Why doesn't my script does what I say it does?

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#1

I made a local script inside of a tool with the intention that when a player equips the tool, it will disable a local script insiide of starter player scripts, and then also clone a different script and put the cloned script inside of starter player scritps, however this does not happen. Nothing happens. Why is this?

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local OriginalSlide = game.StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts.Slide
local M4A1Slide = game.ReplicatedStorage.M4A1Slide
local M4A1Slide2 = game.StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts.M4A1Slide

function onToolEquipped()
	game.OriginalSlide.Disabled = true
	local M4A1SlideClone = M4A1Slide:Clone()
	M4A1SlideClone.parent = game.StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts
end

function onToolUnequipped()
	game.OriginalSlide.Disabled = false
	M4A1Slide2:Destroy()
end

function onDeath()
	game.OriginalSlide.Disabled = false
	M4A1Slide2:Destroy()
end

script.Parent.Equipped:connect(onToolEquipped)
script.Parent.Unequipped:connect(onToolUnequipped)
Player.Died:connect(onDeath)
#2

Try adding print statements to see if any of the code is activating at all, and where it stops working as expected.

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#3

I can second this, It often helps me out aswell.

#4 
function onToolEquipped()
	OriginalSlide.Disabled = true
	local M4A1SlideClone = M4A1Slide:Clone()
	M4A1SlideClone.parent = game.StarterPlayer.StarterPlayerScripts
end

function onToolUnequipped()
	OriginalSlide.Disabled = false
	M4A1Slide2:Destroy()
end

function onDeath()
	OriginalSlide.Disabled = false
	M4A1Slide2:Destroy()
end
#5

Dont… dont clone it into the starter character script… clone it into the

game.WorkSpace:FindFirstChild("PlayerName")

or

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
#6

Exactly! Localscripts can’t clone another script into a player folder, at least from my experience it cannot be done by the client

#7

Update: I’m banned from roblox for 3 days so that might be why nothing works :skull:

#9

Perhaps its because I’m banned but I put print statements right below the function onToolEquipped() line and nothing printed, which is odd because it should have printed.

#10

Have you verified that the event connection is made, and have you verified if the script is running at all?