Script Broken If I Equipped The Tool While Using ProximityPrompt

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  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

If this player have a tool, the script can activate.

  1. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

When the player equipped the tool while using the proximityPrompt, its becomes broken.

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  1. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?

Detect if the Player equipped the tool or not, it didn’t work.

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-- The Script --
local ProximityPrompt = script.Parent


ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(Player)
	
	local Tool = Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern")  or Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Lantern")
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = false
	
	if Tool then
		
		Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern"):Destroy()
		wait(0.5)
		game.ServerStorage["Energy Lantern"]:Clone().Parent = Player.Backpack
		
	else
		
		ProximityPrompt.Parent.Error:Play()
	end
	
	wait(2)
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = true
	
end)

Please do not ask people to write entire scripts or design entire systems for you. If you can’t answer the three questions above, you should probably pick a different category.

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well obviously, when a player equips a tool it becomes parented to Character and not Backpack

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-- The Script --
local ProximityPrompt = script.Parent

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(Player)
	if Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern") then
       Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern"):Destroy()
    elseif Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Lantern") then
       Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Lantern"):Destroy()
    end
    local clone = game.ServerStorage["Energy Lantern"]:Clone()
    clone.Parent = Player.Backpack	
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = false
	task.wait(2)
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = true	
end)

Try this and tell me if it works.

A few notes:
-Use task.wait() instead of wait() - it affects performance and it’s more accurate and efficient.
-Notice that when a player owns a tool [depending on how you set it], it mostly would be located in his Backpack. Now, when the player equips that tool, it goes into their character.

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Not What I want but This helps alot, Thanks btw

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This is what i want it to be

-- The Script --
local ProximityPrompt = script.Parent

ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(Player)
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = false
	
	if Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern") or Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Lantern") then
		local clone = game.ServerStorage["Energy Lantern"]:Clone()
		clone.Parent = Player.Backpack	
		
	end
	
	
	
	if Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern") then
		Player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Lantern"):Destroy()

	elseif Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Lantern") then
		Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Lantern"):Destroy()
	end
	
	
	
	task.wait(2)
	ProximityPrompt.Enabled = true
	
end)
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Well first off all, they still deserve the solution because, well, it solved your issue. You just “re-organized” it into a way that you like, but many people dislike because it adds extra if statements.

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1.They didn’t made it so that you have this item to only activate it , they make it so that it only destory the item

  1. If I can mark the solution more than 1 post, I would do.