On tool being equiped player should become anchored

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#1

I want to make a tool that will anchor a player upon being equipped and unanchor the player when the tool is unequipped. I have tried just doing things like Handle.anchored = true but they don’t work how I want them to.

This happens: https://gyazo.com/22ad528e6282a0f5f12d1a165c7929f7

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local AnchorPoint = player:FindFirstChild("Torso")

if tool.Equipped then 
	AnchorPoint.Anchored = true 
elseif tool.Unequipped then
	AnchorPoint.Anchored = false
else AnchorPoint.Anchored = false
end
#2

You could try doing something like this instead, connecting the tool.Equipped and tool.Unequipped events to a function:

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local AnchorPoint = player:FindFirstChild("Torso")

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
     AnchorPoint.Anchored = true
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
     AnchorPoint.Anchored = false
end)

Let me know if this doesn’t work, I’m away from my computer and I couldn’t test the code.

#3

It didn’t work, this error came up:
tool.Unequipped:Connect(function(:1: attempt to index nil with ‘Parent’

#4

Could I see a screenshot of the explorer? Is the script a child of the tool object?

#5

The script is called Anchor: https://gyazo.com/3ceb2927713b28e0080d85820f6de021

#6

Try using the humanoidrootpart instead of the torso

this should also be a server script.

#7

I see the issue, LocalPlayer only works in local scripts.

Edit: Use @Afraid4Life’s solution, that should work.

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#8 
local tool = script.Parent
local character
local AnchorPoint 

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
    character = tool.Parent
    AnchorPoint = character.HumanoidRootPart
    AnchorPoint.Anchored = true
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
    AnchorPoint.Anchored = false
end)

put this in a server script

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#9

…

local AnchorPoint = character:FindFirstChild("Torso")

…
I don’t know if thats the problem, but you can’t find any Torso in the player, only in character

#10

It worked! Thanks, will give you some credit, the others will also get some credit for the help.

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