Script I made won't display custom tool holding animation for a flashlight?

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 5:36pm

So I’m still working on my game, and I’m trying to get the tool animations I’ve already made to play for their respective tools. I’ve got the ones for stabbing with the spear and bonking with the hammer to play, but for animations for holding other tools… I can’t get it to work.

Here is my holding animation I want to play for the flashlight:

Here is my code:



local tool = script.Parent

local animation = script.Flashlight

local humanoid = tool.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”)

local track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)

track.Looped = true

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()

	track:Play()

end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

	track:Stop()

end)

What am I missing here?

MrchipsMa · April 13, 2021, 5:42pm

humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation) is deprecated use

humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(animation)

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 5:45pm

…I feel kinda dumb now. Then again I’m not exactly a scripter at heart, and I didn’t know that was deprecated. However, the problem still remains.

MrchipsMa · April 13, 2021, 5:46pm

when you were animating did you set the animation priority to action?

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 5:47pm

I set it to action, so the animation of the arm should display on top of the animation for moving.

hudsbralive · April 13, 2021, 5:57pm

Try to load the animation when the tool is equipped. I had a similar problem and it solved it.

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:00pm

But isn’t that what my script is supposed to be doing anyway?
I don’t fully understand to be clear.

hudsbralive · April 13, 2021, 6:01pm

I am not an expert, but from my understanding, the animation won’t load if it is not inside a function, at least that was my case. Try it and see if it works.

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:10pm

I spent a few minutes thinking about how to order it, and came up with nothing. As I’ve said, scripting is not my strong point… a little more help please?

hudsbralive · April 13, 2021, 6:11pm

Basically


local animation = script.Flashlight

local humanoid = tool.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”)

offTrack = nil


tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
        local track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
        offTrack = track
        track.Looped = true
	    track:Play()

end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

	offTrack:Stop()

end)```

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:15pm

So the finished script would look like this?


local tool = script.Parent

local animation = script.Flashlight

local humanoid = tool.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”)

offTrack = nil


tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	local track = humanoid:LoadAnimation(animation)
	offTrack = track
	track.Looped = true
	track:Play()

end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

	offTrack:Stop()

end)```

hudsbralive · April 13, 2021, 6:15pm

Yes, try to put local before offTrack btw as I forgot, try to copy and paste it and see if it helps.

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:19pm

It’s still not working, what’s wrong now?

hudsbralive · April 13, 2021, 6:20pm

Now I have no idea, I only ran into this problem once and the thing I proposed above worked, I have no idea on what I can do to help now.

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:22pm

Dang it. This is a lot more tricky than I thought…

SalientViper · April 13, 2021, 6:24pm

Hey, here’s a general script for animations when a tool is equipped, this should help you.

local Tool = script.Parent
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local EquipAnim = Tool.Equip

local Equip = Character.Humanoid.Animator:LoadAnimation(EquipAnim)

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	
	Equip:Play()
	
end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	
	Equip:Stop()
	
end)

It should be noted that this is a local script.

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:28pm

So do I put the animation I want to play as a child of the tool or a child of the script?

SalientViper · April 13, 2021, 6:29pm

In accordance with my example, it would be a child of the tool, however this shouldn’t matter where you put it, just make sure you path properly in the code.

MCWither_Storm · April 13, 2021, 6:32pm

The script isn’t working… what’s wrong now?

SalientViper · April 13, 2021, 6:33pm

Can you send your code?
Any errors?
You should double check that your animation is set to action priority
Is your code in a local script or a server script?