Help on how to play an animation when pressing a part?

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#1

I’m a beginner to scripting Roblox Lua. I want to have an animation proceed when a player clicks on a part. For more information, the player clicks on a spill or dirty spot on the floor and has to sweep it up. Once swept, the NPC gives the player money. This is the animation: Sweeping Animation - Roblox

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#2

Insert a ClickDetector into the part, once it has been clicked, it will fire an event which you can use in a LocalScript or ServerScript (for this case you’ll want to use a ServerScript) and it can be picked up like so:

local ClickDetector = part.ClickDetector
local Animation = path.to.animation

ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(PlayerWhoClicked) -- Argument for the player who clicks the detector.
   local AnimationTrack = PlayerWhoClicked.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(Animation) -- loading anim
   AnimationTrack:Play() -- playing anim, animations do not yield the thread so we can continue the code
end)

ClickDetectors also have some pretty neat features, you can also change the Cursor Icon once the cursor enters the part assigned to the ClickDetector and the MaxActivationDistance. There are also some other events which you can read in the wiki!

EDIT: Don’t forget to add the animation’s id into the Animation! (Set it with the property in the Animation called AnimationId)

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#3

Assuming there is a ClickDetector inside the part, you need to retrieve the player character from the person who clicked, search for the humanoid, and load the animation. To do this, make sure there is a click detector in the part, and insert this script.

local part = script.Parent
local clickDetector = part:WaitForChild("ClickDetector")
local ID = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=5100340522"
local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
animation.AnimationId = ID
clickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
    local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
    if character and character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and character.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
        character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation):Play()
    end
end)
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#4

So, inside of the part I need to put a Click Detector and insert that script inside of it?

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#5

With how he wrote the script, the script goes inside that part, not the click detector.

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#6

Can I add you guys incase of a near future problem I have. I’ve just started scripting in Roblox Lua.

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#7

Also for future reference, please try not to split your question into two topics, especially when posted so close together. If you wait, someone in this community would sure to have given you a sufficient answer.

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#8

Sure, I’d be fine helping you along.

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#9

Thank you very, very much. I’ve looked at millions of tutorials and so many things, but I still get really confused. I’ve just sent you a friend request as well.

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#10

What do you mean by it being split into two pieces?

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#11

As of right now I have yet to receive the request. Also it would be easier if you added me on discord Wizard#4930 and we simply proceeded with any questions there.

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#12

Yeah, sure. My discord is: MiniGamet#0003

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#13

Do I put the server script inside of the ‘ServerScriptService’?

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#14

It doesn’t really matter where the server script is kept in b_oolean’s script, however server scripts in general only run if they are kept in certain places. Serverscriptservice is one of those places, so it would work in serverscriptservice.

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#15

Thank you very, very much. Can I add you as well so that if I have any problems with scripting, again?

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#16

Yeah, sure.

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#17

How do I replace the ‘path’ text with the animations URL? Or is that even how you do it?

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#18

Also, how do I replace the ‘path’ text with the animations URL? Or is that even how you do it?

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#19

I think he was assuming you already made an animation instance and set the animationId property to your Id. So what you’d do is create a new animation instance, set the animationId property to your id, and make a path to it.

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#20

by path.to.animation I generally mean the object path to the Animation Object
so say for example you insert a new Animation Object in ServerStorage and you name it “myAnimation”, the path.to.animation would then become game.ServerStorage.myAnimation

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