Help playing animation on letter click

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Hi!

I have a script that works with tools in Workspace for playing animations (they don’t work if in server storage) so I decided it would probably be best to make it a key-pressed kind of thing. However, my miniscule pea brain has no idea how to make a keyboard key trigger an animation. Here’s my tool script (DOES NOT WORK IN SERVER STORAGE)

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local anims = {script.Parent.Hold, script.Parent.Swing}
local loadedAnims = {}
local tool = script.Parent
local animator
local debounce = true
local del = 2

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Handle.Transparency = 1
end)

tool.Equipped:Connect(function(mouse) --On tool equipped do:
	animator = plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):WaitForChild("Animator") --Find the animator object
	if not loadedAnims[1] then --If the animation wasn't loaded before
		loadedAnims[1] = animator:LoadAnimation(anims[1]) --Load it
	end
	loadedAnims[1]:Play()	--Play it
	
end)

--Click animation:
tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	if(debounce) then --Setting up the debounce (cooldown)
		debounce = false
		animator = plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):WaitForChild("Animator") --Find the animator object
		if(not loadedAnims[2]) then --If the animation didn't exist yet
			loadedAnims[2] = animator:LoadAnimation(anims[2]) --Load it
		end
		loadedAnims[2]:Play() --Play it
		
		wait(del) --Wait the cooldown
		debounce = true
	end
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	loadedAnims[1]:Stop() 
	if(loadedAnims[2]) then 
		loadedAnims[2]:Stop()
	end
end)

Any help is appreciated, thanks!

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To make a keybind run something, You will need 2 things, userinput service, and a keybind. As shown below:

local YourKeybind = "A" --/ Change And Put The Keybind You Want To Use
game:GetService("UserInputService").InputBegan:Connect(function(Input, Other) --/ 'Other' Detects If Its Being Used When Using Chat Or Something Else.
if not Other and Input.Keycode == Enum.Keycode[YourKebind] then
if debounce then
debounce = false
animator = plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):WaitForChild("Animator")
if not loadedAnims[1] then
loadedAnims[1] = animator:LoadAnimation(anims[1])
end
loadedAnims[1]:Play()
wait(del)
debounce = true
end
end
end)

You can also remove the ‘YourKeybind’ line and replace the [YourKeybind] on line 3 with the keybind after a period. (If its a symbol, you need the name of it)

3

Do you know where to place the script?

4

Here is an example of how you could do it Using UIS (UserInputService)

This should be in a Local script to or else it will not work.

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")


UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then -- change e to your key then
		-- do the anim
	end
end)


UIS.InputEnded:Connect(function(Input)
	if Input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then -- change E to your key
		-- stop anim
	end
end)
5

So if you hold down the key the animation plays? If so, I only want the animation to play once when the player presses the key once, so what do I do?

6

I provided you the code above just change the E to your key
US.InputBegan detects when the player presses a Key
We check if the key is E then we play the animation

UIS.InputEnded detects when the player stops pressing a Key
We check if the key is E then we stop the animation, If you want the animation to play once a player presses a key (It’s currently E, change E to your key) then here is the code

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then -- change e to your key then
		Animation:Play()
	end
end)
7

I modified the script to this:

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local loadedAnims = {}
local anims = {game.ReplicatedStorage.Swing}

local debounce = true
local del = 10

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.V then -- change e to your key then
		if(debounce) then --Setting up the debounce (cooldown)
			debounce = false
			game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
				local animator = plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):WaitForChild("Animator")
				if(not loadedAnims[1]) then --If the animation didn't exist yet
					loadedAnims[1] = animator:LoadAnimation(anims[2]) --Load it
				end
				loadedAnims[1]:Play() --Play it

				wait(del) --Wait the cooldown
				debounce = true
			end)
		end
	end
end)

however it does not work. Is there any change I can make?

8

Is this a ServerScript?
If so you can’t use UIS (UserInPutService) Inside of a ServerScript you need a Local script.

9

I used a ServerScript in ServerScriptService.

10

That’s wrong you have to use Local script, It’s not possible with a ServerScript.
To be logical
The player has to press a Key on his client (Computer)
Not on the server…

11

Where do I put the script, then?

12

StarterPlayerScripts…
and add a Local script with this code

local UIS =game:GetService("UserInputService")
UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.V then -- change e to your key then
		Animation:Play()
	end
end)
13

I added the variable, it still doesn’t work?

local Animation = game.ReplicatedStorage.Swing
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.V then
		Animation:Play()
	end
end)
14

This script is wrong and add the Animation in the script.

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Animation = script.Animation
local PlayAnimation =  Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(Animation)
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.V then
		PlayAnimation:Play()
	end
end)
15

I changed this to

local Animation = script.Swing

but the script doesn’t work, I am going to try print debugging.

Edit: When I tried print debugging the item does not print.

16

Which one didn’t work???
Can I see your code?

17

I already fixed the script by looking it up on YouTube, thanks.

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