Help with Handcuff tool

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#1

So I am trying to make it so that when the player is touched by the handcuff it will play an animation. The script is a server script inside of StarterCharacterScripts.
Here is my code:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.Backpack.Handcuff.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	    if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		    local animation = hit.Parent.Character.Animator:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)
		    animation:Play()
	    end	
    end)
end)
#2

you want the animation to play when you touched a part/handcuffs like the jailbreak arrest system?

#3

Yes. But it isn’t working and I don’t know why.

#4

You forgot the “d” in Humanoid
plus i dont recommend using .Character as it is a property of Player not a Model so change that line to

   		    local animation = hit.Parent.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)

And i believe that will fix it

#5

oops your right but it still didn’t work.
No noticeable errors.

#6 
if hit.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid") then

That’s a bad practise - :WaitForChild() yields and waits for Humanoid. Instead, replace with :FindFirstChild().

Besides, you can simply define the Humanoid as

local hum = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not hum then return
--LoadAnimation() code here

It’s not advised to use Humanoid:LoadAnimation(). It’s deprecated, hence it won’t work in the future. Instead, utilise Animator:LoadAnimation().

local animator = humanoid:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator")
	if animator then
		local animationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
		animationTrack:Play()
	return animationTrack
end

Remove PlayerAdded function - it’s not needed, and only replicates the function (allowing it to occur more than once depending upon how many players joined).

#7

As i stated in an edit of my reply i dont recommend using .Character as it is a property of Player not a Model so change that line to

   		    local animation = hit.Parent.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)

And i believe that will fix it

#8

Still didn’t work anything else?

#9

I see still my point on not using .Character still stands as it is a property of a Player instance

#10

I am not calling “Humanoid” as the child of a Model but as the child of the player.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

“player” is the actual player, and “Character” is the player that shows up in the workspace and the one you see when playing a game.

#11

hit is a PART instance. So when you call its parent you are getting the players CHARACTER model already

#12

“hit” is getting whatever part of the player hit the part as in the arm or the torso.

#13

I would also recommend adding lines that verify the player that touched the handcuffs is the player using the handcuffs

#14

which is located in the player’s character model in workspace

#15 
local part = --direct pathway for your part that listens to .Touched
part.Touched:Connect(function(h)
	local hum = h.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	--checking for "Humanoid" and "Animator"
	if not hum then return 
	elseif not hum:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator") then local inst = Instance.new("Animator"); inst.Parent = hum end
	--playing the animation
	local animator = hum:WaitForChild("Animator")
    local animationTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(script.Animation)
	animationTrack:Play()
end)
#16

How would I call the tool when it is in the players backpack without defining the player?

#17

where is the script located. That will depend how you call upon the player

#18

In StarterCharacterScripts. I said that in the beginning.

#19

Why do you want to call the tool? Elaborate. The composed script “calls” itself when the part has collided with another part, potentially Humanoid.

#20

the you call upon player by doing

local char = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(script.Parent)

thats assuming the script is in the player character model