how do i animate a tool? (for stuff like slashing, etc.)

[polar hemlock]

please ive been going at this for days but couldnt

i just need the handle to be animated rahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

[fierce karma]

i could definentely explain this to you, i figured this out a bit a go, but this requires some scripting

let me give you the tutorial i followed, this worked just fine for me

https://youtu.be/jtngyVszVwQ?si=pPIMXpye83wc0lgy

@polar hemlock

[polar hemlock]

ive already tried this (and many other tutorials) but i still just couldnt get it to work somehow

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what is your issue?

[polar hemlock]

so i tried scripting my own (which clearly didnt work)

the handle wouldnt be animated

(the sword)

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do you have moon animator

[polar hemlock]

yep

-# wouldnt matter either way but yeah

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alright, so

yes it would

first of all

you need to get the handle, and weld it to every single part inside of the tool

with the easyweld thing

[polar hemlock]

ive easywelded it

actually

its only 1 part

since its a mesh

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make sure that the mesh is INSIDE of the handle

[polar hemlock]

it is

the handle IS the mesh

:p

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you need

a completely seperate part for htat

let me load up my sword mesh real fast

so you name the part where you want the player to grip the sword

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[polar hemlock]

oh ok

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you name it Handle, then you put said mesh inside of that

[polar hemlock]

lemme try that rq

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then you would put these two together using easyweld, always putting handle as base part, make sure animatable is selected off, and click join in place

[polar hemlock]

alr

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now you would load in your rig

go down into the humanoid root part, open easyweld back up

make sure the handle is INSIDE of the R6 model

(as shown like this)

make sure animatable is on, and then press join

your model should now be teleported straight in the middle of your model

now everything should be ready for you to animate, for the scripting portion i reccomend you follow the video i sent you

[polar hemlock]

so uhh ive been stuck on this part for a bit so im not sure if im doing it right

the gray part is the handle

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then make the part so its animated on the hand

[polar hemlock]

i did