When tool is moved from replicated storage to player's backpack the script doesn't work

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#1

I have a tool with a local script inside it that works perfectly fine in the StarterPack. However, I don’t want it in the starter pack and want to bring it to the player after an event is called. When the event is called I fire a remote event and the server script makes a copy of the tool and puts it into the players backpack. This works, however the local script inside the tool doesn’t work like it would if it started in the StarterPack.

Local Script:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	script.RemoteEvent:FireServer()
end)

Server Script:

script.Parent.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player)
	local SukeTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Suke:Clone()
	SukeTool.Parent = Player.Backpack
	script.Parent.Parent:Destroy()
end)

A tool in the StarterPack is cloned into the backpack anyway so why doesn’t cloning it from the ReplicatedStorage work?

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#2

Do you get an error printed out at all?

#3

Maybe try
Local Script

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
	script.RemoteEvent:FireServer(Player )
end)

Script

script.Parent.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,Player)
	local SukeTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Suke:Clone()
	SukeTool.Parent = Player.Backpack
	script.Parent.Parent:Destroy()
end)
#4

No errors. The cloned tool makes it perfectly fine to the player backpack but the script in the tool doesn’t run.

#5

Can you send the script in the tool? Maybe it’s parent is sent to something else by default?

#6

script in tool that is meant to be transported to backpack:

print("ScriptRun")
local Tool = script.Parent
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local debounce = false
local Tween = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Info = TweenInfo.new(1,Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,Enum.EasingDirection.Out,0,false,0)
local Goal = {Transparency = 1}

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, IsTyping)
	print("Input")
	if Character:FindFirstChild("Suke") and Character.Suke:IsA("Tool") then		
		if IsTyping then return end
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
			print("E")
			if not Character:GetAttribute("Active")then
				if debounce == false then
					debounce = true
					Character:SetAttribute("Active",true)
					print("StartInvis")
					for i,v in pairs(Character:GetChildren())do
						if v:IsA("BasePart") then
							local TweenPlay = Tween:Create(v,Info,Goal)
							TweenPlay:Play()	
							if v.Name == "Head" then
								local TweenPlay = Tween:Create(v.face,Info,Goal)
								TweenPlay:Play()	
							end
						elseif v:IsA("Accessory") then
							for _,AccessoryPart in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
								local TweenPlay = Tween:Create(AccessoryPart,Info,Goal)
								TweenPlay:Play()
							end
						end
					end
					wait(2)
					debounce = false 
					Character:SetAttribute("Active",false)
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)

There is a print at the beginning that doesn’t fire at all.
Edit: the print does fire now so the script is running. The user input is still broken though.

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#7

I’d just like to add that you should probably move your tools to server storage as exploiters can access anything client sided, such as replicated storage.

#8

I tried it and nothing changed. I already have the player so why would I need to send it over twice?

#10

My newfound solution is to put the tool into the players starter gear then kill the player. It would be nice to not have to kill the player but I believe this is the solution I am looking for. Putting the tool in the players backpack also makes it disappear when the player dies which wasn’t what I was looking for.

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