Play is not a valid member of Animation

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#1

Hello there,

I am having trouble getting my animated shield to work. Basically I changed it from having c-frames to animations so it would be easier to update but I seem to be having trouble. Does anyone know how to fix this? Any help is appreciated.

Error

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Code 
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local equipped = false
local up = false
local baseShield = script.Parent.Parent
local shield
local UserInputService = game:GetService('UserInputService')
local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
animation.AnimationId = "http://www.roblox.com/Asset?ID=1956514250"
 
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print("Step0")
player:GetMouse().KeyDown:connect(function(k)
    if not character:findFirstChild("Left Arm") then return end
    if not character:findFirstChild("Torso") then return end
    if not character.Torso:findFirstChild("Left Shoulder") then return end
   
    local lsh = character.Torso:findFirstChild("Left Shoulder")
   
    if k == "v" then --Spawns the Shield to the Left Arm
        equipped = not equipped
        lsh.Part1 = character["Left Arm"]
        print("Step1")
        if equipped then
            shield = baseShield:clone()
            local handle = shield:findFirstChild("Handle")
            for n,i in pairs(shield:GetChildren()) do
                if i.Name ~= "Handle" and i:IsA("BasePart") then
                    local nw = Instance.new("Weld",i)
                    nw.Part0 = handle
                    nw.Part1 = handle
                    nw.C0 = handle.CFrame:inverse()
                    nw.C1 = i.CFrame:inverse()
                elseif (i:IsA("Script") or i:IsA("LocalScript")) then
                    i:remove()
                end
            end
            handle.Anchored = false
            print("Step2")
            shield.Parent = character
            shield:MakeJoints()
            local nw = Instance.new("Weld",character["Left Arm"])
            nw.Part0 = character["Left Arm"]
            nw.Part1 = handle
            nw.C1 = CFrame.new()
            nw.Name = "LeftGrip"
        else
            if character["Left Arm"]:FindFirstChild("LeftGrip") then
                character["Left Arm"].LeftGrip:remove()
            end
            if shield then
              shield:remove()
            end
            print("Step3")
        end
  elseif k == "x" and equipped then --Raise Shield
	 up = not up
        if up then
            lsh.Part1 = nil
           local w = Instance.new("Weld",shield)
            w.Part0 = character.Torso
            w.Part1 = character["Left Arm"]
      
           animation:play()
        else
            animation:stop()
        end
    end
end)
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#2

There are two problems that stand out:

  1. You play animations through AnimationTracks – not Animations. To get an AnimationTrack, you need to load an animation onto the character, which returns the AnimationTrack

  2. Method names are case-sensitive. Use Play/Stop – not play/stop

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