Can I use a Players.CharacterAdded Event on its own?

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#1

Can I start off a script with Players.CharacterAdded:Connect(function() or do I have to embed it inside a Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function() ?

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#2

You have to use .PlayerAdded.

The closest to it would be this:

local Players = game:GetService('Players')

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
        print(player.Name..'\'s character was added!'
    end
end
#3

Ah ok, so I didn’t start off with playeradded, it would return nil?

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#4

It would return an error like ‘CharacterAdded is not a member of Players’.

#5

So long as you have a reference to the Player, you can utilize Player.CharacterAdded.

For example, you could use it on its own in a LocalScript without nesting it within a Players.PlayerAdded function:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

local function CharacterRespawned(Character)
    -- Code
end

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(CharacterRespawned)

if player.Character then
    CharacterRespawned(player.Character)
end

More information on the “Player” and “LocalPlayer” here:

Player Documentation
LocalPlayer Documentation

#6

If I wanna have it in a server script, can I do:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
--blah blah blah
end)

Do I have to reference Players or will local player suffice?

#7

In a server script, you can’t get LocalPlayer. You have to use Players.PlayerAdded

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#8

Oh wow, I never realised that, thanks for telling me.