What Causes a Tool to Lag Behind Player When Equipped

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hello I’ve tried made that handles tool drop, picking up, and tool motor 6ds, but I’m having a problem where when equipping the tool the tool seems to lag to the player from the last place it was unEquipped.

note that this is happening for every tool in the game which is why i will include later in this post scripts that handle these serverside scripts that handle said tools
see here:

here are some scripts that may cause problems

– motor6d script that also handle equip animation

-- Server Script

local returnable = {
	"punch"
}

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)

		local M6D = Instance.new("Motor6D")

		local rightArm = char:WaitForChild("Right Arm")

		M6D.Part0 = rightArm
		M6D.Parent = rightArm

		char.ChildAdded:Connect(function(child)
			
			if child:IsA("Tool") then
				local tool = child
				if table.find(returnable, tool.Name) then
					return
				end
			end
			
			if child:IsA("Tool") and child:FindFirstChild("bodyAttach") then
				local humanoid = char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
				local tool = child
				local bodyAttach = child.bodyAttach
				local equipAnim = bodyAttach:FindFirstChild("equipAnim")
				local loadequip = humanoid:LoadAnimation(equipAnim)

				for _, val in ipairs(returnable) do
					if tool.Name == val or char:FindFirstChild(val) then
						return
					end
				end

				tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
					loadequip:Play()
					M6D.Part1 = bodyAttach
				end)

				tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
					loadequip:Stop()
					M6D.Part1 = nil
				end)
			end
		end)
	end)
end)

– drop and pick up script

local collectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService") 
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local mechanics = replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("mechanics")

local canBeStolen = collectionService:GetTagged("canBeStolen")

local notifyOnServerEvent = mechanics:WaitForChild("notifications"):WaitForChild("NotifyOnServer")
local allowedTeam = "robbers"

local function createPrompt(item)
	local object = item:FindFirstChild("object")
	

	local prompt = Instance.new("ProximityPrompt")
	prompt.ActionText = "pick up " .. item.Name
	prompt.MaxActivationDistance = 5
	prompt.RequiresLineOfSight = false
	prompt.HoldDuration = 2
	prompt.Style = Enum.ProximityPromptStyle.Custom
	prompt.Parent = object

	local function updatePromptVisibility(player)
		if player.Team and player.Team.Name == allowedTeam then
			prompt.Enabled = true
		else
			prompt.Enabled = false
		end
	end

	game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
		updatePromptVisibility(player)
		player:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Team"):Connect(function()
			updatePromptVisibility(player)
		end)
	end)

	prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
		local character = player.Character or player.Character:Wait()
		local humanoid  = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		local playerStats = player:FindFirstChild("playerStats")
		local otherStats = player:FindFirstChild("otherStats")

		local maxInventory = playerStats:WaitForChild("maxInventorySpace")
		local currentCarryValue = otherStats:WaitForChild("currentInventorySpace")

		if currentCarryValue.Value < maxInventory.Value then
			object.Anchored = false
			
			prompt:Destroy()
			currentCarryValue.Value += 1
		--	humanoid.WalkSpeed -= item:FindFirstChild("additionalWalkSpeed").Value
			notifyOnServerEvent:FireClient(player, "picked up " .. item.Name, "positive")    
			item.Parent = player.Backpack
			return
		end

		if currentCarryValue.Value == maxInventory.Value then
			notifyOnServerEvent:FireClient(player, "not enough carrying space", "negative")
		end

	end)
end

for _, item in ipairs(canBeStolen) do
	createPrompt(item)
end

-- drop
local items = mechanics:WaitForChild("items")
local dropEvent = items:WaitForChild("dropItem")

dropEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local character = player.Character or player.Character:Wait()
	local humanoid  = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	
	local playerStats = player:FindFirstChild("playerStats")
	local otherStats = player:FindFirstChild("otherStats")

	local maxInventory = playerStats:WaitForChild("maxInventorySpace")
	local currentCarryValue = otherStats:WaitForChild("currentInventorySpace")

	local tool = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Tool")

	if tool and collectionService:HasTag(tool, "canBeStolen") then
		
		local object = tool:FindFirstChild("object")
		
		currentCarryValue.Value -= 1


		
		--humanoid.WalkSpeed += tool:FindFirstChild("additionalWalkSpeed").Value
		tool.Parent = workspace
		object.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, 0, -3)

		object.Anchored = true
		createPrompt(tool)
		notifyOnServerEvent:FireClient(player, "dropped " .. tool.Name, "positive")    
	end
end)

I’ve tried setting the “object” a handle like reference inside the tool to massless. I’ve even tried setting anchored to false, but nothing has worked. any help is appreciated!

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#2

The motor6d you are using makes the tool lag behind. If the tool isn’t a complicated one that requires specific animations for the tool itself then leave roblox to handle everything. Or you can just use CFrame to get a rough CFrame value of where the end point for the tool is and then set the CFrame to it.

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