the animation only plays for the client

[pale pasture]

For some reason the custom tool hold animation only plays for the client and not everyone else in the sever, here's the script in the tool, does anyone know how I can fix this? 😭

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character

local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Animator = humanoid:FindFirstChild("Animator")

local Tool = script.Parent

local IdleAnim = script:FindFirstChild("Idle")
local IdleTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(IdleAnim)
local Tool = script.Parent

local Grip = Tool.Connectors.Grip

local Ui = game.ReplicatedStorage.ToolsUis:WaitForChild("PhoneGui")

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()

local ScreenGui = Ui:Clone()
ScreenGui.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui

IdleTrack:Play()
Grip.Part0 = Tool.Parent:WaitForChild("Right Arm")

end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

IdleTrack:Stop()
Grip.Part0 = nil

end)

[warm elm]

Im still new to scripting so i could 100% be wrong but from my knowledge local scripts only interact with the client and cannot interact with the server

So im assuming this is a local script

and If it is then only the player who runs the script will see it and nobody else will

[hushed dock]

if u play an animation from a local script

then only the client, which so the player itself sees it

u gotta play it from the server script

if u want everyone to see

[fossil jewel]

im pretty sure animatoons replicate to all players even if played from client

[hushed dock]

from what I know as a scripter

if u execute something from client

only the local player itself will see

or recieve it

[clever flower]

Animations are different

If u play them on the client

They will replicate to the server

U can test this by doing a server client test run

And playing an animation on the client

Also if u go into workspace during a test session and character model ull notice an animate local script

Proving it replicates

[solar mist]

yea thats true its why u see exploiters with custom animations since roblox automatically replicates it to other clients how did u check that the animation only plays for the client and not other clients?

[pale pasture]

yeah it is

[pale pasture]

sorry if I sound dumb af, but the other local scripts that trigger tools animations do show up for other players so why do those scripts work and no this? It plays the anims the same way as this one

[pale pasture]

do you know how I can do that? I pasted the animation lines to a normal script and it didn't work, there was an error that said that "character" does not exist

[pale pasture]

but the animation that this script triggers does not play for other players? I'm lost 😭

[lucid laurel]

** You are now Level 7! **

[warm elm]

Im not really sure how well I can help you but where is the script located exactly

[pale pasture]

first I tried with the player simulation test thing and it didn't work and then I joined the game on my main and alt and it didn't work that way too

[pale pasture]

it's inside of the tool (don't mind the structure being a mess, I was following a tutorial. Someone told me that the tutorial was shit, but I'm too deep into this to restart 😭 )

this is the normal script if you want to know but I don't think it has anything to do with this issue

local Tool = script.Parent
local Grip = Tool.Connectors.Grip

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
Grip.Part0 = Tool.Parent:WaitForChild("Right Arm")
end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

Grip.Part0 = nil

end)

[warm elm]

Is the animation valid like if you tried to get your alt account to run the animation could your alt account run and see the animation?

[pale pasture]

yeah

there were no issues from the client side of things from what I can tell

there are also no errors

[warm elm]

Well my only guess would be that the animations has some sort of ownership issues or smthing

[pale pasture]

it's impossible, lemmie explain

I gotta give more context tho

so, in my game you can equip tools and emote with them

this is the gui with the buttons that triggers the emotes

when you click on these it stops the hold animation and plays the emote

and for some reason when you stop using an emote from this menu, the line of code that makes the hold animation start again, it works for the other players and suddenly they can see the animation

but if you unequip the tool and equip it again the animation is broken again

if you want I can send the script for the local script that triggers an emote, maybe the solution is there?? 😭

Phone is equipped (it pops up but no animation)

emote plays after clicking the button

emote is stopped and now the hold animation is here

[vestal agate]

Is your animation uploaded as an Action?
As a last resort you can always play it on the server instead, but it isn't ideal

[pale pasture]

yeah it is uploaded as an Action

[pale pasture]

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local tool = nil
while not tool do
tool = character:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Tool")
task.wait()
end
local hum = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Emote = hum:LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Emote)
local frame = script.Parent.Parent
local talk = frame.Talking
local play = frame.Playing

local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local Tool = character:WaitForChild("Phone")
local Idle = Tool.holdanim.Idle
local Idleplay = hum:LoadAnimation(Idle)

playing = false

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()

if playing == false then

    for i,v in character.Humanoid.Animator:GetPlayingAnimationTracks() do
        if v.Name == "Idle" then
            v:Stop()
        end
    end
    Emote:Play()
    talk.Visible = false
    play.Visible = false
    playing = true
elseif playing == true then
    Idleplay:Play()
    Emote:Stop()
    talk.Visible = true
    play.Visible = true
    playing = false
end

end)

tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
Idleplay:Stop()
Emote:Stop()
talk.Visible = true
play.Visible = true
playing = false
task.wait()
script:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA("ScreenGui"):Destroy()
end)

From what I see there's not much that's diffrent in how it finds and plays the animation in this script compared to the one inside the tool

[tidal sun]

local hum = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
Maybe try playing it on the animator instead of humanoid?

[pale pasture]

okay, I'll try

it didn't do anything 😭

[solar mist]

so the problem is that the phone equipped animation doesnt play?

[wintry viper]

the animation only plays for the client or is not playing?

[pale pasture]

yeah but only for others, for the player using the tool it actually plays

[pale pasture]

only for the client

[wintry viper]

hmmm

[pale pasture]

but it's this one that's broken

[solar mist]

where do u store the viewing and equip animations?

[solar mist]

since I would assume the viewing and equip animations would be right next to idle animation

[pale pasture]

the'res only one for holding the tool

[wintry viper]

have you tried using animator instead of humanoid

?

[pale pasture]

it's inside the local script

[wintry viper]

to play animations

[pale pasture]

yeah, it didn't change anything

[pale pasture]

if you mean the emotes, they are inside PlayerGui in the frame with the buttons

[solar mist]

hmmmm is equip and unequipping considered emotes in ur system?

[wintry viper]

maybe the problem is here that's stopping all Idle named animations

[solar mist]

I think what might be happening is that ur idle animation works since its parented to ur local script but the equip is parented to ur screengui which might not exist. Also your "unequipping animation" just looks like the default holding gear animation.

[wintry viper]

but actually idk because is playing in the client

[pale pasture]

no, these are the emotes, this gui is stored in ReplicatedStorage and when the phone is equipped it gets sent to PlayerGui

[pale pasture]

this script is not the problem that one is fine

[wintry viper]

if the animation is playing on the client it should be running to all players

[pale pasture]

I'm talking about this one

[solar mist]

do u mind if I just join ur game rq and just see?

[pale pasture]

what is your user?

[solar mist]

I think that will just be easier

[pale pasture]

yeah

[solar mist]

Rowdy_Monkey

[tight cedar]

can anyonehelp me

[solar mist]

2 seconds brochacho

[pale pasture]

also you missunderstood, there's no equip and unequip animation, there's only the hold one that is supposed to look like the default hold. I'm not really gonna explain why I made it that way, it's A LOT of context

[wintry viper]

is the idle equip animation looped?

[solar mist]

so when ur viewing the screen whats that meant to be?

thats the hold right?

[pale pasture]

yes

just a still non moving pose for the hand and the phone

[solar mist]

hmmm ok so u dont have any equip or unequip aniamtions

[wintry viper]

what you need?

[lucid laurel]

** You are now Level 4! **

[pale pasture]

yeah

[solar mist]

oh did u send invite for the game

[pale pasture]

I added you but we need to be added for you to edit

[solar mist]

oh ok

whats ur user?

[pale pasture]

boyngt6355

I sent a request

[solar mist]

aight got it

ill try join ur game and see rq

[pale pasture]

you should be able to now

[solar mist]

aighty can u invite

k

ok i see

which gear is it? the tablet right?

[pale pasture]

yup, the phone

[solar mist]

ok so the client is perfect right?

[pale pasture]

it's the one in serverstorage

yeah

[solar mist]

ok ill see how it looks for others now

[pale pasture]

there's no issues there

[pale pasture]

it's only the phone that has this so far

[solar mist]

man I hate the new stuido gui I gott afigure out how to run 2 players no brahhh

[pale pasture]

the book is the only one with animations so far

[pale pasture]

yeah same it kinda sucks getting used to

it's on the left, you can scroll on the test options

[solar mist]

yea I think I got it

ok yea I got two clients rn

okk I see so its just ur equipping animation that isnt replicating

ill just see if I can fix it now

[pale pasture]

thank you 😭

[tight cedar]

can anyone help me

[pale pasture]

I love working on studio but because of my huge lack of scripting abilities it's so unmotivating sometimes

[pale pasture]

with what?

[solar mist]

yea its tough when u start out

[tight cedar]

a realistic vr driving system

[pale pasture]

oh 😨

I know pretty much nothing about scripting so I can't help, sorry

[tight cedar]

ok

[pale pasture]

you should make a post asking for help with that

[tight cedar]

i dis

dis

did

[pale pasture]

if it was long ago maybe make a new one?

[tight cedar]

i just did it like 5 min ago

[pale pasture]

oh, you just gotta wait then and hope someone responds

[tight cedar]

alr

[pale pasture]

have you found out what's making this not work for the server?

[solar mist]

almost im just tryna figure out where the equip logic is I think I found it

[pale pasture]

okay 😨

if you're up to reading a bit, here's the context behind the tool being build in a weird way

https://discord.com/channels/448986884497211392/1445436242417287260

I found a tutorial and it worked, so I went with it

[solar mist]

hmmmm ngl this is cooking me hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[pale pasture]

I feel like my games are a curse

[lucid laurel]

** You are now Level 8! **

[pale pasture]

these difficult to explain issues happen all the time to me 😔

[solar mist]

hmmmmmm the phone is replcating but not trhe animation...... ill keep looking its probs something simple

[pale pasture]

I swear it's gonna end up being 1 typo I made 😭

[solar mist]

OHHH I think I know what it could be

so ur texting animations work sinceyou have netwrok ownership over ur play

player*

but I think with ur tool there might be some problem there with who owns it

[solar mist]

ill keep looking further but im pretty sure that could be it

[pale pasture]

um 😭

I can try reuploading the still frame?

maybe that'll fix it?

[solar mist]

what I mean is like who has control over it

[pale pasture]

I made it myself so it should be me

I made all the emotes too

[solar mist]

no I mean like when u have an unachored part the client usually has control over it

so the server doesnt have to the physics calculations for it

[pale pasture]

oh

[solar mist]

gimme 2 seconndsssss

ok finally fixed it lol

the problem was........you didnt have a handle for ur phone

thats it

[pale pasture]

omg 😭

[solar mist]

I just added a temp one there u can change it when u want

[pale pasture]

okay, thank you sooooo much!! 😭

😭

[solar mist]

no problem bro keep it u p