Variable humanoid error

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#1

I have a load variable for an animation:

local animation = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Animation)

but I get this error when I test the game:
13:39:06.205 - Players.ffancyaxax12.Backpack.Pickaxe.Client:6: attempt to index nil with ‘Humanoid’

I copied the same script from another tool and it works fine, except this script does not.

#2

You need to wait for the character to load before getting it’s humanoid.

repeat wait() until game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character ~= nil

Just put that before that statement, and it should work.

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#3

I think you can also do:

local animation = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Animation)
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#4

Character was nil when the script was called.
@IntelligentCappy

local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
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#5

It says that the character is nil, so this would not work.

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#7

Your player doesn’t have a character when you’re trying to call this. So to fix it (Since you said you took the script from a tool.) You can do the following code to wait for the character. Or you can put the local script you’re currently using in StarterPlayer > StarterCharacterScripts.

local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character or game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local animation = character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Animation)
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