Idle animation problems

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#1

I have a tool that has an Idle animation, that plays once you are holding the tool.
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The problem is i can’t make it so when you unequip the tool it stops the animation.
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This is my current script, any help would be appreciated:

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local plr = players.LocalPlayer.Character

local Animation = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Animation")

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
	local humanoid = script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local loadAnim = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	
	loadAnim:Play()
end)

script.Parent.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	local humanoid = plr.Humanoid
	local loadAnim = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	
	loadAnim:Stop()
end)

Additionally, i also have a different animation that plays when i click the tool which is not working.

This is the script:

local cooldown = false
local Animation = script.Parent.Swing
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	if cooldown == false then
		local humanoid = plr.Character.Humanoid
		local loadAnim = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
		
		loadAnim:Play()
		cooldown = true
	elseif cooldown == true then
		wait(2)
		cooldown = false
	end
end)

Output says:

LoadAnimation requires an Animation object

Even though i am clearly using an Animation Object
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#2

the loadanim does not point to the same object. Because this is a local script put loadanim out of the functions and set it only for when equipped.

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#3

Could you explain that a little better? I didn’t understand it.

#4

If you want all players to see the animation, you should load it from the server side (i think) with a script in the serverscriptservice (maybe with a remote event controlled by the tool)

#5

That is not the issue i am going through.

#6

try this

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local plr = players.LocalPlayer.Character

local Animation = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Animation")
local loadAnim = nil

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
	local humanoid = script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	loadAnim = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	
	loadAnim:Play()
end)

script.Parent.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	if loadAnim then
        loadAnim:Stop()
    end
end)

the other script:

local enabled = true
local Animation = script.Parent.Swing
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	if enabled then
        enabled = false
		local humanoid = plr.Character.Humanoid
		local loadAnim = humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation)
		
		loadAnim:Play()
        wait(2) -- delay
		enabled = true
	end
end)
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#7

First one works, but the second one still has the same output error

#8

LoadAnimation requires an Animation object

(For the second script)

#9

You need to rename the animation. Rename it “SwingAnimation”, and reference it with the new name. The problem is that you have 2 things with the same name (an animation and a script), so the script thinks you mean the script names “Swing”, not the animation named “Swing”.

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#10

are you sure the object named “swing” is an animation and not an animation controller?

EDIT: (the solution is what XdJackyboiiXd21 says)

#11

Changed it.

SwingAnimation is not a valid member of Tool "Players.Faczki.Backpack.Picareta"

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#12

You need to add waitforchild, so that it has time to load in.

local Animation = script.Parent:WaitForChild("SwingAnimation")
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#13

Thank you for giving me the solution, but I think that @richiitalia deserves it because he did most of the work. Could you give him the solution.

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