Hey there! I’m currently trying to make a system where when a player joins they are assigned a preset custom character. This character will be different for every player. I have 10 different characters made.
The issue is, when one player joins, multiple StarterCharacters move into the StarterPlayer. Also, everybody spawns as the same person.
Any help is appreciated!
You could use a HumanoidDescription for this. Make one for each character and use Humanoid:ApplyDescription(HumanoidDescription) to apply it.
Idk if this could help but
I would do like this
Create the first table of UsableCharacters{Adam,Emily,Isaac} and so on
UsedCharacters{} Empty
UaableCharNumber = 10
Then on player join do
Table.Move(UsableChar) with a random.math(1,UsableCharNumber) and move the random selected to UsedCharacters and a Table.Remove from the UsableCharacters
UsableCharNumber = UsableCharNumber - 1
So basically
You have called a table with inside the 10 characters
On player join randomically one of 10 will be moved to another table and removed from the first one, now you will have 9 in usable table and 1 on used table
Once you did this you can run a custom humanoid or custom character to upload it
I’m from mobile and is 3:30AM from here, if you need a better explaination i’ll share an example of a code with the same working method
Hope it helps
Try this, I just finished it:
local cs = workspace.CharacterSelect
game.Players.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
local charTable = {
{Name = cs.Adam, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Marcos, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Bryan, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chad, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chelsea, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Emily, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Issac, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Todd, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Mike, num = 0, taken = false}
}
-- Function to scramble the characters in the table
local function scrambleTable()
for _, character in pairs(charTable) do
character.num = math.random(1, 100)
end
table.sort(charTable, function(a, b)
return a.num < b.num
end)
end
-- To pick a character for the player to become
local function pickCharacter()
for _, pick in pairs(charTable) do
if taken == false then
local character = pick.Name
local randchar = character:Clone()
randchar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
randchar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
taken = true
return
end
end
end
scrambleTable()
pickCharacter()
end)
It doesn’t seem to be working nor does the StarterCharacter appear in StarterPlayer
Try placing print()’s in different places of the script to see if some parts of it don’t work.
Also, look into the pickCharacter() function in particular and see if I’m assigning the player incorrectly - in this part:
I just tried it and it seems like nothing is wrong, I’m getting no errors in the output.
The only thing I can find “wrong” is this:
Ah I’m sorry, I messed up on that part. The problem is that I was supposed to put “pick.taken”. Here’s the full script with just that changed:
local cs = workspace.CharacterSelect
game.Players.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
local charTable = {
{Name = cs.Adam, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Marcos, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Bryan, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chad, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chelsea, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Emily, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Issac, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Todd, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Mike, num = 0, taken = false}
}
-- Function to scramble the characters in the table
local function scrambleTable()
for _, character in pairs(charTable) do
character.num = math.random(1, 100)
end
table.sort(charTable, function(a, b)
return a.num < b.num
end)
end
-- To pick a character for the player to become
local function pickCharacter()
for _, pick in pairs(charTable) do
if pick.taken == false then
local character = pick.Name
local randchar = character:Clone()
randchar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
randchar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
taken = true
return
end
end
end
scrambleTable()
pickCharacter()
end)
That fixed the issue of the characters spawning, however the same issue as before still remains where all the characters are the same.
Oh my goodness!! I’m sorry. I completely forgot to fix the other part in the script where it says “taken = true”. I’ll change it to the correct one, so that it’ll mark when a character is taken already.
I looked over it a few times and I really hope it works this time:
local cs = workspace.CharacterSelect
game.Players.ChildAdded:Connect(function()
local charTable = {
{Name = cs.Adam, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Marcos, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Bryan, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chad, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chelsea, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Emily, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Issac, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Todd, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Mike, num = 0, taken = false}
}
-- Function to scramble the characters in the table
local function scrambleTable()
for _, character in pairs(charTable) do
character.num = math.random(1, 100)
end
table.sort(charTable, function(a, b)
return a.num < b.num
end)
end
-- To pick a character for the player to become
local function pickCharacter()
for _, pick in pairs(charTable) do
if pick.taken == false then
local character = pick.Name
local randchar = character:Clone()
randchar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
randchar.Parent = game.StarterPlayer
pick.taken = true
return
end
end
end
scrambleTable()
pickCharacter()
end)
Hmm. I don’t think your script is wrong I just don’t think there can be multiple StarterCharacters in the StarterPlayer.
We all still spawn as the same character. Let me know if you find any solutions, I’ll keep testing stuff
I believe this would not work because you are assigning a fresh charTable every time a new player joins.
@Salinas23 Ahh you’re right!
I think the problem might be that you’re using “game.StarterPlayer” instead of the specific player’s StarterPlayer. I switched the function to “PlayerAdded”, and specifically referred to the player’s StarterPlayer. I’m not sure if it’s possible to do this through a server script, however we’ll see how it goes.
Also, I accidently used “return” instead of “break” at one point.
Try this, and tell me what works/doesn’t and what it prints (added prints to check on table):
local cs = workspace.CharacterSelect
local charTable = {
{Name = cs.Adam, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Marcos, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Bryan, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chad, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chelsea, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Emily, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Issac, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Todd, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Mike, num = 0, taken = false}
}
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
-- Check what shows up in table at start of ChildAdded
for _, char in pairs(charTable) do
print("CharName: " .. char.Name)
print("Num: " .. char.num)
print("Taken: " .. char.taken)
end
-- Function to scramble the characters in the table
local function scrambleTable()
for _, character in pairs(charTable) do
character.num = math.random(1, 100)
end
table.sort(charTable, function(a, b)
return a.num < b.num
end)
end
-- To pick a character for the player to become
local function pickCharacter()
for _, pick in pairs(charTable) do
if pick.taken == false then
local character = pick.Name
local randchar = character:Clone()
randchar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
randchar.Parent = player.StarterPlayer
pick.taken = true
break
end
end
end
scrambleTable()
pickCharacter()
-- Check what shows up in table after everything else (see if everything worked)
for _, char in pairs(charTable) do
print("CharName: " .. char.Name)
print("Num: " .. char.num)
print("Taken: " .. char.taken)
end
end)
Hmm, this is the only error I got in the output
Also, I changed Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
to
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
Before I changed it there was an error
Oh I see, I accidently tried to concatenate the actual character object and act like it’s a string.
And yeah, whoops. Good thing you fixed it.
Ah I see, I’ll just remove the print checks. Here:
local cs = workspace.CharacterSelect
local charTable = {
{Name = cs.Adam, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Marcos, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Bryan, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chad, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Chelsea, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Emily, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Issac, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Todd, num = 0, taken = false},
{Name = cs.Mike, num = 0, taken = false}
}
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
-- Function to scramble the characters in the table
local function scrambleTable()
for _, character in pairs(charTable) do
character.num = math.random(1, 100)
end
table.sort(charTable, function(a, b)
return a.num < b.num
end)
end
-- To pick a character for the player to become
local function pickCharacter()
for _, pick in pairs(charTable) do
if pick.taken == false then
local character = pick.Name
local randchar = character:Clone()
randchar.Name = "StarterCharacter"
randchar.Parent = player.StarterPlayer
pick.taken = true
break
end
end
end
scrambleTable()
pickCharacter()
end)
Don’t do that, if you clone a NPC and name it StarterCharacter, the others can have the same Avatar or Character, put this
function PickCharacter(plr)
for _, pick in pairs(charTable) do
if pick.taken == false then
local character = pick.Name
local randchar = character:Clone()
plr.Character = randchar
pick.taken = true
break
end
end
end
Your solution and @MJTFreeTime’s solution don’t seem to be working. I get an error when I replace the PickCharacter function with your solution.
I really appreciate the support I’ve been getting on this thread and hopefully we can get this solved soon! 
Oh strange, what’s the error?
And, does an error only show for @Nube762’s solution, or mine as well?