve had this same issue before, don’t remember exactly how I solved it, but it was really irritating.

#11

yeah i baso rewrite the whole script had to change it

#12

Yeah that’s kinda lame. I’m glad it works now.

#13

You need to use local script for player and also try this:

local tool = script.Parent

local player = game:GetService(“Players”).LocalPlayer

local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animator = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

local animation = script.Animation

local animationtack = Animator:LoadAnimation(animation)

tool.Activated:Connect(function()

animationtack:Play()

end
#14

Is the script a local script?

If it is:

local Tool = script.Parent
local Anim = script.Animation -- Your animation here

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

local Animation = Animator:LoadAnimation(Anim)

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	Animation:Play()
end)

Else, if your script is not a local script do this:

local Tool = script.Parent
local Anim = script.Animation -- Your animation here

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local Character = Tool.Parent -- The parent of the tool. Activated only fires upon a player clicking with a tool, so the tool needs to be equipped. Which means the parent of the tool is your character
	local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

	local Animation = Animator:LoadAnimation(Anim)
	
	Animation:Play()
end)

Hope this helps you