Changing someone's starter avatar without having to LoadCharacter() them

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#1

I want to be able to change someones default avatar for the server without having to respawn them (basically using loadcharacter()), as im using a player added event to get the player in a server script. Downside is that putting loadcharacter into player added events means you just infinitely respawn the player. Why do i need this? Because for example putting starter character into the starter player service of the player will not be fast enough to do it before the character spawns, because i made the script check if a value i added into the player is true. Adding accesories/shirts wont be good as im attempting to copy a model thats in server storage thats suppose to be the character, into starter player. Thats also because the model has a different package, it has the robloxian 2.0, while some people may not already will have that package equipped.

#2

I think :ApplyHumanoidDescription() could work, you should check it out

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#3

Ima search what thats about, seems helpful.

#4

Looking at what it does on Humanoid | Roblox Creator Documentation, i dont really know how it works. Can you maybe explain how it does?

#5

Straight from the wiki page you sent

This yield function makes the character's look match that of the passed in HumanoidDescription . A copy of the passed look will then be cached in the Humanoid as the current HumanoidDescription for the Humanoid.

It allows you to quickly set and store a character’s appearance using a stored look without having to set each property every time.

Basically you either make a CharacterDescription, or pull one from a Player’s UserId and set it to the Humanoid. It allows you to, on the fly, change the look of one character, or many.

#6

So would i do Humanoid:ApplyDescription(myCharacter)? I’m still abit confused.

#7 
local humanoidDescription = game:GetService("Players"):GetHumanoidDescriptionFromUserId(21467784)

workspace.KingJesseDev.Humanoid:ApplyHumanoidDescription(humanoidDescription)

Should set your character to look like mine.

#8

Could i be able to use the character i have in server storage though? Ive seen one user that has pretty much the same character as the one i have, except with a slightly different shirt.

#9

If the character has a Humanoid in it you can use this function on it’s Humanoid to get the HumanoidDescription it has on.
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Humanoid/GetAppliedDescription

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#10

Humanoid:ApplyDescription() holds a parameter, and that is the HumanoidDescription instance, which models with Humanoids contain (specifically players). There are a few ways of achieving this:

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()

game.Players:GetHumanoidDescriptionFromUserId(1) --Roblox's appearance.
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#11

Yep, was looking for the first one. Thanks! Im testing this out, if it works ill mark it as solution.

#13

Wait, how would i then use that description i got, onto my player so that i can use that character? im using Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription by the way.

#14 
local humanoid = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid

local humanoidDescription = humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()
humanoid:ApplyDescription(humanoidDescription) 

--applying their own appearance as an example.
#15 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
		local starterplayer = game:GetService("StarterPlayer")
		if Player.IsGuest.Value == true then
			if Player.GuestOption.Value == 1 then
				local humanoid = Character.Humanoid
				local girlguest = game.ServerStorage.CoreStorage.BettyBloxxer:Clone()
				local humanoiddescription = girlguest.Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()
				humanoid:ApplyDescription(humanoiddescription)
				game.ServerScriptService.CustomCoreScripts.CharacterColors.Disabled = true
			else
				local humanoid = Character.Humanoid
				local boyguest = game.ServerStorage.CoreStorage.BillyBloxxer:Clone()
				local humanoiddescription = boyguest.Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()
				humanoid:ApplyDescription(humanoiddescription)
				game.ServerScriptService.CustomCoreScripts.CharacterColors.Disabled = true
			end
		end
	end)
end)

??? what is this image

#16

Just curious, if you’re just grabbing the HumanoidDescription, why do you need to Clone it and create a new CharacterModel for each character? You can just call the function on the original model.

#17

Yeah i actually forgot, the reason why i was cloning is because i previously tried cloning into starter player before this topic. I’ll delete the cloning part since im not cloning into the starter player.

#18

Anyway, how would i fix that error?

#19

What line is the error coming from?

#20

Line 9, appears “Humanoid::ApplyDescription() Data Model was not available” (i didnt put 2 colons btw)

#21

Try again if you deleted the cloning line.