I'm following a tool animation tutorial; help?

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#1

I am currently following this tutorial: How to animate Tool Parts (Guns, Knifes etc.)
But, when I equip my tool, it just goes straight to my UpperTorso and just stays there, when I click, it plays the animation with the tool just sitting in the UpperTorso.
I don’t believe it’s a scripting issue, it might be, any fixes?

Server Side 
local torsoPart = "UpperTorso"

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)			
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)	
		local M6D = Instance.new("Motor6D", char[torsoPart])
		M6D.Name = "ToolGrip"
	end)
end)

game.ReplicatedStorage.ConnectM6D.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,location)
    local torso = plr.Character[torsoPart]
	local toolGrip = torso["ToolGrip"]
	if location then
    	toolGrip.Part0 = torso
	end
    toolGrip.Part1 = location -- if location is nil, this becomes nil

end)
Client Side 
local torsoPart = "UpperTorso"

local WeaponTool = script.Parent

local toolGrip = char:WaitForChild(torsoPart):WaitForChild("ToolGrip")
local bodyAttach = WeaponTool:WaitForChild("BodyAttach")

local function fire(...)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.ConnectM6D:FireServer(...)
end

WeaponTool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	fire(bodyAttach)
	
	toolGrip.Part0 = char.UpperTorso
	toolGrip.Part1 = bodyAttach
end)

WeaponTool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	fire()
end)
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#2

Use this plugin to change the position where your tool is equipped.

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#3

Yes, but the tool uses Motor6D to use it, as ‘requireHandle’ property is supposed to be set false.

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#4

That just changes where the tool goes when you equip it. It has nothing to do with the handle or the Motor6D.

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#6

So basically, I get this error:

Infinite yield possible on 'Workspace.dockboy20006.UpperTorso:WaitForChild(“ToolGrip”)

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#7

That means there is no child on the upper torso named tool grip.

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#8

Yes, indeed. Why isn’t there? I put the parent of M6D to char.UpperTorso, and it still isn’t appearing, why is that?

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#9

I think you should index it under the event.

#10

Still the same error.

local torsoPart = "UpperTorso"

game.ReplicatedStorage.ConnectM6D.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,location)
	local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	-- less work and just one remote event needed
	local M6D = Instance.new("Motor6D", char[torsoPart])
	M6D.Name = "ToolGrip"
	
    local torso = plr.Character[torsoPart]
	local toolGrip = torso["ToolGrip"]
	if location then
    	toolGrip.Part0 = torso
	end
    toolGrip.Part1 = location -- if location is nil, this becomes nil

end)
#11

I meant on the client script not on the server script.

#12

Now it’s saying: ToolGrip is not a valid member of MeshPart
But I’m literally checking the UpperTorso and I see ToolGrip inside

#13

Are you sure, you’re using wait for child?

#14

It appears, when we use it on the Client script, it doesn’t replicate to the server.

#15

When creating it try using this.