Slight delay of tool animation on server

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There is a noticeable delay in client-to-server replication only the very first time a specific animation track is played. Subsequent plays of the same animation replicate instantly. The animation is triggered and played on the client side, relying on Roblox’s default character network ownership for automatic replication.

I did some digging and I used ContentProvider on the server. This works fine for animations that does not require any tools. However, there is one animation that does, and I find that no matter what I do, there is still a noticeable delay.

Methods I have tried to fix this:
1,. Tried to pre-load the tool animation, which didnt work
2. Tried to play a ghost track, which didnt work either
3. Tried to equip and unequip the tool on the server, which sometimes work for some reason

So I think it could be something to do with the tool’s replication or physics, but I don’t know for sure.

Any help and insights to this issue will be much appreciated, thank you in advance!

Welding script below (To weld the weapon to the player, server-sided)

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local tool = ReplicatedStorage.Tools:WaitForChild("Hammer")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Connect(function(character)
		local clone = tool:Clone()
		
		clone.Parent = player.Backpack

		
		local weldTo = character:WaitForChild("Right Arm")
		local bodyAttach = clone.BodyAttach
		local weld = Instance.new("Motor6D")
		
		weld.Parent = bodyAttach
		weld.Part1 =  bodyAttach
		weld.Part0 = weldTo
		weld.C1 = clone.GripCFrame.Value
		weld.C0 = clone.C0.Value
	end)
end)

Client script is just a simple press key to equip tool and play animation.

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client loaded before server is pretty much a nature of how roblox loads using preloader since assets are stored in the cloud rather than caching in local machine which is why there’s a delay on first try but if i were to fix this, I’ll play the animation at the first frame (the moment game started) on server side on another rig then delete it

though i don’t think it’s worth fixing at all cuz in the end as long as it works, there shouldn’t be any issue

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In my case it does matter, because the first hit will always fail due to the hitboxes not working properly. There are attachment points on the hammer that will draw raycast lines, and if the animation does not play the lines aren’t drawn.

I will try out your solution and update you, thanks for the help!

4

Yeah well, unfortunately that didn’t work out.

5

how about try playing it on your character then stop the animation immediately, normally this should play on the first start without a delay for new characters but that’s unexpected :broken_heart:

6

I tried playing it on the server before, but it didn’t work for some reason :broken_heart: . I still need to press E (the skill toggle) once for it to remove the bug and work…