Attempt to index nil with 'Parent'

[Just2Terrify (J2T)]

Yo, I’m currently working on a ragdoll system that will clone the player when they die/respawn.

I know that there’s a simple answer to this, and that’s to have a check to make sure that the character isn’t nil. That still leaves me with the issue of cloning the player as they die/respawn.

The error is line 3. char:Clone().Parent = game.Workspace, this is happening due to the character instantly respawning… as you can see in the photo provided. I’m unsure of a good way to counter this, that’s also efficient to use.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterRemoving:Connect(function(char)
		char.Archivable = true;char:Clone().Parent = game.Workspace
	end)
end)

[Chocolatemilk221 (Choco)]

This error is happening because you are trying to clone the character when it doesn’t exist. Instead try player.CharacterAdded()

[targetframed (target)]

yup 100% agreed w choco.

not sure how to do it for each time the character resets but this works for everytime a player joins the game:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	wait() -- u gotta put a wait here otherwise ur character will be grey. this brings all the accessories.
	char.Archivable = true
	local copy = char:Clone()
	copy.Parent = workspace
end)

credits:

Copy player character when join

You need to set Archivable to true. game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait() char.Archivable = true local copy = char:Clone() copy.Parent = workspace end)

[Just2Terrify (J2T)]

@Chocolatemilk221 @targetframed

@targetframed

char.Archivable = true

Thank you for the information! I shall update my code accordingly…

Sorry, I worded this post poorly. I need to clone the character when the player dies/respawns. The error is line 3. char:Clone().Parent = game.Workspace, this is happening due to the character instantly respawning… as you can see in the photo provided above. Which is why I was using Character Removing.

Any ideas?

[targetframed (target)]

np!

i found this post which im reading thru it rn. it may help u

How do you clone a character model after a person has died? (please look at the source code)

My problem is quite simple but i’m having a lot of difficulty solving. I want to clone the player that dies and create a clone of it in workspace. The issue is, every time I try to create a clone of the character; It says that it’s nil which I know isn’t true due to the character model still being in the workspace and the script inside the player; [image] I’ve attempted rescripting the entire thing to the same error, I’ve tried calling it from a script outside of the player… leads to …

[Just2Terrify (J2T)]

This is my own post, I’ve already attempted this; and it doesn’t work sadly.

[Chocolatemilk221 (Choco)]

You could try to do the Humanoid.Died and then try to clone it. This will make the character be cloned the second the player dies.

[targetframed (target)]

oh damn i didnt read the username

[targetframed (target)]

i actually figured out what was going wrong. im pretty sure this is what ur looking for? when the character resets and on respawn their character will clone.

here’s the script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
	
	wait(.5)
	char.Archivable = true
	local copy = char:Clone()
	copy.Parent = workspace
	
end)
end)

[Just2Terrify (J2T)]

@targetframed @Chocolatemilk221
If you’re willing to help, I’ve created a mega thread regarding the issues. The Humanoid.Dieddoes work, but now the players character doesn’t respawn after dying.

Here’s the post where I’ll be continuing this.

Player doesn't respawn after death

Achieve I’m attempting to create a ragdoll system, and I’ve done multiple post regarding similar issues, but I’m just going to put everything here in one mega thread. Ragdoll Idea When a character is added; build the players ragdoll joints, Ragdoll the player if the ragdoll attribute is true, When a player dies/respawns, create a clone of the player, Ragdoll the clone, and change the characters camera to the clones head, Destroy the host body, before the player can respawn, When the player…