Cannot load the AnimationClipProvider service

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#1

Hi,
whenever I try to use AnimationController:LoadAnimation() I get the error. It happens only when the ViewModel is outside of Workspace.

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local viewModel = ReplicatedStorage.ViewModels:FindFirstChild(tool.Name):Clone()
-- If I put `viewModel.Parent = game.Workspace` here then it works, but I want it to stay in the ReplicatedStorage.

local tracks = {
	Idle = viewModel.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Idle),
	Ready = viewModel.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Ready),
	Stow = viewModel.AnimationController:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Stow)
}
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#2

First, load the animations on the Animator object inside the AnimControl, and then, add a delay between cloning tge VM and loading the animations.

#3

I don’t create the Animator object. It happens automatically. Do you want me to create the Animator object?

#4

If it’s not already there then yeah you should create it.

#5

doesnt work
current code:

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local viewModel = ReplicatedStorage.ViewModels:WaitForChild(tool.Name)

local animator = viewModel:WaitForChild("AnimationController"):WaitForChild("Animator")
local tracks = {
	Idle = animator:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Idle),
	Ready = animator:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Ready),
	Stow = animator:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Stow)
}

viewModel = viewModel:Clone()
#6

Any errors?

#7

no errors. viewmodel appears in the workspace but doesnt move

#8

i really dont understand why this gives an error. it seems correct i think?

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local viewModel = ReplicatedStorage.ViewModels:WaitForChild(tool.Name):Clone()

local animator = Instance.new("Animator")
animator.Parent = viewModel:WaitForChild("AnimationController")
local tracks = {
	Idle = animator:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Idle),
	Ready = animator:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Ready),
	Stow = animator:LoadAnimation(viewModel.Animations.Stow)
}
#9

It doesn’t move? Do you make it move around?

#10

yeah here is the rest of the code but its irrelevant i think. i need to load the animations for the clone that is in the replicated storage

local function Equip()
	viewModel.Parent = camera
	RunService:BindToRenderStep("ViewModel", Enum.RenderPriority.Camera.Value, function()
		viewModel:PivotTo(camera.CFrame)
	end)
	tracks.Ready:Play(0, 3, 1)
	tracks.Idle:Play(0, 1, 1)
end

local function Unequip()
	for _, track in pairs(tracks) do
		track:Stop()
	end
	tracks.Stow:Play(0, 5, 1)
	tracks.Stow.Ended:Wait()
	if tool.Parent ~= player.Character then
		RunService:UnbindFromRenderStep("ViewModel")
		viewModel.Parent = nil
	end
end

tool.Equipped:Connect(function(mouse)
	Equip()
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	Unequip()
end)
#11

I believe the first parameter of Play is the weight and if it is 0 it doesn’t move. Test with the default value the Creator Hub provides on the AnimationTrack API.

#12

no no first parameter is fade time. my functions are working correctly and playing the idle and action anims as i want. the problem is loading the animations. i have to put the viewmodel in the workspace before i load and i want to avoid that. is there any way to load the animations on clone when its in the replicated storage?

#13

The VM doesn’t have to be in Workspace. Put the model for example, in the Player’s PlayerGui.

#14

before or after :LoadAnimations?

#15

I suggest to do that before. Parent it and then load the animations.