Animation not playing

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1

So I have an eating animation that I want to play when I tool is activated. But the animation is not playing. The script is a server Script inside of StarterCharacterScripts amd there are no errors in the output bar.

Code 
--Animation variables
local Character = script.Parent
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animation = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script:WaitForChild("Animation"))
local isRunning = false

--Tool variables
local Tool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Food["Cake slice"]
local HealthPoints = 100

--Code
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
if not isRunning and not HealthPoints == 0 then
isRunning = true
Animation:Play()
else
isRunning = false
Animation:Stop()
HealthPoints = HealthPoints - 10
end
end)
2

Only local scripts will run in StarterPlayer

3

Shouldn’t it be:

 if isRunning == false
4

I think I just figured it out. testing it right now.

5

local scripts can run inside a player’s character so it will work

6

That’s what I’m saying, only client scripts will execute when placed in any StarterPlayer folder

Same thing as if not isRunning then

7 
if not isRunning then

is the same as

if isRunning == false then
8

Oh sorry I just tested that out and it is the same also might want to edit what you said right there

9

Not fixed.

I added 
wait(1)
--after
Animation:Play()
--and removed
else
10

By the way using LoadAnimation on Humanoid is deprecated, for new work use Animator:LoadAnimation()

11

Like this?

local Animation = Humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(script:WaitForChild("Animation"))
12

Close, but it’s more efficient to check if the child actually exists first.

(from documentation)

local animator = humanoid:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator")
if animator then
    local animationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
	animationTrack:Play()
end