How to make a player have a different outfit based on the first letter of their name

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 12:16am

What I want to accomplish is a system that replaces a players character with a custom character. I want everyones character to be different based on what the first letter of their username is.
For instance, starting from A-F would be a green tuxedo and a Green Banded Top Hat. G-M would be a Blue Tuxedo and Blue Banded Top hat, and so forth. How would I do this?

mari230899 · August 15, 2023, 12:50am

You can use this code as a base for the other letters

local InsertService = game:GetService("InsertService")
local column1 = {12713819184, {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"}}
-- 12713819184 is the accessory id

task.wait(4)
for index, plr in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
	local letter = string.lower(string.sub(plr.Name, 1, 1))
	local character = plr.Character
	
	if table.find(column1[2], letter) then
		local accessory = InsertService:LoadAsset(column1[1]):GetChildren()[1]
		character.Humanoid:AddAccessory(accessory)
	end
end

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 12:51am

Gotcha, Would I just add onto the columns with the clothing ids? or would I have to do something else for that?

mari230899 · August 15, 2023, 12:53am

This code only supports one accessory, you would have to create more variables like column2 and column3 and change the letters.

Copying this obviously

if table.find(column1[2], letter) then -- change column1 with 2 and so on
	local accessory = InsertService:LoadAsset(column1[1]):GetChildren()[1]
	character.Humanoid:AddAccessory(accessory)
end

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 12:59am

place the default characters in repstorage and name them Char1, Char2…
insert a localscript in starterplayerscripts:

local Char1 = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
local Char2 = {"G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M"}
local Char3 = --finish this off and possibly Char4

function loadCharacter(char)
   local clonedChar = repstorage[char]:Clone()
   clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
   clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
   local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
   local firstChar = player.Name:sub(1, 1)
   if table.find(Char1, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char1")
   elseif table.find(Char2, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char2")
   elseif table.find(Char3, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char3")
   end
   player.CharacterAdded:Once(function(character)
      player:LoadCharacter()
   end)
end)

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 1:00am

yes, if you have Char4, modify the code to allow it

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 1:08am

On line 7, there’s an error for ReplicatedStorage even though it’s made a variable in Line 13, why is that?

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 1:11am

oh sorry my mistake

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Char1 = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
local Char2 = {"G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M"}
local Char3 = --finish this off and possibly Char4

function loadCharacter(char)
   local clonedChar = repstorage[char]:Clone()
   clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
   clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
   local firstChar = player.Name:sub(1, 1)
   if table.find(Char1, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char1")
   elseif table.find(Char2, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char2")
   elseif table.find(Char3, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char3")
   end
   player.CharacterAdded:Once(function(character)
      player:LoadCharacter()
   end)
end)

if you don’t want to make the modifications again, just move the variable to the top of the script

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 1:17am

It doesn’t function as intended. The player doesn’t change into the desired character. It doesn’t give any errors and I’m not sure whats wrong with the script because of it.

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 1:23am

It is probably the startercharacter not loading fast enough.
use this instead

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Char1 = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
local Char2 = {"G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M"}
local Char3 = --finish this off and possibly Char4

function loadCharacter(char)
   local clonedChar = repstorage[char]:Clone()
   clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
   clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end

function waitAndLoadChar(player)
   repeat task.wait() until game.StarterPlayer:FindFirstChild("StarterCharacter") ~= nil
   player:LoadCharacter()
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
   if game.StarterPlayer:FindFirstChild("StarterCharacter") then game.StarterPlayer.StarterCharacter:Destroy() end
   local firstChar = player.Name:sub(1, 1)
   if table.find(Char1, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char1")
   elseif table.find(Char2, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char2")
   elseif table.find(Char3, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char3")
   end
   player.CharacterAdded:Once(function()
      coroutine.wrap(waitAndLoadChar)(player)
   end)
end)

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 1:28am

I now get this error, and I’m not sure what parsing is

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 1:36am

show me the current script so that i can modify, seeing that the error came from line 6, you probably made a mistake when making modifications

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 1:39am

Nevermind, I fixed it. But it’s still not functioning as intended.
Here is the full script with every letter:

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Char1 = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
local Char2 = {"G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M"}
local Char3 = {"N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T"}
local Char4 = {"U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"}

function loadCharacter(char)
   local clonedChar = repstorage[char]:Clone()
   clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
   clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end

function waitAndLoadChar(player)
   repeat task.wait() until game.StarterPlayer:FindFirstChild("StarterCharacter") ~= nil
   player:LoadCharacter()
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
   if game.StarterPlayer:FindFirstChild("StarterCharacter") then game.StarterPlayer.StarterCharacter:Destroy() end
   local firstChar = player.Name:sub(1, 1)
   if table.find(Char1, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char1")
   elseif table.find(Char2, firstChar) then
      loadCharacter("Char2")
   elseif table.find(Char3, firstChar) then
	loadCharacter("Char3")
	elseif table.find(Char4, firstChar) then
	loadCharacter("Char4")
   end
   player.CharacterAdded:Once(function()
      coroutine.wrap(waitAndLoadChar)(player)
   end)
end)

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 1:48am

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Char1 = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
local Char2 = {"G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M"}
local Char3 = {"N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T"}
local Char4 = {"U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"}

function loadCharacter(char)
   local clonedChar = repstorage["Char"..tostring(char)]:Clone()
   clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
   clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end

function waitAndLoadChar()
   game.StarterPlayer:WaitForChild("StarterCharacter")
   player:LoadCharacter()
end

if game.StarterPlayer:FindFirstChild("StarterCharacter") then game.StarterPlayer.StarterCharacter:Destroy() end
local firstChar = player.Name:sub(1, 1)
if table.find(Char1, firstChar) then
   loadCharacter(1)
elseif table.find(Char2, firstChar) then
   loadCharacter(2)
elseif table.find(Char3, firstChar) then
   loadCharacter(3)
elseif table.find(Char4, firstChar) then
   loadCharacter(4)
end

player.PlayerAdded:Once(function()
   coroutine.wrap(waitAndLoadChar)()
end)

few adjustments and also removed things that aren’t really ‘good’ for client sided scripts

roastbeefdevourer42 · August 15, 2023, 2:14am

Here is the adjusted script with some stuff changed around.

local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Column1 = {"A", "B", "C", "D", "E", "F"}
local Column2 = {"G", "H", "I", "J", "K", "L", "M"}
local Column3 = {"N", "O", "P", "Q", "R", "S", "T"}
local Column4 = {"U", "V", "W", "X", "Y", "Z"}

function loadCharacter(Character)
	local clonedChar = repstorage["Character"..tostring(Character)]:Clone()
	clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
	clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end

function waitAndLoadChar()
	game.StarterPlayer:WaitForChild("StarterCharacter")
	player:LoadCharacter()
end

if game.StarterPlayer:FindFirstChild("StarterCharacter") then game.StarterPlayer.StarterCharacter:Destroy() end
local firstChar = player.Name:sub(1, 1)
if table.find(Column1, firstChar) then
	loadCharacter(1)
elseif table.find(Column2, firstChar) then
	loadCharacter(2)
elseif table.find(Column3, firstChar) then
	loadCharacter(3)
elseif table.find(Column4, firstChar) then
	loadCharacter(4)
end

player.PlayerAdded:Once(function()
	coroutine.wrap(waitAndLoadChar)()
end)

This does now produce a valid error, that being this:

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 2:43am

oop, just replace player.PlayerAdded with game.Players.PlayerAdded

weakroblox35 · August 15, 2023, 3:22am

So many elseifs for what?

function CheckForOutfit(str)
	return ServerStorage.Outfits:FindFirstChild(str) -- I presume you're holding outfits here?
end
print(CheckForOutfit(("LPlayerName"):sub(1,1))) -- This will return L, you can utilize it.

remcodesremcodes · August 15, 2023, 3:24am

it’s clientsided,
he has 4 outfits for multiple letters and not individual

weakroblox35 · August 15, 2023, 3:27am

If it’s clientsided then he can just do this?

function CheckForInstance(str,parent)
	for _,v in parent:GetChildren() do -- Ideally please store outfits in a folder!
		if tostring(v):sub(1,#str):match(str) then
			return v
		end
	end
	return nil
end
		
function loadCharacter(str)
	if CheckForInstance(str, repstorage) == nil then return end
	local clonedChar = CheckForInstance(str, repstorage):Clone()
	clonedChar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
	clonedChar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
end
loadCharacter(Player.Name:sub(1,1))