Equip/Unequip animation not working

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#1

I have a script inside a tool that plays when a player equips/unequips it. However, I’m getting an error:

attempt to index nil with 'Character'

Here’s my code:

local tool = script.Parent;
local equipAnimation = Instance.new("Animation");
local unequipAnimation = Instance.new("Animation");
equipAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://8350902779";
unequipAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://8350914446";

local equipAnimationTrack = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(equipAnimation);
local unequipAnimationTrack = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(unequipAnimation);

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
    print("EQUIPPED");
    equipAnimationTrack:Play();
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
    print("UNEQUIPPED");
    unequipAnimationTrack:Play();
end)
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#2

are you sure the script is a localscript

#3

Oh. It has to be a local script? I have it as a Script.

I thought that local scripts only show to the local player and not everyone else. Trying to make it so that the animation shows for all the players.

#4

LocalPlayer can’t be referenced by the server, so it’ll return nil. Only the client can reference the instance.
The wiki article explains well how to reference it

#5

If you still want it as a script just do

local tool = script.Parent;
local equipAnimation = Instance.new("Animation");
local unequipAnimation = Instance.new("Animation");
equipAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://8350902779";
unequipAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://8350914446";


tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
local Character = script.Parent.Parent
animation = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(equipAnimation):Play()
end)
tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
local Character = workspace:FindFIrstChild(script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Name)
animation = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(unequipAnimation)
end)
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#6 
local equipAnimation = Instance.new("Animation")
local unequipAnimation = Instance.new("Animation")
equipAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://8350902779"
unequipAnimation.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://8350914446"

local equipAnimationTrack = nil
local unequipAnimationTrack = nil

local humanoid = nil

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
   humanoid = tool.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
   equipAnimationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(equipAnimation)
   unequipAnimationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(unequipAnimation)

    equipAnimationTrack:Play()
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
    unequipAnimationTrack:Play()
end)

try that

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