Changing character rig/Dressing character not working

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#1

I’m helping a game where you collect cups and when you drink the cups your rig changes to a different rig, and that gives you abilities and powers. However, for my module script to make the player turn into the rig, its not working. When I joined the game it was just my normal Roblox character. The trolls can have varied faces, extra meshes, colors, etc. Here are examples of the rigs:

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I achieved that by changing the StarterCharacter (now startercharacter is removed) but that would make everyone’s startercharacter that. I tried using :GetHumanoidDescription() and that still didnt work. No errors were printed.

Module code:

local dress_module = {}

function dress_module:dress(character, shirt, pant, weld_1, weld_2, weld_3, weld_part_1, weld_part_2, weld_part_3, tool_1, tool_2, tool_3, tool_4,tool_5, tool_6, color, face)
	local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
	
	--shirts/pants
	if (character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Shirt")) then
		character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Shirt"):Destroy()
	end;
	
	if (character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Pants")) then
		character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Pants"):Destroy()
	end;
	
	if (shirt) then
		shirt:Clone().Parent = character;
	end
	
	if (pant) then
		pant:Clone().Parent = character;
	end
	
	--welds
	if (weld_1) then
		weld_1.Parent = weld_part_1
		
		local w = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
		w.Parent = weld_1
		w.Part0 = weld_1
		w.Part1 = weld_part_1
	end;
	
	if (weld_2) then
		weld_2.Parent = weld_part_2

		local w = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
		w.Parent = weld_2
		w.Part0 = weld_2
		w.Part1 = weld_part_2
	end;
	
	if (weld_3) then
		weld_3.Parent = weld_part_3

		local w = Instance.new("WeldConstraint")
		w.Parent = weld_3
		w.Part0 = weld_3
		w.Part1 = weld_part_3
	end;
	
	--tools
	if (tool_1) then
		tool_1:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
	end;
	
	if (tool_2) then
		tool_2:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
	end;
	
	if (tool_3) then
		tool_3:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
	end;
	
	if (tool_4) then
		tool_4:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
	end;
	
	if (tool_5) then
		tool_5:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
	end;
	
	if (tool_6) then
		tool_6:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
	end;
	
	--body colors
	if (character:FindFirstChildOfClass("BodyColors")) then
		character:FindFirstChildOfClass("BodyColors"):Destroy()
	end;
	
	color:Clone().Parent = character;
	
	--decals
	if (character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Decal")) then
		character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Decal"):Destroy()
	end;
	
	face:Clone().Parent = character.Head
end


return dress_module

call module code:

local module = require(script.Parent.MODULES.DRESS)
local basic = game.ReplicatedStorage.Trolls.Troll

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	module:dress(character, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, nil, basic:WaitForChild("Body Colors"), basic:WaitForChild("Head").Part)
end)

Is there a different way I could achieve this changing of the rig/changing characters appearance to match the rig? Is there any mistakes in the modules?

#2

Bumping because I’ve still yet to find an answer.

#3

I’ve been continuously trying to fix this. I don’t know how I would use the :ApplyDescription() on the players humanoid because the rig isn’t a player, and it has no ID??

#4

You can use Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription() in order to do this. This will return a cached version of the Humanoid’s Description. Then just apply it onto whoevers humanoid with ApplyDescription.

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