Tool doesn't appear for a moment when equipped

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  1. What do you want to achieve?
    I would like to fix a mild issue that seems to happen when equipping a tool.

  2. What is the issue?
    When equipping a tool, the model seems to take up to a second to appear. It also seems to take a moment to disappear as well. It’s not a major bug but I’d prefer to have the model load in instantly.
    Also note that it isn’t the tool that’s taking a while. It’s only the visual. Everything else works fine.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I honestly can’t think of anything to do here. I’ve looked around but no one else seems to have this issue.

I have a custom equipment system, but it’s basically the same as Roblox’s system. There are 8 slots and pressing numbers 1-8 will allow you to equip whatever is in that slot, using Humanoid:EquipTool() and Humanoid:UnequipTools().

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Could you please provide your script and possibly a video? I don’t have a lot to work with here

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local gui = script.Parent
local container = gui.container

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local controller = require(RS.ReplicaService.ReplicaController)
local refbook = require(RS.ReferenceBook)
local sound = require(RS.Libraries.Sounds)
local players = game:GetService("Players")

local player = players.LocalPlayer
local backpack = player:WaitForChild("Backpack")

repeat wait() until refbook["LocalPlayer"]

local replica = controller.GetReplicaById(refbook["LocalPlayer"])
local equipment = replica.Data

local currentSlot

local selectedProperties = {
	["BackgroundColor3"] = Color3.fromRGB(45, 38, 36),
	["BorderColor3"] = Color3.fromRGB(214, 181, 96),
	["BorderSizePixel"] = 4,
	["ZIndex"] = 10
}

local deselectedProperties = {
	["BackgroundColor3"] = Color3.fromRGB(21, 18, 17),
	["BorderColor3"] = Color3.fromRGB(42, 37, 34),
	["BorderSizePixel"] = 3,
	["ZIndex"] = 1
}

local function setProperties(slot, selected)
	local preset
	slot = container[slot]
	
	if selected then
		preset = selectedProperties
		selectedProperties.Size = slot.Size + UDim2.fromScale(0.2, 0.2)
	else
		preset = deselectedProperties
		deselectedProperties.Size = slot.Size - UDim2.fromScale(0.2, 0.2)
	end
	
	for property, value in pairs(preset) do
		slot[property] = value
	end
end

local activeTools = {}

local numslot = {
	{Enum.KeyCode.One, "Primary"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Two, "Secondary"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Three, "Pickaxe"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Four, "Item1"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Five, "Item2"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Six, "Item3"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Seven, "Item4"},
	{Enum.KeyCode.Eight, "Item5"},
}

local function keytoslot(keycode)
	for i, pair in pairs(numslot) do
		if keycode == pair[1] then
			return pair[2]
		end
	end
	
	return false
end

local function equipSlot(slot)
	local humanoid : Humanoid = player.Character.Humanoid
	
	humanoid:UnequipTools()
	
	if activeTools[slot] then
		local tool : Tool = activeTools[slot]
		
		assert(tool, "'Valid' Tool Not Found For Slot "..slot)
		
		humanoid:EquipTool(tool)
	end
end

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, ignored)
	if not ignored and player.Character then
		local slot = keytoslot(input.KeyCode)
		local humanoid : Humanoid = player.Character.Humanoid
		
		if slot then
			sound:Play({"Generic", "click1"})
			
			if currentSlot then
				setProperties(currentSlot, false)
			end
			
			if slot == currentSlot then
				currentSlot = nil
				humanoid:UnequipTools()
			else
				setProperties(slot, true)
				currentSlot = slot
				equipSlot(slot)
			end
		elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.Backspace then
			if currentSlot then
				setProperties(currentSlot, false)
				currentSlot = nil
			end
		end
	end
end)

local function update(cat, slot)
	local button : TextButton = container[slot]
	
	if replica.Data.Equipment[cat][slot] then
		activeTools[slot] = backpack:WaitForChild(slot, 4)
	end
end

local function setEquipListener(cat, slot)
	replica:ListenToArraySet({"Equipment", cat, slot}, function()
		update(cat, slot)
	end)

	replica:ListenToArrayRemove({"Equipment", cat, slot}, function()
		activeTools[slot] = nil
		update(cat, slot)
	end)
end

local equipslots = {
	Weapons = {"Primary", "Secondary"},
	Tools = {"Pickaxe"},
	Items = {"Item1", "Item2", "Item3", "Item4", "Item5"}
}

for cat, slots in pairs(equipslots) do
	for i, slot in pairs(slots) do
		update(cat, slot)

		setEquipListener(cat, slot)
	end
end

for _, button in pairs(container:GetChildren()) do
	if button:IsA("TextButton") then
		button.Activated:Connect(function()
			local slot
			
			for cat, slots in pairs(equipslots) do
				for _, slot2 in pairs(slots) do
					if button.Name == slot2 then
						if equipment[cat][slot2] then
							slot = {cat, slot2}
						else
							sound:Play({"Generic", "error3"})
							return
						end
					end
				end
			end
			
			replica:FireServer({"Inventory", "Unequip", replica.Id, {"Inventory"}, slot})
		end)
	end
end


Note: The actual object is there I believe. It just doesn’t display.