Cannot load the AnimationClipProvider Service

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#1

My animations work fine until the character dies, then I get this error. Is this a roblox bug?

My code:

--!strict

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer

local Character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid: Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator") :: Animator

local Tool: Tool = script.Parent

local Cooldown: number = Tool:GetAttribute("Cooldown")

local Animations = Tool:WaitForChild("Animations")
local SwingAnimation = Animations:WaitForChild("Swing") :: Animation

local SwingAnimationTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(SwingAnimation)

local onCooldown = false

local function OnActivate()
	if Tool:GetAttribute("OnCooldown") then return end
	
	SwingAnimationTrack:Play()
end

Tool.Activated:Connect(OnActivate)

I have tried yielding until the character exists right before defining the animation track, but that also did not work.

#2

I’ve had this issue before, assuming that the script is under the tool. What seems to happen is that the tool gets added to the backpack while the previous character still exists (may be a roblox bug who knows)

You can test this out with this script

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer;
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait();
wait(3);
print(character.Parent);

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So the solution in theory could be to either wait until the first time the tool is equipped to define the character, or to place the script elsewhere (in starter character scripts), or check if the humanoid is alive and loop until it is.

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#3

I’ve tried yielding until the humanoid is alive, loading the animation on equip, and loading the animation on activate. None of them worked. I managed to sort of get it working by redefining the character, humanoid, animator, swing animation, and the animation track on equip, its not a solution but its a step in the right direction.

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	Character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator") :: Animator
	
	local Animations = Tool:WaitForChild("Animations")
	local SwingAnimation = Animations:WaitForChild("Swing") :: Animation
	
	SwingAnimationTrack = Animator:LoadAnimation(SwingAnimation)
end)