Can't detect for tool

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#1

The title is pretty self explanitory, but I can’t detect if a tool is added, and nothing is in the output. I want it to print when the player is added and when a tool with the tag “Gun” is equipped

wait(0.1)
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local FastCast = require(ReplicatedStorage.FastCastRedux)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	
	print("added")
	Player.Character.ChildAdded:Connect(function(Child)
		if Child:IsA("Tool") and Child:HasTag("Gun") then
			print("Gun equipped")
		end
	end)
	
end)
#2

I would look into AncestryChanged. As you can put it straight into your gun logic.

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#3

well im trying to make a singular server script that controls any server side operations for guns, and only a local script in the gun

#4

From what I can see, your using CollectionService, you can just connect the AncestryChanged function when looping through the tools.

Example:

local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")

local Tags = CollectionService:GetTagged("Gun")

for _, parent in pairs(Tags) do
	parent.AncestryChanged:Connect(function()
		print("The gun changed parents, new parent: "..parent.Parent.Name)
	end)
end

or

local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")

local Tags = CollectionService:GetTagged("Gun")

for _, parent in pairs(Tags) do
	parent.AncestryChanged:Connect(function()
		local str = string.format("%s has changed parents, new parent is: %s.", parent.Name, parent.Parent.Name)
		
		print(str)
	end)
end
#5

try doing player.characteradded and then putting child added in that

#6

Tried it and nothing was output either

#7

can u show ur script now how it looks like

#8

I’d also like to note that even the Print("Player added") Prints, but does if i remove the child added

wait(0.1)
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local FastCast = require(ReplicatedStorage.FastCastRedux)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	print("Player added")
	
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Char)
		Char.ChildAdded:Connect(function(Child)
			if Child:IsA("Tool") then
				print("Tool equipped")
			end
		end)
	end)
	
end)
#9

It’s not printing anything because you added wait(0.1) at the start of the script. When you join the game, the script only detects players who are added after the 0.1-second delay, so it doesn’t print anything.

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#10

okay so thats annoying but solved thanks

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