How to fix the "Cannot load the AnimationClipProvider Service." error

[Mortai_Yt (xM_MORT)]

Many people, including myself, have run into this error. I haven’t found any working solutions on the DevForum, and I spent days trying to figure out how to fix this. Today I ended up figuring it out, and I decided to post it here.

Code that would error like this:

local players = game:GetService('Players')

local animationId = 13571756345
local animation = Instance.new('Animation')
animation.AnimationId = 'rbxassetid://'.. animationId

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local humanoid = character:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
		local animator = humanoid:WaitForChild('Animator')
		
		local animationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
		animationTrack:Play()
	end)
end)

Simple fix:
Add

game:GetService('RunService').Stepped:Wait()

before you load the animation.

Example:

local players = game:GetService('Players')

local animationId = 13571756345
local animation = Instance.new('Animation')
animation.AnimationId = 'rbxassetid://'.. animationId

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local humanoid = character:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
		local animator = humanoid:WaitForChild('Animator')
		
		game:GetService('RunService').Stepped:Wait()
		local animationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
		animationTrack:Play()
	end)
end)

Secondly, I have seen this alternative method recently. If the above method doesn’t work for you, try this tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW6A1DkRY7w

I hope this helps!

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[Mortai_Yt (xM_MORT)]

okay, thank you! I have been wondering how to do that.

[davidrhee1234]

Thank you! It helped me a lot!

[bitsNbytez (bits)]

You could also just wait for the character to load before playing the animation:

local character = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(player.Name)

[Mortai_Yt (xM_MORT)]

It depends what you are using this for, but that could work for some people.

[Synitx]

better way:

local character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

OR

player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Wait()

[bitsNbytez (bits)]

No, see, that doesn’t work, because it sometimes fires before the character’s animator is loaded.

[Mortai_Yt (xM_MORT)]

it depends on what the people are using the animation for and when they are trying to load it, but that could work for some people.

[Shepp2004]

Thank you so much! It fixed the problem

[cohen30 (Austin)]

Thank you! This helped so much.

[kxaie (kale)]

Well it fixed the error, but the animation still doesn’t play sometimes

[asadefa]

That is a terrible idea, what if they have the same name as some other object in the workspace?

[TimeFrenzied (of Xyaery)]

Same exact problem as DOORS and nobody complains about it, also you replied to an answer from a year ago lol

[YamadaRikkuDev (arik)]

Thank you!

In my opinion, this feels like a hacky solution.

[googshome (Ollenator)]

I got this error as well. However, I think it occurs due to the animation trying to be loaded on an object that is not a descendant of the workspace.

[vystema (vyvy)]

The problem is actually about the AnimationClipService not loading and trying to use a service that hasnt loaded yet makes problems.