can CharacterAdded load once like wanna load the item when the character load .
cuz its not working with
CharactedAdded
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do u mean CharacterLoaded or something then an item summons in?
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It fires once the character spawns, and fires again when the character respawns, if that’s what you’re asking.
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yes , i dont want it fire it again when i respawn
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Might not be possible, but correct me if I’m wrong.
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You can use this:
Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
--Code
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You could use what the post above says:
Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
But do note that it yields the thread meaning any code past that won’t run until the character has loaded. A better solution I would use is:
local Connection; Connection = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
— Your code here.
Connection:Disconnect()
end)
This creates a new connection and disconnects immediately after the event has been fired and the code above it has finished running. This runs only once.
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Please could you be more specific about what you are asking and please could you clearly explain what you are trying to do. There could possibly be a better solution to do what you are trying to do.
As for what I am understanding about your question the CharacterAdded event fires every time the character object is added to the game. This means directly using the character added event wont be a viable solution. However the PlayerAdded event only fires when the player joins the game and not again through the play session. This means you could utilise this event to do what you are trying to do when the character first joins the game. See the code below to get a better idea of what I am talking about:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
local Character = Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() -- Waits for the character to be added and returns the character object
-- Code: What you want to do when the character is first added
end)
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why local Connection;Connection
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Good question. If you mean why I’m not just doing local connection, it’s because the variable can’t be accessed since it’s in a different scope. If you mean why I am typing it on one line, it’s just a preference because why use two lines when one line works and it’s readable.
You could do:
local connection
connection =
It’s mostly just a preference.
The semi colon is used to separate the created variable and when I set the variable. The semi colon must be there if your using the one-line way.
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You don’t even need to do this, you can just in a script, have it do local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() and then run the code once, without having to connect to the function then disconnect it.
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Like I said earlier, that isn’t recommended as it yields the current thread. Using an event also makes it way more flexible and you can pretty much use it anywhere without yielding the code. The question also wasn’t about getting the character.
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did i do anything wrong in here?
local Connection;function cloneBackpackToCharacter(Player)
local equipped = Player.Inventory.EquippedBackpack
local clone = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Backpacks"):FindFirstChild(equipped.Value):Clone()
clone.Name = "Backpack"
clone.Parent = Player.Character
Connection:Disconnect()
end
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A few things. First of all, I don’t see an event connection in there. Second, you are creating the variable but you aren’t setting it to the event connection when it’s created. Try this instead:
local Connection; Connection = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
local equipped = Player.Inventory.EquippedBackpack
local clone = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Backpacks"):FindFirstChild(equipped.Value):Clone()
clone.Name = "Backpack"
clone.Parent = Character
Connection:Disconnect()
end)
Just make sure that you have “Player” defined somewhere above this. Again sorry for the horrible format. (I’m on mobile).
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oh cuz this is one of the function of this saving script
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local EquippedData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("EquippedData")
local BackpackData = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("BackpackData")
local Connection;function cloneBackpackToCharacter(Player)
local equipped = Player.Inventory.EquippedBackpack
local clone = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Backpacks"):FindFirstChild(equipped.Value):Clone()
clone.Name = "Backpack"
clone.Parent = Player.Character
end
local function SaveBackpack(Player)
local backpacks = Player.Inventory.OwnedBackpack:GetChildren()
local BackpackTable = {}
for _,v in pairs(backpacks) do
table.insert(BackpackTable,v.Name)
end
local Success, Result = pcall(function()
return BackpackData:SetAsync(Player.UserId,BackpackTable)
end)
if Success then
print(Player.Name.."'s backpacks successfully saved!")
else
print("There was an error while saving "..Player.Name.."'s backpacks")
error(Result)
end
end
local function SaveEquipped(Player)
local Equipped = {
[1] = Player.Inventory.EquippedBackpack.Value
}
local Success, Result = pcall(function()
return EquippedData:SetAsync(Player.UserId,Equipped)
end)
if Success then
print("EquippedBackpack successfully saved!")
else
print("There was an error while getting "..Player.Name.."'s data")
error(Result)
end
end
local function SaveInventory(Player)
SaveBackpack(Player)
SaveEquipped(Player)
end
local function LoadBackpack(Player)
local Success, Result = pcall(function()
return BackpackData:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
end)
if Success then
if Result then
for _,backpack in pairs(Result) do
if game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Backpacks"):FindFirstChild(backpack) then
local clone = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Backpacks"):FindFirstChild(backpack):Clone()
clone.Parent = Player.Inventory.OwnedBackpack
print(backpack.." loaded into "..Player.Name.."'s inventory")
else
print("Backpack not found")
end
end
print(Player.name.." has no backpacks")
end
else
print("There was an error while getting "..Player.Name.."'s backpacks data")
error(Result)
end
end
local function LoadEquipped(Player)
local Success, Result = pcall(function()
return EquippedData:GetAsync(Player.UserId)
end)
if Success then
if Result then
Player.Inventory.EquippedBackpack.Value = Result[1]
print("Equipped backpack data loaded to "..Player.Name)
cloneBackpackToCharacter(Player)
else
print(Player.Name.." has no equipped backpack")
end
else
print("There was an error while getting "..Player.Name.."'s equipped backpack data")
error(Result)
end
end
local function CreateInventory(Player)
local InventoryFolder = Instance.new("Folder")
InventoryFolder.Name = "Inventory"
local OwnedBackpack = Instance.new("Folder")
OwnedBackpack.Name = "OwnedBackpack"
OwnedBackpack.Parent = InventoryFolder
local EquippedBackpack = Instance.new("StringValue")
EquippedBackpack.Name = "EquippedBackpack"
EquippedBackpack.Parent = InventoryFolder
InventoryFolder.Parent = Player
LoadBackpack(Player)
LoadEquipped(Player)
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(CreateInventory)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(SaveInventory)
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Instead of passing an already created function to PlayerAdded, create a new function and call CreateInventory() inside of it and also use what I said above.
Something like this:
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player) local connection; connection = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
— Code above.
connection:Disconnect()
end)
CreateInventory()
end)
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but i need to check if player have equipped something or not
if yes then clone the item to the player so thats why i need to call a function in a function
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so just like this?
local Connection; Connection = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
cloneBackpackToCharacter(Player)
Connection:Disconnect()
end)
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That works! 30 characters limit
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thank you so much dude
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