Can client not find modules from tools?

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#1 
Character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child)
	if child:IsA('Tool') then
		local Control = child:FindFirstChild('Control')
		print(Control)
		if Control then
			require(Control)
		end
	end
end)

Prints nil

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As you can see, a module called ‘Control’ does exist within the tool

#2

Did you try waiting for the control module?

#3

Don’t see how waiting would make a difference. If it’s a child of an object it should be loaded in as soon as the parent itself has loaded

#4

You don’t know if you haven’t tried it. I recommend trying it.

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#5

Hmm ok ye for some reason that works :confused: Still not sure how I feel about using WaitForChild, as it’s tended to break my games in the past (players leaving mid WaitForChild, etc)

#6

Since the WaitForChild is on the client, there shouldn’t really be any gamebreaking cases that replicate to the server, especially if it is just related to a tool. I can’t say for your specific use case though.

Alternatively, you can store all the modules for your tools in ReplicatedFirst and require them by name, or use a module loader such as Nevermore

#7

:WaitForChild has a second argument, which is a time-out. So you can use it like so:

Tool:WaitForChild("Control", 1)

And it will wait at most 1 second and return nil if the module isn’t found.