Tool animation problem

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#1

so i have

local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimationFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("AnimationFolder")
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:wait()
while Character.Parent == nil do
	Character.AncestryChanged:wait()
end
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Stab = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator"):LoadAnimation(AnimationFolder.Stab)

i use

while Character.Parent == nil do
	Character.AncestryChanged:wait()
end

to try to get around the issue where you cant load animation if your character is not in the workspace but it seam to just wait for ever I try other methods and print the character parent it will tell me its nil even do my character is in the workspace

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#2

Add a break after the while loop.

#3

if i do then im back to the error were it tells me that

“LoadAnimation requires the Humanoid object to be a descendant of the game object”

#4

So the humanoid is nil??? This text will be blurred

#5

no it mean that the player character is not parented to workspace
that why i made a loop to wait till character parent is not nil

#6

That makes no sense. Player objects are in the Player part of the game, not the workspace?

#7

the isue is that to use LoadAnimation the humanoid need to be descendent of workspace but I put the tool in the backpack and ig the script run before the game load my character in so i made a loop to wait for character but all the loop i try make always tell me the character parent is nil even do I’m in the game

#8

Okay, I’m making a redo of this script. In the while loop, we’re checking if the players character is nil? (Nothing.) That doesn’t make sense.

#9

my loop wait for the character parent not to be nil witch will mean it will be parented to workspace

#10

Something can have a parent yet still not be a descendant of workspace. Try this:

while not Character:IsDescendantOf(workspace) do
    Character.AncestryChanged:Wait()
end

Debugging tip: For the sake of debugging, you could print GetFullName on the character before each wait() to inspect what it might be inside.

while not Character:IsDescendantOf(workspace) do
    print("Not yet in workspace: ", Character:GetFullName(), Character.Parent)
    Character.AncestryChanged:Wait()
end
#11 
local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimationFolder = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("AnimationFolder")
local LocalPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

while Character.Parent == nil do
	Character.AncestryChanged:Wait()
end

local Stab = Humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator"):LoadAnimation(AnimationFolder.Stab)

Some capitalization, and other things were incorrect. Try this, it might work.

#12

I try something like this and it just loops forever if I print

Character:IsDescendantOf(workspace)

it will say false even do I’m loaded in

#13

this give me same result it wait for ever

#14

So lets go back to the error.

This means that the Humanoid of the character needs to be a descendant of the game object before LoadAnimation can be called.

#15

try to put your tool inside playerCharacterScripts

#16

yes that the reason i wait for the character to be loaded in so that i can load the animation

#17

The tool code only grabs a reference to the player’s character once, so if the character changes (ie. the player respawns, maybe even immediately) your tool will still be considering the old character. Since this is a tool, you should load the AnimationTrack when the player equips the tool, as you can just reference the character using Tool.Parent.

local Tool = script.Parent
local AnimationFolder = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("AnimationFolder")

local stabAnimTrack = nil
local function onEquipped()
    stabAnimTrack = Tool.Parent.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(AnimationFolder.Stab)
end

local function onUnequipped()
    stabAnimTrack = nil
end

Tool.Equipped:Connect(onEquipped)
Tool.Unequipped:Connect(onUnequipped)
#18

that work but that also mean they will start holding the tool… i have multiple start up tools they cant start whit holding 7 tools

#19

So we could use repeat() task.wait(0.01) until Character.Humanoid || This would wait until the Characters humanoid exists.

#20

well i can use this for now i wanted to not have to load animation each time the player equip the tool