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Bad argument #1 to 'Connect' (RBX Script Signal expected, got function)?

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local re = script.Parent:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")
local Animation = script:WaitForChild("Animation")
local an
local Attacked = false
local cooldown = 8
local Range = 100
local pause = function() an:AdjustSpeed(0)end

function windBlast(player,actionName, userInputState, inputObject)
	local char = player.Character
	local hum = char.Humanoid
	if userInputState == Enum.UserInputState.Begin and Attacked == false then
		Attacked = true
		an = hum:LoadAnimation(Animation)
		an:AdjustSpeed(0.2)
		an:GetMarkerReachedSignal("In").Connect(pause)
		an:Play()
	elseif userInputState == Enum.UserInputState.End and Attacked == true then
		an:AdjustSpeed(1)
		wait(cooldown)
		Attacked = false
	end
end

re.OnServerEvent:connect(windBlast)

So basically i am getting an weird error its this part here an:GetMarkerReachedSignal("In").Connect(pause) the Parameter is a "Strings" and returns RBXScriptSignal

at first i thought it was the server script so i tried a localscript but still got the same error.

I am unsure whats happening here any sugestions?

Anonymous

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The error is the dot instead of a colon in the Connect call. If you want it to just work, replace it with a colon like this:

an:GetMarkerReachedSignal("In"):Connect(pause)
--                             ^

The colon operator is shorthand for calling a method of an object, with the object as the first argument. So these two statements are the same for any method:

Part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)
Part.Touched.Connect(Part.Touched, onTouched)

A second error I'm assuming after that is AdjustSpeed is not a valid member of an, because the definition of pause happens before an is set to a non-nil value. Maybe. But it's bad practice anyway, so what I'd recommend you to do is to just define the function in the :Connect() call, like so:

an:GetMarkerReachedSignal("In"):Connect(function()
	an:AdjustSpeed(0)
end)

Hope that helps!

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