Best method of checking when the player respawns on the client?

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#1

Hi all,

I’m looking to find the best way of basically using the CharacterAdded event on the client. Due to how the player loads before a localscript detecting if there is a new player can start, it skips over the localplayer. Here is my code on Pastebin. Problem is, it doesn’t fire the event at all. Are there any other methods, possibly better ones?

Thanks,
Crystalflxme

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#2

So real quick, where are you putting the local script? I’m asking because this affects when the script is loaded.
In order of when local scripts start running:

  1. ReplicatedFirst

  2. StarterPlayerScripts

  • CharacterAdded event
  1. StarterCharacterScripts
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#4

My localscript is in PlayerGui.

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#5

So any content in the StarterGui will only load after the character spawns, and never beforehand. You can test this by turning off the CharacterAutoLoads property in the Players, and the Gui won’t load when you click Play.
You can fix this by putting your script in StarterPlayerScripts and waiting for your Guis when the event fires:

game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
	character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

	-- new code
	local mainGameGui = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("MainGameGuis")
	local shop = mainGameGui:WaitForChild("Shop")

	character.Humanoid.Changed:Connect(function()
		if PointWithinArea(character.HumanoidRootPart.Position, shopArea) then
			shop.Visible = true
		else
			shop.Visible = false
		end
	end)
end)
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LocalPlayer Added?
#6

Tested, works great! Thank you.

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