Hey, developers! Recently, I’ve been trying to make a character randomizer which randomizes a character in StarterPlayer but it’s not randomizing.
I have the characters set up as shown in this picture below:
The script that’s supposed to assign a player a character from that selection is placed in StarterCharacterScripts and looks like this:
local characters = {}
for _, child in ipairs(game.StarterPlayer:GetChildren()) do
if child:IsA("Model") and child.Name == "StarterCharacter" then
table.insert(characters, child)
end
end
if #characters > 0 then
local function randomCharacter()
return characters[math.random(1, #characters)]
end
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(newCharacter)
newCharacter = randomCharacter()
player.Character = newCharacter
end)
else
print("There are no starter characters in StarterPlayer.")
end
The print statement at the end isn’t printing anything either.
I’ve tried moving the characters into replicated storage in a folder, but it’s still not working. If you have ideas on how to fix this please, let me know!
Welp, a few problems I’d guess. First, In order for a player’s character to change, it has to be done by the server in a server script. Second, since the starter characters aren’t grouped together, Roblox will automatically give the player the first one it finds. So with those two problems, that’s probably why it’s not randomizing. I’d recommend putting the code in a script in ServerScriptService and putting all the starter characters in a folder in ServerStorage. I revised the code a little so it uses Random.new() ensuring it’ll be a random integer.
-- In a script in ServerScriptService
local characters = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("StarterCharacters"):GetChildren() -- replace with where the folder is and the name of the folder
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
if #characters > 0 then
local starterChars = {}
for i, char in ipairs(characters) do
table.insert(starterChars, char)
end
local function randomCharacter()
local random = Random.new()
return starterChars[random:NextInteger(1, #characters)]
end
local newChar = randomCharacter():Clone()
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(oldChar)
local oldCFrame = oldChar:GetPrimaryPartCFrame()
player.Character = newChar
newChar.Parent = workspace
newChar:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(oldCFrame)
oldChar:Destroy()
end)
else
print("There are no starter characters in StarterPlayer.")
end
end)
I made a small change to the code. Instead of using .CharacterAdded:Connect(), I used .CharacterAdded:Wait(). See if that makes any change to the error. I tested it out and it works for me.
-- In a script in ServerScriptService
local characters = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("StarterCharacters"):GetChildren() -- replace with where the folder is and the name of the folder
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
if #characters > 0 then
local starterChars = {}
for i, char in ipairs(characters) do
table.insert(starterChars, char)
end
local function randomCharacter()
local random = Random.new()
return starterChars[random:NextInteger(1, #characters)]
end
local newChar = randomCharacter():Clone()
local oldChar = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local oldCFrame = oldChar:GetPrimaryPartCFrame()
player.Character = newChar
newChar.Parent = workspace
newChar:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(oldCFrame)
oldChar:Destroy()
else
print("There are no starter characters in StarterPlayer.")
end
end)
I’m basing my code off of another dev forum post on setting a player’s character.
Have Multiple HumanoidDescriptions in a Folder, pick a HumanoidDescription at random, then Apply that Description to the StarterCharactersHumanoid, from there it should apply all Clothing Accessories, Animations, and BodyColors to the Character.
Should not be too difficult, and should only take 3 lines at most to write:
local Descriptions = Example:GetChildren() -- Gets All Children in the Object
local NewDesc = Descriptions[math.random(#Descriptions)] -- Picks a Random Object based on the Number of items inside
Character.Humanoid:ApplyDescription(NewDesc) -- Applies Random Description
You should also change :GetPrimaryPartCFrame()/:SetPrimaryPartCFrame() with :GetPivot()/:PivotTo(), as those functions are deprecated.
As far as I’m aware, you cannot change a player character in a LocalScript. Maybe try doing this in a ServerScript, and potentially make use of the .PlayerAdded event (or whatever event you are currently using to fire this function) to change the player character.
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local characters = ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Characters"):GetChildren()
local function getRandomCharacter(player)
if #characters == 0 then
warn("There are no available characters. Loading default character.")
player:LoadCharacter()
else
local newCharacter = characters[math.random(1, #characters)]:Clone()
player.Character = newCharacter
newCharacter.Parent = workspace
end
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
task.wait(Players.RespawnTime)
getRandomCharacter(player)
end)
end)
getRandomCharacter(player)
end)
The script is stored in ServerScriptService, and the character folder is stored in ServerStorage. I also turned off CharacterAutoLoads as it was causing the player to incorrectly load with it on.
Yeah it’s possible. I just edited the script a little so it works whenever the player dies. Each time the player respawns, they’ll spawn with a new random character. The only change I made in the explorer was disabling the CharacterAutoLoads property of Players. Replace the old script with this script and disable CharacterAutoLoads and it should work fine.
-- In a script in ServerScriptService
local characters = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("StarterCharacters"):GetChildren() -- replace with where the folder is and the name of the folder
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
if #characters > 0 then
local function assignCharacter()
local starterChars = {}
for i, char in ipairs(characters) do
table.insert(starterChars, char)
end
local function randomCharacter()
local random = Random.new()
return starterChars[random:NextInteger(1, #characters)]
end
local newChar = randomCharacter():Clone()
player.Character = newChar
newChar.Parent = workspace
end
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(c)
local h = c:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
h.Died:Connect(function()
task.wait(3)
assignCharacter()
end)
end)
assignCharacter()
else
print("There are no starter characters in StarterPlayer.")
player:LoadCharacter()
end
end)
