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How do you play an animation while player is holding a tool?

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5 years ago

My goal is to have a water dispenser give a player a cup of water when touched and have an animation of them drinking from it play when a click is heard and the tool is equipped. I have encountered multiple forums answering this question, and I have done as much as getting the mouse input, loading the animation, and attempting to play it.

I also made sure that there is a Motor6D with Part0 as the RightHand and Part1 as the Handle of the tool.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ni52fn67mup3n4/Screenshot_25.png?dl=0

I have tried to troubleshoot the script by making it print to console in cases such as if a click was heard as well as then the animation was successfully started. The "click" was printed to the console each time on every click, but the text for when the animation should have run did not print. Just to be sure, I got rid of the "if" statement and left it as anim:Play(), with no luck.

Here is the animation local script:

1local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
2local mouse = player:GetMouse()
3local anim = player.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script:WaitForChild("DrinkAnim"))
4script.Parent.Equipped:connect(function(mouse)
5    mouse.Button1Down:connect(function()
6        print("click", player.Name)
7        if anim:Play() then print("it worked") end
8    end)
9end)

Here is the script for the water dispenser

01game.Workspace["Water Dispenser Model"].Touch.Touched:connect(function(otherPart)                                               
02    if otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then                                                                        
03        local playerName = otherPart.Parent.Name                                                                                
04        print(playerName, " touched the Water Dispenser")                                                                       
05        if not game.Players[playerName].Backpack:FindFirstChild("Cup") and not otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Cup") then
06            local cupTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Tools.Cup:Clone()
07            local rightHand = otherPart.Parent.RightHand
08            local connection = Instance.new("Motor6D", rightHand)   
09            connection.Name = "HandleMotor6D"
10            cupTool.Parent = game.Players[playerName].Backpack
11            connection.Part0 = rightHand
12            connection.Part1 = otherPart.Parent:WaitForChild("Cup"):WaitForChild("Handle")
13        end
14    end
15end)

Lastly, although it may be unnecessary, here is the script for proof that the tool isn't causing problems by itself:

01local toolLoad1 = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Handle")
02local toolLoad2 = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Water")
03if toolLoad1 and toolLoad2 then
04    warn("Cup tool LOADED")
05    script.Parent.Grip = CFrame.Angles(0,0,math.pi/2)
06    script.Parent.GripPos = Vector3.new(0,0.4,0.3)
07    local cupWeld = Instance.new("Weld", script.Parent)
08    cupWeld.Part0 = script.Parent.Handle
09    cupWeld.Part1 = script.Parent.Water
10    cupWeld.C1 = CFrame.new(-0.1,0,0)
11else
12    warn("Cup tool FAILED TO LOAD")
13end

2 answers

Answered by

ThEJuDgE1 5

5 years ago

I now understand what happened.

I recreated the animation to work with the Handle and added a head tilt, and the head was able to tilt. However, the player's right arm would not move.

I did some more research, specifically based on that the right arm wouldn't move, but I now see the issue: the priority level was set to Core, as oppose to Action.

In the Animation Editor plugin, there is an option saying "Set Priority Level," which should be set at "Core" by default. To perform an animation while holding a tool, use "Action" as the priority level.

My scripts were successful, so feel free to use them in anyway you'd like. This has been quite the learning experience!

Answered by

Avoxea 48

5 years ago

This is the script I use to load animations. It needs to be a local script inserted into the tool. You also need the Animation object, also inserted into the tool.

01debounce = false
02script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function(Mouse)
03    Mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
04        if debounce == false then
05            debounce = true
06            animation = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid:LoadAnimation(script.Parent.Animation)
07            animation:Play()
08            wait(1.5)
09            debounce = false
10        end
11    end)
12end)
13 
14script.Parent.Unequipped:Connect(function()
15        animation:Stop()
16end)

If you have already animated an animation, just copy and paste the ID into the animation object. If it can't access it, then it might be because you're trying to use an animation that's not yours. You have to make the animation yourself or use one from your Team Animations if you're scripting a group game.

The animation script is parented over the animation with the right ID. I'm wondering if the fact that the tool keeps moving between the character model and the player's backpack is a conflict. Also, I had something missing in my code before, which allowed the animation to play when the animation wasn't equipped, so it should be a valid animation. ThEJuDgE1 5 — 5y

How do you play an animation while player is holding a tool?

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