WaitForChild("Humanoid") not working in local script

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#1

This is in a local script that is placed in StarterPlayerScripts.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
humanoid:LoadAnimation(example anim)

this will work almost every time, but i’ve been getting reports about the script not working, the error message is “LoadAnimation requires the Humanoid object (player.Humanoid) to be a descendant of game object” , despite having clearly done WaitForChild().

anyone experienced this before?

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#2

might because sometimes for a frame or two the player model/character exists but hasn’t been parented to the workspace, so it would just exist in limbo for a bit. “to be a descendant of game object” just means it has to be parented to something else. I think you just have to add a wait command until the character is fully loaded with something like this

while humanoid.Parent == nil do
     wait()
end
#3

I often opt to skip finding the humanoid directly and I haven’t had any more issues

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local LoadedAnim = Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(ExampleAnim)

And to play the animation you can just use LoadedAnim:Play()

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