So i'm using scripts from a tutorial I watched about how to make tools get picked up by pressing E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtQmj3YgLnE&t=(you don't have to watch the whole thing to understand my problem)). It works perfect normally, but I added some code to it for throwing the tool if you press E again but while holding a tool. I noticed that just parenting the tool to the workspace like when you press backspace to drop it makes it just float in the air for a bit before the script makes it move, so I had to clone it instead to make it work. Here's the code for throwing the tool if that helps:

if player.tool.Value == true then
				local tool = char:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Tool")
				local Handle = tool.Handle
				throwAnimationTrack:Play()
				throwAnimationTrack:GetMarkerReachedSignal("throwWeapon"):Connect(function()
					local direction = char.LeftHand.CFrame.LookVector
					local orientation = tool.Handle.Orientation
					local thrownTool = tool:Clone()	
					tool:Destroy()
					thrownTool.BodyAngularVelocity.AngularVelocity = Vector3.new(0,0,10)
					thrownTool.Handle.CanCollide = true
					thrownTool.Handle.Position = char.RightHand.Position + direction * 2.5
					thrownTool.Parent = workspace.tools
					local Thrown = true
					thrownTool.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(part)
						local partParent = part.parent
						local otherHumanoid = partParent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Humanoid")
						if(otherHumanoid and Thrown == true) then
							if(part.Name == "Head") then
								otherHumanoid:TakeDamage(40)
							else
								otherHumanoid:TakeDamage(20)
							end
							Thrown = false
							recoilModule.Recoil(partParent)
						end
						Thrown = false
					end)
					while (Thrown == true) do
						thrownTool.Handle.Velocity = Vector3.new(direction.x,direction.y -0.4,0) * 70
						wait()
					end
				end)
				player.tool.Value = false
			else

I realized that after you throw the tool, you are unable to pick it back up again, so I put some print statements to try to find out why this was happening:

in local script

if tool then
					print(tool)
                	event:FireServer(tool)
                	ToolImage.Visible = false
                end

in server script

re.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, tool)
	print(tool)
    local mag = (tool:WaitForChild("Handle").Position - plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude
    if mag < 5 then
        tool.Parent = plr.Backpack
    end
end)

Normally, both of these print statements print "tool" like they're supposed to because that's the name of the tool. However, after you throw the weapon, only the first print in the part where it fires the event prints tool. The other one prints nil. Somehow, even though i'm putting the tool into the parameters, it comes out on the other script as nil. I am pretty sure this is because I cloned the tool (if not that then probably something else in the code for throwing it). Can someone tell me why this is, or how i can throw the tool without having to clone it?

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good old youtube

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