Load the player's character into a dummy in a localscript

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#1

So I want to load the player’s character into a dummy in a localscript. But I have no idea how.
I know there’s “GetHumanoidDescriptionFromUserId()” and “ApplyDescription()” for that, but that’s for server scripts only. And I want that the players see their character in the dummy.

Anybody knows how to do it?

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#2

So basically you want a clone of your target?

#3

Not fully sure what you are trying to exactly do but here’s something which might work:


-- Get the player's character
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

-- Get the dummy object to load the character into
local dummy = workspace.Dummy

-- Clone the character into the dummy
local clonedCharacter = character:Clone()
clonedCharacter.Parent = dummy
clonedCharacter:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(dummy.PrimaryPart.CFrame)

-- Disable the original character
character:Destroy()
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#4

I want to load the character’s appearance inside a dummy.

#5

This should work:

-- Get the player's character and humanoid description
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local humanoidDescription = character.Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()

-- Create a dummy part to display the appearance
local dummy = Instance.new("Part")
dummy.Size = Vector3.new(2, 3, 1)
dummy.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
dummy.Anchored = true
dummy.CanCollide = false
dummy.CFrame = CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0, 5, 0))
dummy.Parent = workspace

-- Apply the humanoid description to the dummy
local humanoid = Instance.new("Humanoid")
humanoid.Parent = dummy
local success, err = pcall(function()
    humanoid:ApplyDescription(humanoidDescription)
end)
if not success then
    warn("Failed to apply humanoid description: " .. tostring(err))
end
#6

humanoid:ApplyDescription() can only be called by the server.

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#7

Oh yes, my mistake.


-- Get the player's character
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character

-- Create a new Part instance to represent the dummy
local dummy = Instance.new("Part")
dummy.Name = "Dummy"
dummy.Anchored = true
dummy.CanCollide = false
dummy.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame
dummy.Parent = workspace

-- Clone the player's character model and parent it to the dummy part
local clonedCharacter = character:Clone()
clonedCharacter.Parent = dummy

-- Disable the player's character so it doesn't interfere with the dummy
character:Destroy()

This should hopefully work in a localscript.

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#8

You do still have to set the character’s Archivable to true in order to clone it. By default, a Player’s character’s Archivable is set to False.

#9

Not sure if I’m being dumb, but would this work?


-- Get the player's character
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character

-- Set the character's Archivable property to true
character.Archivable = true

-- Create a new Part instance to represent the dummy
local dummy = Instance.new("Part")
dummy.Name = "Dummy"
dummy.Anchored = true
dummy.CanCollide = false
dummy.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame
dummy.Parent = workspace

-- Clone the player's character model and parent it to the dummy part
local clonedCharacter = character:Clone()
clonedCharacter.Parent = dummy

-- Disable the player's character so it doesn't interfere with the dummy
character:Destroy()
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