attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'?
I'm making a death animations script and upon testing, the error
Workspace.Character.DeathAnims:4:attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'
appears in the output
local char = script.Parent
local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local backUpChar = char:Clone()
backUpChar:WaitForChild("DeathAnims"):Destroy()
hum.Died:Connect(function()
local deathPos = char.HumanoidRootPart.Position
local deathOri = char.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation
local bac = backUpChar:Clone()
local destme = char
script.Parent = bac.Humanoid
destme:Destroy()
bac.Parent = workspace
bac.HumanoidRootPart.Position = deathPos
bac.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation = deathOri
bac:MakeJoints()
hum = bac.Humanoid
hum.HealthDisplayDistance = 0
hum.MaxHealth = math.huge
hum.Health = math.huge
local death_Anim = Instance.new("Animation")
death_Anim.AnimationId = 'rbxassetid://4643698669'
local track = hum:LoadAnimation(death_Anim)
--script.Parent.Parent.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = true
track.Priority = Enum.AnimationPriority.Action
track:Play()
wait(0.66)
hum.Health = 0
script:Destroy()
end)
3 answers
Ooh this is good example of Roblox properties messing with people.
Characters automatically come with their Archivable property off, which means it cannot be cloned without turning the property back on first. All you need to do to fix up your script is: before your WaitForChild line which errors, set char.Archivable to true.
If you wanna know more about the property there is more on the dev wiki here.
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I recommend using Find First Child
backUpChar:FindFirstChild("DeathAnims"):Destroy()
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I have had this same type of problem, I did some research and found out that "WaitForChild()" has a "TimeOut" feature meaning you can set how long you want is to wait for:
the "10" represents however long you want it
WaitForChild("Name To Search For", 10)