Changing camera subject after a player dies for spectate

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#1

I am making a spectate feature for my game and when a player is spectating another player and that player dies I want the camera to automatically switch to where the player’s new charcater respawned. However all that happens is the camera stays in the same spot as where the character died. I think I am headed in the right direction, I made a spectate player variable and everytime a player switches to a new player to spectate that variable is filled with that player. And when that player has a new character added the camera switches to them but for some reason it is not working.

local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local number = 1
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local SpectateButton = script.Parent.Parent.SpectateButton
local SpecPlr = plr

script.Parent.Next.MouseButton1Up:Connect(function()
	local Players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
	number = number + 1
	if Players[number] ~= nil then
		camera.CameraSubject = Players[number].Character.Humanoid
		SpecPlr = Players[number]
	end
	if Players[number] == nil then
		number = 1
		camera.CameraSubject = Players[number].Character.Humanoid
		SpecPlr = Players[number]
	end
end)


SpecPlr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
	camera.CameraSubject = SpecPlr.Character.Humanoid
	print("Died")
end)

The character added event isn’t even playing because I am not getting the print.

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#3

That isn’t the issue, characteradded event does connect to the player
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/event/Player/CharacterAdded
There is a different reason the event isn’t firing

#4

wonder why i wrote that, while i already know about that
anyways,
try to set the CameraSubject to the Character’s HRP
or the event doesn’t even fire?
if so most likely there is a loop in your script preventing it from firing.

#5

you can try to put the event in a seperated script.

#6

Yea the issue is the event isn’t firing at all because I put a print in the function and it didn’t print anything, the script I posted is the whole thing

#7

since your localscript is in a ScreenGui, most likely its because you have ResetOnSpawn set to false.

#8

That’s true. However, by default this property is set to true. So unless he changed it, there is probably a different issue in the script.

#9

Maybe this would work? It is a subtle difference, but lua can sometimes be picky.

If this doesn’t work, try adding a few additional prints in your code so we can see what is going on in the output.

local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera
local number = 1
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local SpectateButton = script.Parent.Parent.SpectateButton
local SpecPlr = plr

local function Next()
	local Players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
	number = number + 1
	if Players[number] ~= nil then
		camera.CameraSubject = Players[number].Character.Humanoid
		SpecPlr = Players[number]
	end
	if Players[number] == nil then
		number = 1
		camera.CameraSubject = Players[number].Character.Humanoid
		SpecPlr = Players[number]
	end
end)


SpecPlr.CharacterAdded:Connect(Next)
script.Parent.Next.MouseButton1Click:Connect(Next)

I apologize in advance for any typos.

Let me know if you need more help :slightly_smiling_face:

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#10

Yea this still doesnt work, The character added event isn’t firing at all

#11

Maybe instead of CharacterAdded, you find when their humanoid’s health is changed or if their humanoid has died, and then put the function into action.

SpecPlr.Character.Humanoid.Died:Connect(Next)

Also, make sure you add in a wait to make sure the Character’s Humanoid is loaded in.

Can you describe what happens when the player you are spectating dies?

#12

you could make the SpecPlr a global Variable.

#13

I think the issue is that this script is in a local script, and I don’t think from a local script a player can get the values of another player’s character.