Character.ChildAdded doesn't work!

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#1

Hello guys!
I’m trying to detect if a pet is added to the character but my script doesn’t work but i don’t understand why.
My script is a local script In the starterPack

My script is :

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local event = rs:WaitForChild("Remotes"):WaitForChild("NewPetEquipped")
local plr = Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character

char.ChildAdded:Connect(function(instance)
	if instance.Name == plr.Name.." 's Pet1" or plr.Name.." 's Pet2" then
		event:FireServer(instance.Name, "add")
	end
end)

char.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(instance)
	if instance.Name == plr.Name.." 's Pet1" or plr.Name.." 's Pet2" then
		event:FireServer(instance.Name, "remove")
	end
end)

And here is my output:

  23:44:15.479 - Players.Padrox_x.Backpack.PetDetect:8: attempt to index nil with 'ChildAdded'
23:44:15.480 - Stack Begin
23:44:15.480 - Script 'Players.Padrox_x.Backpack.PetDetect', Line 8
23:44:15.481 - Stack End
#2

You need to make sure the Player’s character exists before connecting the event.

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#3

You need to ensure that the character gets loaded in before connecting it to the events, also I recommend you use starter character scripts since this script will not work after the character dies once. Anyways to get your current solution to work you should modify this line:

local char = plr.Character
--to:
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()

Remember than this will not work after the player dies as i said earlier so what i recommend you do is create a local script and place it in starter character scripts like this:

local event = rs:WaitForChild("Remotes"):WaitForChild("NewPetEquipped")
local char = script.Parent -- starter character scripts get parented to the character model

char.ChildAdded:Connect(function(instance)
	if instance.Name == plr.Name.." 's Pet1" or plr.Name.." 's Pet2" then
		event:FireServer(instance.Name, "add")
	end
end)

char.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(instance)
	if instance.Name == plr.Name.." 's Pet1" or plr.Name.." 's Pet2" then
		event:FireServer(instance.Name, "remove")
	end
end)
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#4

Thx you for your help !
See ya