Detect everytime local player dies in server script

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#1 
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local flashEvent = rs:WaitForChild("FlashEvent")
local players = game.Players.LocalPlayer

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	players = player
end)

local character = players.Character or players.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local ViewModelValue = game.StarterGui.VIEWMODEL.Values.ViewModelValue.ViewModel
local FlashlightViewModelValue = game.StarterGui.VIEWMODEL.Values.ViewModelValue.Flashlight
local flashlight = nil

flashEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	flashlight = player.Character.HumanoidRootPart:FindFirstChild("SurfaceLight")
	if not flashlight then	
		ViewModelValue.Value = true
		FlashlightViewModelValue.Value = true
		local flashlight = Instance.new("SurfaceLight")
		flashlight.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		flashlight.Brightness = 1
		flashlight.Angle = 99
		flashlight.Range = 50
		flashlight.Parent = player.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	else
		ViewModelValue.Value = false
		FlashlightViewModelValue.Value = false
		flashlight:Destroy()
	end
end)

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if players and character and character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and character.Humanoid.Health <= 0 then
		flashlight:Destroy()
	end
end)

Here is my current script, I would like to destroy Flashlight if the player dies, Please help me

#2

Since the server doesn’t have a local player, you need to use a remote to tell the server when they died.

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#3

Or just use Humanoid.Died…?

#4

You could do this but a remote would let you change the timing or information sent to the server.

#7

You don’t have to do that, bruh. As previously said, you can use Humanoid.Died in the server script directly. When the local player dies, the Humanoid.Died has almost the same role. Every time a player dies, Humanoid.Died detects it. If you want to check in a localscript, you’d have to utilize remotes, which is pointless.

#8

I’d use a Humanoid.Died connection, also you shouldn’t be doing “local Players = game.Players.LocalPlayer” in a server-script as it wouldn’t work, this would only work in a LocalScript, here’s a better way to do it (Edit it as you will as I don’t think It would function in your game perfectly fine)

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local FlashEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("FlashEvent")

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local StarterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
    Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
        local HumanoidRootPart = Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
        assert(HumanoidRootPart, "Couldn't find HumanoidRootPart")

        local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
        assert(Humanoid, "Couldn't find Humanoid")

        Humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
            if HumanoidRootPart:FindFirstChild("SurfaceLight") then
                HumanoidRootPart.SurfaceLight:Destroy()
            end
        end)
    end)
end)

local ViewModelValue = StarterGui:FindFirstChild("VIEWMODEL").Values.ViewModelValue.ViewModel
local FlashlightViewModelValue = StarterGui:FindFirstChild("VIEWMODEL").Values.ViewModelValue.Flashlight

FlashEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player)
    local HumanoidRootPart = Player.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
    assert(HumanoidRootPart, "Couldn't find HumanoidRootPart")

    local Flashlight = HumanoidRootPart:FindFirstChild("SurfaceLight")
    if not Flashlight then    
        ViewModelValue.Value = true
        FlashlightViewModelValue.Value = true
        local SurfaceLight = Instance.new("SurfaceLight")
        SurfaceLight.Color = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
        SurfaceLight.Brightness = 1
        SurfaceLight.Angle = 99
        SurfaceLight.Range = 50
        SurfaceLight.Parent = HumanoidRootPart
    else
        ViewModelValue.Value = false
        FlashlightViewModelValue.Value = false
        Flashlight:Destroy()
    end
end)
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