how do I tell if an addon i have is failed?
It will automatically disable itself when you start the server and will not run at all.
Green, start a server, wait until the part where you spawn, then quit the game.
Locate your console.log file and attach it to a post.
If you know what I'm talking about, open the console after you spawn and copy and paste this entire line into it:
localclientconnection.player.
giveDefaultEquipment();
Then tell us what happens so we know what's being messed with and know what add-on to look into.