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NeutralEnergy is not online. NeutralEnergy
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10 Oct 2016 10:52 AM
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local healthScript = character:WaitForChild('Health')
healthScript:Destroy()

what does the method WaitForChild do?


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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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10 Oct 2016 10:53 AM
it's like findfirstchild except it waits for the child if it doesn't yet exist, whereas findfirstchild would just return nil
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NeutralEnergy is not online. NeutralEnergy
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10 Oct 2016 10:56 AM
why can't the script use FindFirstChild then?


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AggressiveCatch is not online. AggressiveCatch
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10 Oct 2016 11:06 AM
because the health script might not be created instantly when the character spawns, and so waitforchild prevents the script from erroring if that were to happen
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