<div id="topic-title"> <h1> <a href="/t/best-way-to-replicate-animations-from-character-to-viewmodel/2279314">Best way to replicate animations from character to viewmodel?</a> </h1> <div class="topic-category" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/BreadcrumbList"> <span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a href="https://devforum.roblox.com/c/help-and-feedback/54" class="badge-wrapper bullet" itemprop="item"> <span class='badge-category-bg' style='background-color: #99DAFF'></span> <span class='badge-category clear-badge'> <span class='category-name' itemprop='name'>Help and Feedback</span> </span> </a> <meta itemprop="position" content="1" /> </span> <span itemprop="itemListElement" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ListItem"> <a href="https://devforum.roblox.com/c/help-and-feedback/scripting-support/55" class="badge-wrapper bullet" itemprop="item"> <span class='badge-category-bg' style='background-color: #D64F4F'></span> <span class='badge-category clear-badge'> <span class='category-name' itemprop='name'>Scripting Support</span> </span> </a> <meta itemprop="position" content="2" /> </span> </div> <div class="topic-category"> <div class='discourse-tags list-tags'> <a href='https://devforum.roblox.com/tag/scripting' class='discourse-tag' rel="tag">scripting</a> </div> </div> </div> <div id='post_1' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <div itemprop='publisher' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop='name' content='Developer Forum | Roblox'> <div itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop='url' content='https://devforum-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/5X/c/3/2/5/c325b8f46fd0b3c5b418b005b66c7af661539d44.png'> </div> </div> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://devforum.roblox.com/u/aeroactual'><span itemprop='name'>aeroactual</span></a> (clive) </span> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/best-way-to-replicate-animations-from-character-to-viewmodel/2279314"> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-04-09T19:07:51Z' class='post-time'> April 9, 2023, 7:07pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-04-09T19:07:51Z'> <span itemprop='position'>#1</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'> <p>i wanna make a viewmodel that plays and replicates all animations of the chartacter</p> <p>the viewmodel will just be the characters arms and you can only see in first person</p> <p>i wanna make it so you can always see the viewmodel even without tools in first person</p> <p>ik how to get a viewmodel working but how could i replicate all animations 1 to 1 from the characters arms to viewmodels arms</p> <p>maybe a script that copies cframes over? or something to do with watching what anims play and replicate it to viewmodel but then it’d be glitchy maybe</p> </div> <meta itemprop='headline' content='Best way to replicate animations from character to viewmodel?'> <meta itemprop='keywords' content='scripting'> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1" /> <span class='post-likes'>1 Like</span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> </div> </div> <div id='post_2' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <div itemprop='publisher' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop='name' content='Developer Forum | Roblox'> <div itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop='url' content='https://devforum-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/5X/c/3/2/5/c325b8f46fd0b3c5b418b005b66c7af661539d44.png'> </div> </div> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://devforum.roblox.com/u/dthecoolest'><span itemprop='name'>dthecoolest</span></a> (dthecoolest) </span> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/best-way-to-replicate-animations-from-character-to-viewmodel/2279314"> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-04-09T19:21:40Z' class='post-time'> April 9, 2023, 7:21pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-04-09T19:21:40Z'> <span itemprop='position'>#2</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'> <aside class="quote quote-modified" data-post="39" data-topic="360916"> <div class="title"> <div class="quote-controls"></div> <img loading="lazy" alt="" width="20" height="20" src="https://doy2mn9upadnk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/devforum.roblox.com/colbert2677/40/4233038_2.png" class="avatar"> <a href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/how-do-i-replicate-real-arm-movements-to-fake-arms-viewmodel/360916/39">How do I replicate Real Arm movements to Fake Arms (ViewModel)?</a> <a class="badge-wrapper bullet" href="/c/help-and-feedback/scripting-support/55"><span class="badge-category-parent-bg" style="background-color: #99DAFF;"></span><span class="badge-category-bg" style="background-color: #D64F4F;"></span><span style="" data-drop-close="true" class="badge-category clear-badge" title="This is a support category for help on everything related to scripting on the Roblox platform, from extremely basic to even the most technical of issues.">Scripting Support</span></a> </div> <blockquote> I whipped up a repro in a couple of minutes in the concept of the view model you’re currently attempting to achieve. I had to make a few respective adjustments from what I suggested to accomodate for R6 rigs. Namely, the following was done: Changed HumanoidRootPart to Torso, as all character limbs are held in the Torso for R6 rigs I used the transform method rather than my originally suggested AnimationPlayed method In addition to all this, I went ahead and created a rough rig that has … </blockquote> </aside> </div> <meta itemprop='headline' content='Best way to replicate animations from character to viewmodel?'> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="1" /> </div> </div> <div id='post_3' itemscope itemtype='http://schema.org/DiscussionForumPosting' class='topic-body crawler-post'> <div class='crawler-post-meta'> <div itemprop='publisher' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Organization"> <meta itemprop='name' content='Developer Forum | Roblox'> <div itemprop='logo' itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject"> <meta itemprop='url' content='https://devforum-uploads.s3.dualstack.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/uploads/original/5X/c/3/2/5/c325b8f46fd0b3c5b418b005b66c7af661539d44.png'> </div> </div> <span class="creator" itemprop="author" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a itemprop="url" href='https://devforum.roblox.com/u/aeroactual'><span itemprop='name'>aeroactual</span></a> (clive) </span> <link itemprop="mainEntityOfPage" href="https://devforum.roblox.com/t/best-way-to-replicate-animations-from-character-to-viewmodel/2279314"> <span class="crawler-post-infos"> <time itemprop='datePublished' datetime='2023-04-09T19:33:37Z' class='post-time'> April 9, 2023, 7:33pm </time> <meta itemprop='dateModified' content='2023-04-09T19:33:37Z'> <span itemprop='position'>#3</span> </span> </div> <div class='post' itemprop='articleBody'> <p>thanks</p> <p>for tools what would i need to do? would it be another version of the viewmodel but the tool put inside</p> </div> <meta itemprop='headline' content='Best way to replicate animations from character to viewmodel?'> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/LikeAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> <span class='post-likes'></span> </div> <div itemprop="interactionStatistic" itemscope itemtype="http://schema.org/InteractionCounter"> <meta itemprop="interactionType" content="http://schema.org/CommentAction"/> <meta itemprop="userInteractionCount" content="0" /> </div> </div>