Remote Event Won't Fire

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#1

Hey there!
I’m trying to make a script that fires a remote event when a player uses a certain tool. But I want it only to fire for that player. I don’t know why it won’t work, and here’s my script:

local tool = script.Parent
local animation = tool.Animation
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local Character = tool.Parent
	local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
	
	local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
	AnimationTrack:Play()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.HealthEvent:FireClient(player)
	wait(2.2)
	tool:Destroy()
end)
#2

Is this a server or client script?

#3

This is in a server script. It’s inside of a tool.

#4

remote:FireClient() can only be used on the server, if you want to send data to the server from your client you should do remote:FireServer()

Also, you don’t need to include the Player in the arguments because the player that fired the remote is automatically passed as the first argument on the server

#5

Players.LocalPlayer doesn’t exist on the server.

#6

This is the server firing to the client. The local script isn’t giving any errors.

#7

Players.LocalPlayer is nil on the server; you can only access it on the client.

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#8

I’m having mixed emotions here!

Anyway, you could probably just do

local tool = script.Parent
local animation = tool.Animation
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local Character = tool.Parent
	local Humanoid = Character.Humanoid
    local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(Character) -- get player from character method on the server
	
	local AnimationTrack = Humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
	AnimationTrack:Play()
	game.ReplicatedStorage.HealthEvent:FireClient(player)
	wait(2.2)
	tool:Destroy()
end)