Item idle animation quits working after death. | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 12:21 AM

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I have this plush item that plays an idle animation (as seen in first picture) and it works perfectly fine when equipped/unequipped, however, after death it has a 50/50 chance to just not work and it looks like the fourth picture below. I'm not exactly sure what the problem is.

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:01 AM

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tacit ridge I have this plush item that plays an idle animation (as seen in first picture) a...

use put the Character.CharacterAdded event wrapped arounf the tool.Equipped and tool.Unequipped event

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:20 AM

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covert eagle use put the Character.CharacterAdded event wrapped arounf the tool.Equipped and ...

excuse my stupid questions, but i am not the best scripter. could you let me know where to put that? again i'm so sorry for asking i'm a beginner scripter 🙏

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:20 AM

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its alr

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:20 AM

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i'm not familiar with that since i haven't used it yet

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:20 AM

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here

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so

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like

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  -- the highlighted part 
end) ```

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:22 AM

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OH

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tysm let me try that out (and also write it down so i don't forget to learn that)

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:22 AM

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alr

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so game.Players.PlayerAdded is when a player joins the game

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and

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player.CharacterAdded is when a character is added (so when it spawns into the game) so it runs when it resets

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:23 AM

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ohhhhh

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you know what that actually does make a lot of sense

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:24 AM

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game.Players.PlayerRemoving is when a player LEAVES the ga,e

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:24 AM

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now that you explain it

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:24 AM

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game*

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:24 AM

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i was familiar with player added but character added so that actually makes sense

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:24 AM

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mhm

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if u run this is a server script

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u need

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to have

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first

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so then

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u can access the player to make the player.CharacterAdded part

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so its

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:25 AM

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covert eagle ``` Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char) -- the highlighted part end)...

does this look right

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:25 AM

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exactly

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:26 AM

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covert eagle u can access the player to make the ``` player.CharacterAdded ``` part

alright

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:26 AM

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if u want to add this feature as a local script

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u can just make a local script under startercharacterscript

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itll run whenever the player respawns

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DONT USE THAT FOR NPCS, ONLY PLAYERS

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:27 AM

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oh yeah i might've forgot to mention that this was the local script sorry if my wording was confusing

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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thats alr

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i do that all the time too

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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covert eagle itll run whenever the player respawns

ok

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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covert eagle DONT USE THAT FOR NPCS, ONLY PLAYERS

understood

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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is it working

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???

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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covert eagle i do that all the time too

ok i was just checking 👍

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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covert eagle is it working

testing rn

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:28 AM

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alr

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:29 AM

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it doesn't seem to have worked

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no errors

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:30 AM

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uh oh

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can u add print statements for the tool.Equipped and tool.Unequipped?

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also do one for

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characteradded

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:31 AM

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yeah

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gimem a sec

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covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:33 AM

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mhm

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:35 AM

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still doesn't seem to be printing

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no errors

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:35 AM

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its not printing?

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if it doesnt print, that means error

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yuh oh

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:36 AM

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covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:36 AM

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yea it isnt printing the statement

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that means it isnt running properly

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here lets try this

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remove all of the code

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and replace it with ur original

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this one

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then

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wait no

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wait nvm

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take the code

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drag it under startercharacterscripts

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and then

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replace

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Tool = script.Parent

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with

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:38 AM

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wherever my tool is at right?

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:38 AM

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Tool = Player:WaitForChild("Backpack"):WaitForChild("KroyPlush")

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:38 AM

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tacit ridge wherever my tool is at right?

yea

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so the code should look like this (gimme one sec to type)

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:42 AM

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so it's in starterpack right now, but if i want it to be a purchasable item in the future, am i able to route it to the player's backpack?

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Like since the local script and tool are seperated

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:45 AM

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local players = game:GetService("Players")
local plr = players.LocalPlayer

local backpack = plr:WaitForChild("Backpack")

local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local hum = char:WaitForChildOfClass("Humanoid")
local animator = hum:WaitForChild("Animator")

local tool = backpack:WaitForChild("KroyPlush")

local idleAnim = script:WaitForChild("Idle")
local idleTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(idleAnim)

tool.Equipped:Connect:function()

   idleTrack:Play()
end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
  
   idleTrack:Stop()
end)```

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oh shoot

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remove the comment in the code

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itll cause an error since its 2 lines lol

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:46 AM

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lol got it 👍

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:46 AM

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tacit ridge so it's in starterpack right now, but if i want it to be a purchasable item in t...

i would put it under serverstorage, and once u want to give it to the player, cloen it and put it into their backpack

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clone*

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:48 AM

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ok sounds good

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wait

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i put it in the wrong script lmao mb

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my mistake

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covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:56 AM

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oh shoot im late

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:56 AM

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tacit ridge

replace WaitForChildOfClass to just WaitForChild

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my fault, i got confused with the two

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 2:57 AM

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k

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seems to work so far i'm gonna test a bit with a friend

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 2:59 AM

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alr

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 3:01 AM

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I can't get it to break so yeah i think it worked!

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gonna try with more players since i didn't even notice it happening til i played with like 4 people let me try that rq

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 3:02 AM

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a;r

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alr*

covert eagle Dec 10, 2025, 3:11 AM

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tacit ridge gonna try with more players since i didn't even notice it happening til i played...

so did it work?

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@tacit ridge

tacit ridge Dec 10, 2025, 3:21 AM

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yeah it worked!!!

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tysm

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