Why does this animation script not work?

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#1

I’m making a pretty simple script, following this tutorial: Roblox Scripting Tutorial: How to Script a Tool Animation - YouTube
and my script is

local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local Character = Tool.Parent
	local humanoid = Character.Humanoid
	local AnimationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	AnimationTrack:Play()
end)

I am not getting any errors in the output. My hierarchy is as follows:
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I’ve put my animations ID into the Animation.AnimationId property.

#2

Check to make sure that the AnimationPriority is set to Action, also use a WaitForChild() function when defining your Humanoid?

#3

should I do

	local humanoid = Character:WaitforChild("Humanoid")

?
Also, I did make sure it was set to action.

#4

Yeah, also do make sure that the animation that you’re playing is owned by you

Otherwise I believe it won’t work

#5

It is owned by me, also, I get the error
WaitforChild is not a valid member of Model “Workspace.nicknickphoenix”

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#6

I recommend you to play the animation in a client script.

local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	AnimationTrack:Play()
end)
#7

Oh I maybe see the issue then?

Could you try this?

local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
local Character

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local AnimationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	AnimationTrack:Play()
end)

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
    Character = Tool.Parent
    print(Character)
end)

I keep forgetting that you need to play animations on the client when using Humanoid:LoadAnimation

#8

You still can play animations on the server but I think it would just delay more.

#9

If I do it on the client, wouldn’t that mean other people can’t see the animation?

#10

Well no because the animation have network ownership over their character so it would replicate because it operates on motor 6d.

Short answer: everyone still can see the animation

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#11

I copy pasted your script (into the same server script you saw in the heriarchy) and it still doesn’t work. AnimationId is rbxassetid://6641902258 if that helps at all.

#12

Try mine, and use that in a local script. (Message 5)

#13

Really now? Are you getting anything from your Output at all?

#14

nope. apart from where it prints my name

#15

Try this:

local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
local Character = Tool.Parent
local humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local AnimationTrack = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator"):LoadAnimation(Animation)

Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
     AnimationTrack:Play()
end)

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Humanoid | Roblox Creator Documentation

#16

doing

local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Tool = script.Parent
local Animation = Tool.Animation
local humanoid = Tool.Parent
Tool.Activated:Connect(function()
	local humanoid = Tool.Parent.Humanoid
	local AnimationTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(Animation)
	AnimationTrack:Play()
end)

does not work, however it doesn’t show any error.

#17

Would this be in a server script or local script?

#18

If the script does not have something else like doing something on the server, use localscript, if not normal script (it really does not matter)

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#19

Pasting what you did on a local script didn’t work, however I got this warning:

Infinite yield possible on ‘Players.nicknickphoenix.Backpack:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”)’

#20

Ok wait, where exactly are you placing the script? In the Tool Object? Or the Tool Handle? OR THE TOOL MESH WUT

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