Please help 😭 tool animation plays only for the client

[quasi star]

I don't know what to do anymore. I had this issue 8 days ago and it's broken again, I didn't even change anything. This issue is draining me mentally since I can't find a way to fix this and it's been weeks. I'll glady give permissions to anyone who wants to try and help with the issue in studio. This is the local script inside the tool, that plays the animation

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

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

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

local IdleAnim = script:WaitForChild("Idle")
local IdleTrack = animator:LoadAnimation(IdleAnim)

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)

[still slate]

are u using a local script?

bcz if so i recommend putting all the animations part in a regular one cuz the local script just appears for the client

[potent wedge]

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[still slate]

who are u

[quasi star]

yeah

[quasi star]

I tried that a while ago, and I ended up getting an error

lemmie send it, wait a sec

[quasi star]

this is the error

Players.boyngt6355.Backpack.Phone.Script:5: attempt to index nil with 'Character'

and this is the line it sends me to

local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

[hexed snow]

nah u are supposed to use a local script

[potent wedge]

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[hexed snow]

network ownership should replicate animations

if the equipped event is working and the animation is getting loaded

@quasi star the problem is probably the animation being r6/r15 and the rig you're loading it on being the opposite

check that

[delicate flint]

do it on server

if you want it to be smoother

then you use fireallcleint and play animation there

that way it will replicate animation in every client

and everyone will see

but most likely you will need to use animation event on the server so i jsut do it on the server

atleast for abilities

[hexed snow]

where do you learn this is the best method

if you play directly from client it will always be smoother than from server

and if you do it on server you don't need to fire to all clients cuz it's auto replicated ✌️😭

[delicate flint]

bro 💔

who does that 💀

[hexed snow]

dawg nobody plays animations on server side

that's just bad

[delicate flint]

sure thing bro

you just never did a proper system gango

[hexed snow]

even if you need the signal from server then you would still play on client side

[delicate flint]

?

you cant access the animation in the server mate

what

are you like

1 month experienced?

chillax bro

[hexed snow]

didn't you JUST say playing animations on server is better?

holy ragebait

[quasi star]

that's impossible since, I made the anim on an r6 rig and the game has forced r6

[delicate flint]

i dont think you understand

🥀

nvm

you'll learn when you get better

🆙

[hexed snow]

.

bros gotta learn better english

[oak mango]

if you still have a problem lmk

[quasi star]

well, I still haven't figured out the issue, do you have any ideas on how this might be fixed?

This situation has been a total mess

if you'd like I can give you permissions, so you can check it out in studio

[oak mango]

no i know the problem

i had it before

here's a forum thread that explains it

https://devforum.roblox.com/t/animating-character-only-plays-on-client-but-not-to-the-server/1866257/2

i personally just load all anims when the player joins the game and put them all in the list (with a for loop for example)

and i index them by name so when i want to play an anim i do something like AnimList[AnimName]:Play()

and AnimList[AnimName] = Anim:LoadAnimation()

[quasi star]

I'm very beginner level scripting so I might be wrong, but from what I understand, I gotta make a module that loads animations when the player joins, and when I want to use an animation from inside the module, I gotta use the command you said?

also sorry for taking so long to respond, I've been very busy lately

[oak mango]

no just a table

you dont need a module

AnimTable = {}
function LoadAnimations (animationFolder)
for _,anim in animationFolder:GetChildren() do
AnimTable[anim.Name] = Animator:LoadAnimation(anim)
end
end

this is the most simplified version of what i am talking about