Accessories becoming visible when I respawn

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#1

i want to make a ‘pseudo 3D’ effect by making the character invisible and attaching a part with a SurfaceGui to it. there’s one thing keeping me from moving forward, though: even after setting the transparency of the accessories to 1, they still appear after i reset my character.

what my script currently looks like 
-- accessories still just decide to load in. DESPITE me looping through the descendants

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

--\\ character setup
local client = Players.LocalPlayer
local currentCam = workspace.CurrentCamera
local originalTransparency = {}
local testPart = workspace:WaitForChild("test-part") -- fake sprite for testing purposes (NOT real)
local connection

--\\ functions
local function toggleItem(target: Model, visible: boolean)
	if visible then
		print(`making {target} visible`)

		for _, descendant in target:GetDescendants() do
			if (descendant:IsA("BasePart") or descendant:IsA("MeshPart") or descendant:IsA("Decal")) and originalTransparency[descendant] then
				descendant.Transparency = originalTransparency[descendant]
			end
		end
	else
		for _, descendant in target:GetDescendants() do
			if (descendant:IsA("BasePart") or descendant:IsA("MeshPart") or descendant:IsA("Decal")) then
				if originalTransparency[descendant] == nil then
					print(`storing the transparency of {descendant}`)
					originalTransparency[descendant] = descendant.Transparency
				end
				descendant.Transparency = 1
				print(`transparency set for: {descendant}`)
			elseif descendant:IsA("Accessory") then
				local handle = descendant:FindFirstChild("Handle")
				if handle and handle:IsA("BasePart") then
					if originalTransparency[handle] == nil then
						print(`storing the transparency of {handle}`)
						originalTransparency[handle] = handle.Transparency
					end
					handle.Transparency = 1
					print(`transparency set for: {handle}`)
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

local function loadCharacter(char)
	-- disconnect existing connection if character respawns
	if connection then 
		connection:Disconnect() 
	end

	local root = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	toggleItem(char, false) -- make character invisible

	--\\ runtime (sync camera's y rotation with test part)
	connection = RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
		local camCFrame = currentCam.CFrame
		local _, camYRot, _ = camCFrame:ToEulerAnglesYXZ() -- gimme that y-axis rotation
		local partPos = root.Position

		-- apply y rotation of the camera to the part, maintaining its position
		testPart.CFrame = CFrame.new(partPos) * CFrame.Angles(0, camYRot, 0)
	end)
end

--\\ LOAD THIS GOOBER
client.CharacterAdded:Connect(loadCharacter)

if client.Character then -- if character is already loaded (e.g., on the first run), load the character
	loadCharacter(client.Character)
end
#2

I tested it out and it works perfectly fine. Are the prints executing even after resetting? Where is your LocalScript located at?

The character could also have a slight delay to fully load, try listening for the CharacterAppearanceLoaded instead:

client.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Connect(loadCharacter)
#3

my LocalScript was in the StarterGui. the messages did print after i reset, but my accessories were still being ignored. using CharacterAppearanceLoaded fixed the issue. thanks!