Enabling Partical Emitter in tool with local script

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#1

I got a tool that when activated plays an animation and enables a particle effect. Players can only see the particles from their tool, when I want them to see the particles from everyone else’s and their own. Is there a workaround to make the particle emitter work how I want it to?

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#2

Can’t you just change the script to a ServerScript? Unless if there are specific client-only variables you have in your script, then maybe you could use RemoteEvents for that

#3

You can try using a normal script and tell it to activate the Particle Emitter.
That way everyone will see it.

-- Example
tool:Eqquiped:Connect(function()
script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
end)

--Optional
tool:Uneqquiped:Connect(function()
script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
end)
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#4

I had a

game:GetService(“Players”).LocalPlayer

which I used when playing the animation. Is there an alternative to this that works with regular scripts?

#5

You can get the Player's Character instead by doing this:

local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimToLoad = --Parent to where you want your animation to load

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
    local Character = Tool.Parent
    local Animator = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid", 3):WaitForChild("Animator", 3)
    local LoadAnim = Animator:LoadAnimation(AnimToLoad)

    LoadAnim:Play()
end)

Character would be referred as to the Tool’s Parent, since upon equipped the Tool is parented to the Player’s Character

script > Tool > Character (Or script.Parent.Parent)

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