Weapon animations not playing after resetting because "ToolGrip is not a valid member of Part "{Player name here}.Torso""

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Hello Developers!

I’ve made a weapon that has custom animations using Motor6D, so that way the handle isn’t connected to the Right Arm and can be moved freely without moving the Right Arm. The issue is that the script used to make the idle animation play (Local-script, inside of a tool) will suddenly stop after resetting and equipping the weapon again. This also somehow breaks the script as it cannot fire the RemoteEvent (The event is used to play the attack animation and can deal damage towards victims).

--//Tool\\--
local FireExtinguisher = script.Parent
--//Player\\--
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Char = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
--//Services\\--
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
--//Connections\\--
local Debounce = false
FireExtinguisher.Activated:Connect(function()
	if not Debounce and Char.Humanoid.PlatformStand == false then
		Debounce = true
		FireExtinguisher.AttackEvent:FireServer()
		task.wait(5)
		Debounce = false
	end
end)
FireExtinguisher.Equipped:Connect(function()
	ReplicatedStorage.ConnectM6D:FireServer(FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach)
	Char.Torso.ToolGrip.Part0 = Char.Torso
	Char.Torso.ToolGrip.Part1 = FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach
	local IdleAnim = FireExtinguisher.Parent.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(FireExtinguisher.Idle)
	IdleAnim:Play()
	FireExtinguisher.Unequipped:Connect(function()
		ReplicatedStorage.DisconnectM6D:FireServer(FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach)
		IdleAnim:Stop()
	end)
end)
--Ullapool Caber, We gotta throw the thingy yeah!
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2

I’m experiencing the exact same issue, have you yet to found a solution or are you still undergoing with trying to fix this. ( Been working for nearly an hour and I’m, trying to fix this issue. )

3

you can try adding a FindFirstChild to check if the ToolGrip exists, and also how do you add the ToolGrip from a script into its Torso.

FireExtinguisher.Equipped:Connect(function()
	if Char.Torso:FindFirstChild("ToolGrip") then
            ReplicatedStorage.ConnectM6D:FireServer(FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach)
	    Char.Torso.ToolGrip.Part0 = Char.Torso
	    Char.Torso.ToolGrip.Part1 = FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach
	    local IdleAnim = FireExtinguisher.Parent.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(FireExtinguisher.Idle)
	    IdleAnim:Play()
	    FireExtinguisher.Unequipped:Connect(function()
		  ReplicatedStorage.DisconnectM6D:FireServer(FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach)
		  IdleAnim:Stop()
	   end)
    end
end)
4

Just optimized your script abit, it now WILL reset the charcter, some additional changes would to also make it also set the humanoid instead of checking everytime when activated, or focefully unequip the tool if something is not found.

local FireExtinguisher = script.Parent

-- Note that players may be able to take your tools.
local Player = nil
local Char = nil

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Debounce = false

local IdleAnim -- store to stop it later

FireExtinguisher.Activated:Connect(function()
	if not Debounce and Char and Char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and not Char.Humanoid.PlatformStand then
		Debounce = true
		FireExtinguisher.AttackEvent:FireServer()
		task.wait(5)
		Debounce = false
	end
end)

FireExtinguisher.Equipped:Connect(function()
	-- Directly start initializing.
	Player = PlayerService:GetPlayerFromCharacter(FireExtinguisher.Parent)
	if not Player then return end
	Char = Player.Character
	if not (Char and Char:FindFirstChild("Torso") and FireExtinguisher:FindFirstChild("BodyAttach")) then return end
		
	ReplicatedStorage.ConnectM6D:FireServer(FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach)
	
	Char.Torso.ToolGrip.Part0 = Char.Torso
	Char.Torso.ToolGrip.Part1 = FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach
	
	local Humanoid = Char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	if Humanoid then
		local Animator = Humanoid:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator") or Instance.new("Animator", Humanoid)
		IdleAnim = Animator:LoadAnimation(FireExtinguisher.Idle)
		IdleAnim:Play()
	end
	
	local unequippedConn
	unequippedConn = FireExtinguisher.Unequipped:Connect(function()
		ReplicatedStorage.DisconnectM6D:FireServer(FireExtinguisher.BodyAttach)
		if IdleAnim then
			IdleAnim:Stop()
			IdleAnim = nil
		end
		if unequippedConn then
			unequippedConn:Disconnect()
		end
	end)
end)
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This post is 2 years old how did this even get resurrected :sob:

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