Play animation on script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(Hit)?

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#1

Hey,

So i’m trying to make a script, that if a humanoid touches a specific part, it plays a animation.

Now i’m not sure on how to do so.

Do i need to make a Script inside the brick, which registers the hit and acces the player? Or a Localscript in PlayerScript to register the hit, and if so. Does it then only play localy?

#2

If you’d want everyone (Or the server) to see the animation, you’d do it on a Server Script but if you want just only you to see it (Client wise), yeah just use a Local Script

It depends on what preference you’re mainly looking for

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#3

In this case Server-wide.

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(Hit)

if Deb == true then return end
Deb = true
if Hit.Parent:FindFirstChild('Humanoid') then 
	print('Human')
	
else
	print('Not Human')
end
Deb = false

end)

Right?

#4

You almost had it! All you need to do is find the Humanoid’s Animator, then play the animation that way:

local Part = --Define your Part here plz
local Deb = false
local AnimationToPlay = --Somewhere, just define this to what animation you want to play

Part.Touched:Connect(function(Hit)
    if Deb == true then
        return
    end
    
    Deb = true

    if Hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
        local Animator = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")
        local PlayAnimation = Animator:LoadAnimation(AnimationToPlay)

        PlayAnimation:Play()
    end
end)
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#5

Oh yeah another reminder as well, but LocalScripts can only fire if they’re a part of a descendant of a client service

Examples can be:

  • StarterPack

  • StarterGui

  • Player/CharacterScripts

  • The Character Model

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#6

Ah, you’re placing the Script inside PlayerScript?
Is it possible to not place it here. As the Parent of the Part changes every round, due different maps.

#7

Ah yeah, since LocalScripts can only work from the client & not the server side

It depends on where you put the part as well, so you’d need to keep in mind that

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