How to make a tool respawn after the tool wielder dies?

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Hi everyone,

I’m working on a sword pickup system, where only one player can pick up a sword at a time. The sword should respawn after the player holding it dies, and it can be picked up by the same player or a new one.

Here’s what I’m trying to achieve:

  1. When a player touches the sword, it should be picked up and added to their inventory (only one player can hold it at a time).
  2. When the player holding the sword dies, the sword should respawn at the same position.
  3. The respawned sword should be available for pickup again.

However, I’m encountering the following issues: The sword is being picked up multiple times by the player or other objects in the game. The sword is not respawning after the player dies.

Here is the code I’ve tried:

local sword = script.Parent
local respawnTime = 5
local swordPosition = sword.Handle.Position
local isSwordPickedUp = false

local function onPlayerDeath(player)
wait(respawnTime)

if not game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Sword") then
    local swordClone = sword:Clone()
    swordClone.Parent = game.Workspace
    swordClone.Handle.Position = swordPosition
    swordClone.Handle.CanCollide = true
    swordClone.Handle.Anchored = false
    isSwordPickedUp = false
end

end

local function onSwordTouched(other)
if isSwordPickedUp then
return
end

local player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(other.Parent)
if player and other:IsDescendantOf(player.Character) and not player:FindFirstChild("HasSword") then
    local swordClone = sword:Clone()
    swordClone.Parent = player.Character
    swordClone.Handle.Position = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position

    local tag = Instance.new("BoolValue")
    tag.Name = "HasSword"
    tag.Parent = player

    isSwordPickedUp = true
end

end

game:GetService(“Players”).PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
character:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”).Died:Connect(function()
onPlayerDeath(player)
end)
end)
end)

sword.Handle.Touched:Connect(onSwordTouched)