Why can't I reference a table in a table from my module script?

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I want to create a module script that has weapon animations held within tables. I then want to reference those tables with animations in a local script.

I keep on getting index nil with ‘Axe’.

Ive tried changing quite a few things but i simply dont understand why it isnt working. I’m not too well versed in module scripts so maybe the answer to the issue is simple.

Module Script

local combatAnims = {}
anims = {
	Axe = {
		["Idle"] = -- id here,
	},
}

return combatAnims

Local Script

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local repstorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local combatAnims = require(repstorage:FindFirstChild("CombatAnimMod"))

print(combatAnims.anims.Axe["Idle"])
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make sure you put the Full Path

local combatAnims = require(game.ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("CombatAnimMod"))
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I had set a variable to replicated storage so I wasn’t sure if I needed to.

local repstorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
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Also another thing, make sure you add WaitForChild as the Client takes some time to Load Things

5

Both solutions sadly didn’t work for me.

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Module:

local combatAnims = {}
combatAnims.anims = {
	["Axe"] = {
		["Idle"] = "123 I'm an ID" -- id here,
	}
}

return combatAnims

LocalScript:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local repstorage = game.ReplicatedStorage
local combatAnims = require(repstorage:WaitForChild("CombatAnimMod"))

print(combatAnims.anims.Axe["Idle"])
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Tysm this worked, Im sorry for wasting your time and I’ll make sure to remember the need to use the name of the module before the table.

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You can also do your table inside the module brackets so that you don’t have to reference the name of the module each time.

local combatAnims = {
	
	["anims"] = {
		
		["Axe"] = {
			["Idle"] = "123 I'm an ID"
		}
		
	}
	
	
}


return combatAnims
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How would using this method affect this line of code? Im interested in knowing.

print(combatAnims.anims.Axe["Idle"])
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It doesn’t affect. You can even print(combatAnims.anims.Axe.Idle)

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I see. Thank you, this has been very informative for me :smiley:

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