Why does it not work? | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:08 PM

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local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local animator = humanoid:WaitForChild("Animator")

local idle = game:FindFirstChild("ReplicatedStorage").Animation.Combat:FindFirstChild("Idle")

local idleTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(idle)
idleTrack.Looped = true

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
    idleTrack:Play()
end)

script.Parent.Unequipped:Connect(function()
    if idleTrack.IsPlaying then
        idleTrack:Stop(0.2)
    end
end)

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plis help

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:13 PM

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local idle = game:FindFirstChild("ReplicatedStorage").Animation.Combat:FindFirstChild("Idle")

Could be the problem because if any of the chain is missing the whole experssion wil turn nil or fail

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:13 PM

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there are no errors

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:13 PM

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local idle = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Animation"):WaitForChild("Combat"):WaitForChild("Idle")

Is what i would recommend using

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Alr

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:14 PM

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deft birch ```lua local idle = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Animation"):WaitForChil...

And keep the whole chain with :WaitForChild()😭

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:14 PM

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still

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:14 PM

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acoustic dagger And keep the whole chain with :WaitForChild()😭

Yeah but it is just fast typed

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it was just an example

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Btw just try to debug it
e.g. using prints
print(idle.AnimationId)

check from there

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try to see where it goes wrong

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:15 PM

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Bud

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Animation aint stopping or doesnt even play?

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:16 PM

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it dosen't even play

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@acoustic dagger

versed spire Oct 18, 2025, 4:17 PM

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bro..

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just test animation

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if that is working

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:17 PM

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versed spire just test animation

Up

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:18 PM

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i would try to see if ur animation id actually exist lmao, when beginning i had that problem once

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like with print("AnimationId:", idle.AnimationId)

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Those small things could be the problem

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:20 PM

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it exists

versed spire Oct 18, 2025, 4:20 PM

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I recommend to do just set looped to true

turbid monolithBOT Oct 18, 2025, 4:20 PM

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versed spire Oct 18, 2025, 4:21 PM

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and start the animation continuously when u start the game

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:28 PM

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man it dosen't work

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:30 PM

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Like does you animatio nexist? if you equip it on a npc

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Animation is such a pain

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:31 PM

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Im pretty sure that there is a crusial detail that detemines if animation works or not

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Something that we dont know

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:32 PM

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I always check if the Animator exists

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:33 PM

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it works on a npc

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:33 PM

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Is there another animation playing?

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On that char

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You can only have 1 Animator, if you have multiple Animators it wont work

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Like per Humanoid

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

local idleAnim = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Animation"):WaitForChild("Combat"):WaitForChild("Idle")

local idleTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(idleAnim)
idleTrack.Looped = true
idleTrack.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
    print("Tool equipped, playing idle animation")
    idleTrack:Play()
end)

-- Unequip handler
script.Parent.Unequipped:Connect(function()
    print("Tool unequipped, stopping idle animation")
    if idleTrack.IsPlaying then
        idleTrack:Stop(0.2)  
    end
end)

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:35 PM

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see

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:35 PM

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?

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Yeah sure

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:37 PM

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Oh....

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Wait

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I have to check smth

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:38 PM

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deft birch Yeah sure

It prints your debug shit?

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:38 PM

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animator.AnimationId = "rbxassetid://YOUR_ANIMATION_ID"
local track = animator:LoadAnimation(animimator)

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:38 PM

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"Tool Equipped"?

deft birch Oct 18, 2025, 4:38 PM

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acoustic dagger It prints your debug shit?

I do not have your file

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Im helping blind

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I do not know what is happening to your studio

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:38 PM

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I was talking to @sand stream

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:39 PM

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acoustic dagger "Tool Equipped"?

yes

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print("Tool equipped, playing idle animation")

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this part dosen't print

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:40 PM

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Well

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As i thought

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Does your tool have a part called "Handle" if not, then there is your cause of it

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Bascially tool requires a handle, without it it wont work. To change it just turn this option off in tool properties

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If u have turned on "RequiresHandle" any signal won't work unless u don't parent a handle to it

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:43 PM

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ok so

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now it does print

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but

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it dosen't play the anim

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:44 PM

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BROOO

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Set priority to Idle, not action

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:44 PM

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did it alr

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and still

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i tried simplifing it, being more specific, changing the avatar settings

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but still

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:46 PM

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...

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Is your script a Localscript or normal script?

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:48 PM

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ok so

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on npc works

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BUT

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on player dosen't

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:49 PM

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Im asking if its a LocalScript

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On your tool

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:49 PM

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yes

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:49 PM

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The blue one is a localscript and grey on is a script

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U have the blue one?

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:51 PM

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yes

acoustic dagger Oct 18, 2025, 4:51 PM

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For me it works

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Dunno bro

sand stream Oct 18, 2025, 4:53 PM

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i hate roblox

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it changed the avatar setting

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and i found the settings

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that makes the anim work on a certain rig

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also tysm for helping

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@acoustic dagger

#Why does it not work?