Cannot load the AnimationClipProviderService, even though I am waiting and making sure the character exists

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#1

I have this following code:

RunService.Stepped:Wait()
print(User) -- prints out `winterscode` in this case

local Humanoid = User:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild('Animator')
for _, Animation in ipairs(self.DataMod.SwingAnims) do
	local Track = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)

However, I am getting the Cannot load the AnimationClipProviderService error. I tried using wait, task.wait, and repeat task.wait() until User.Parent = workspace, and they all don’t work, but the last on yields the script forever. Help appreciated ^^

Edit: The code formatting kinda broke on copy-paste

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#2

I take it you arent moving the character, it’s just in the workspace?

Because a common way you get this error is having a humanoid/animator try to load an animation when it’s not in the workspace, You should check out WorldModels!

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#3

I tried to make sure the character was in the workspace, but that just got the code stuck in an infinite loop.

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#4

So the character never enters the workspace.

Make sure the CharacterAutoLoads property on game.Players is true

#5

It is enabled. I am also getting the character (the User variable) with the CharacterAdded function.

#6

Could you give me the rest of your script?

#7

This is the part getting the character:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage')
local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local Item = require(ReplicatedStorage.Modules.Item)

local Player = Players.LocalPlayer

local function setup(Char)
	local Model = script:WaitForChild('Model')

	Item.init(script.Parent, script.Parent, Model, Char)

	local Saber = require(ReplicatedStorage.Modules.Saber).new(script.Parent,
		Char,
		"Single"
	)
end

setup(Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait())
Player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Connect(setup)

This is the part throwing the error (on the Animator:LoadAnimation call)

function Saber.new(Tool, User, Type)
	
	-- Make sure the weapon type exists
	assert(WeaponData:FindFirstChild(Type), string.format("No weapon of type %s!", Type))
	
	-- Create the weapon object
	local self = setmetatable({}, Saber)
	
	-- Load the properties of the weapon
	self.Tool = Tool
	self.Type = Type
	self.User = User
	self.DataMod = require(WeaponData:FindFirstChild(Type))
	self.BlockTrack = nil
	self.ACTrack = nil
	self.SwingTracks = {}
	self.CurrentSwingTrack = nil
	self.CurrentCombo = 0
	self.MaxCombo = #self.DataMod.SwingAnims
	self.PassedDamage = false
	self.LastSwingBenchmark = 0
	self.LastACTime = 0
	
	-- Load the humanoid and the animator
	local Humanoid = User:WaitForChild('Humanoid')
	local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild('Animator')
	
	-- Load the swing animations
	for _, Animation in ipairs(self.DataMod.SwingAnims) do
		
		-- Create the Animation Track
		local Track = Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
		table.insert(self.SwingTracks, Track)
#8

use CharacterAdded instead

#9

It still throws the same error :confused:

#10

Have you tried adding print statements everywhere and delays in certain spots to wait for it to be loaded?

#11

I have, and I have tried adding in a line that waits for the character to be a child of Workspace, but that just causes the script to yield forever.

#12

When you run the game, does the character appear to be in the workspace on your explorer?

#13

It works fine when the player first loads, but as the title says, it breaks when the player respawns. And yes, the character shows in the workspace on respawn. When I disable the script with the CharacterAdded, I respawn normally, and nothing is tampering with the parent of User.

#14

I fixed it; The problem was that the character that Player.CharacterAdded returns never gets placed in the workspace, at least in my project. I had to wait a frame with RunService.RenderStepped:Wait() and then get the character after that. Thanks for the help though!

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