Gears dont work while play testing

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I want gears to work while play testing

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    While playtesting, gears in roblox studio just dont work like they should, for example, from the toolbox, i placed a Pistol inside the starter gear, but when i tried playtesting and shooting, it doesnt shoot, nor isnt responsive to my actions. But when i test it in-game, it works fine. What is going on?

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I tried reinstalling roblox studio, resetting roblox studio settings, looked for solutions on developer hub and reddit, but all of those didnt work.

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I hope there is a solution to this, because this affects my development severely.

It is most likely because of how the gear was scripted.

The way scripts are executed in a local test environment can differ from how they run in a live server. Some scripts may rely on server-specific conditions or player interactions that aren’t fully replicated in local tests.

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This happens to every (or almost, I don’t know) gear I come across. How can I make a script friendly to both playtesting and in-game?

A lot of the gear in toolbox can be poorly designed and outdated, you’ll have to either get lucky from the toolbox or script your own gun.

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ooh, okay.

thanks for the support alot

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hello im back after 11 days, im here to inform you that when i did a test script that will print out “hi” when activated gear, when i clicked left mouse button, or should i say activate it, nothing happened, it didnt print out anything.

So how do i make the gears replicate to local tests? because i dont want to create a whole different testing game to see if my gears work or not.

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