Any better way to preload animations

[burnt merlin]

Is there any proper and as fast and this way to preload anims

local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local anims = rs.Animations.Weapons.Katana.Main

local function getAnimator(char)
local humanoid = char:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
if not humanoid then return nil end

local animator = humanoid:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator")
if not animator then
    animator = Instance.new("Animator")
    animator.Name = "Animator"
    animator.Parent = humanoid
end

return animator

end

local preloaded = {}

local function PreloadAnimations(char, animList)
local animator = getAnimator(char)
if not animator then return end

for _, animId in ipairs(animList) do
    if not preloaded[animId] then
        local animation = Instance.new("Animation")
        animation.AnimationId = animId

        local track = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
        track:Play()
        track:Stop()
        animation:Destroy()

        preloaded[animId] = true
    end
end

end

local AnimationIdsToPreload = {
"rbxassetid://14984130659", --walk
"rbxassetid://14984120951", --idle
"rbxassetid://128104128549543",--katana equip
"rbxassetid://119085738060242",-- katana idle
"rbxassetid://139314306808113" -- Rapier idle
}

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
-- Delay slightly to ensure character fully loads
char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
task.wait(0.1)

    -- Preload animations for this character
    PreloadAnimations(char, AnimationIdsToPreload)
end)

end)

[storm ivy]

How're you going to play the animations?

[rotund hatch]

Use the content preloader on the client instead of doing this on the server

Rn ur script just creates unnecessary work for the server

[burnt merlin]

The same script but on client??

[burnt merlin]

The regular way i need it for combat system

[storm ivy]

Whats wrong with the current approach?

[burnt merlin]

Im just asking if there is any better way or its a good script

[storm ivy]

u should do the preloading in the client side like the guy said

no need to load the server with that

animations are meant to be client-side

[burnt merlin]

Everything else is alr?

[storm ivy]

gimme a sec, ill take another look

You're storing the animationTrack unnecessarily if this script only cares about loading the animations. You can just do Animator:LoadAnimation(Animation) and carry on.

Also, instead of using task.wait(), just use the Player.CharacterAdded event as some players may take longer than 0.01 second for their character to load

Everything else is alright. You can always switch to LocalScript with minor adjustments, though this approach works fine too.

It has unnoticeable overhead on the server