How to make so that when tool is equipped proximity prompt triggered

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#1

I want to make, so that when I equip a tool while a tool is still equipped I interact with proximity prompt
and then it works, basically having a key equipped and unlocking a door

Video:

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Tried Developer Hub, but no luck so far.

–local script – lua

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
wait(1)
local Character = workspace:FindFirstChild(Player.Name)
local BackPack = Player.Backpack
local Proxy = workspace.KeyPart.ProximityPrompt
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Tool = ReplicatedStorage.Tool
local KnobProxy = workspace.MainDoor.Knob.ProximityPrompt

Proxy.Triggered:Connect(function(playerWhoTriggered)
	Tool.Parent = playerWhoTriggered.Backpack
	Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
		print("ok")
		KnobProxy.Triggered:Connect(function()
			print("k")
		end)
	end)
end)
#2

it prints even tho the tool is not equipped

#3

First things first, always use task.wait() instead of wait()

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#4

Try this (if this is localscript), here I check if the item is in the player’s hands (in the character, not in the backpack) when using the proximity prompt.

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local BackPack = Player.Backpack
local Proxy = workspace.KeyPart.ProximityPrompt
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Tool = ReplicatedStorage.Tool:Clone()
local KnobProxy = workspace.MainDoor.Knob.ProximityPrompt

Proxy.Triggered:Connect(function()
	Tool.Parent = BackPack
end)
KnobProxy.Triggered:Connect(function()
	if Tool.Parent.Name==Player.Name then
		print("k")
	end
end)
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#5

works, but your explanation is item is in the player’s hand not in the backpack* I put it in the backpack so the player can have it, also how do you know if it is in the player’s hand this part makes 0 sense to me,
the only way to check if it’s equipped

Also Tool.Parent.Name ==Player.Name

what is this supposed to mean?

The script works, but it’s rng dependent, becoz sometimes I get the key sometimes I don’t.

#6

If the item is equipped, then its parent will be a player character whose name is equal to the player’s name. If it is not equipped, then its parent is a backpack, and the name of the backpack (Backpack) will not be equal to the name of the player.

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