How would I go about charging system for my tool?

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#1

Hi, so I’ve been trying to make a hammer that has to charge before being able to smash/strike. If that makes sense.

Here’s my attempt so far and the animations sometimes work and sometimes not.

local tool = script.Parent

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local charge = script.Charge
local smash = script.Smash

local chargeTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(charge)
local smashTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(smash)

local charging = false
local charged = false

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
    chargeTrack:Play()
    
    if not charging then
        charging = true
        
        wait(2.9) --chargeTrack is 3 seconds long, that's why.
        chargeTrack:AdjustSpeed(0)
    end
end)

tool.Deactivated:Connect(function()
    if charging then
        charging = false
        
        chargeTrack:Stop()
        smashTrack:Play()
    end
end)

Is there any other more efficient way of doing this? Please help, thanks much.

#2

Here’s what I mean by “charge”. I want it so that it will charge when Activated and would only strike when Deactivated. Thanks.

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#3

You could use AnimationEvents to indicate whenever the tool is fully charged instead of using a wait(). AnimationEvents can be used as a “Tick” to indicate the how charged is the weapon. When the animation reaches a “Tick”, you can make a value on the strength of the charge. The final AnimationEvent, you can adjust the speed of the animation to 0.

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