Character:Destory keeps spawning a copy into workspace

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    I have created a replace character script and it works for about 5-10secs

  2. What is the issue?
    The issue is when I destroy my current character and play as a new one, it only lasts for about 5 - 10 secs then I get respawned back into the workspace as my avatar. The workspace then has two copies of me but I can only play as one. Please see video
    Roblox Character Clone/Destory issue - YouTube

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    I have tried commenting out the script line by line but it seems like some sort of behavior issue

Here is the code

local CharacterClone = game.ReplicatedStorage.Characters:FindFirstChild("NPC"):Clone() 
CharacterClone.Name = player.Name
player.Character:Destroy()
player.Character = CharacterClone
CharacterClone.Parent = game.Workspace

Any Ideas?

#2

Perhaps what you’re looking for is .CharacterAutoLoads, disabling it will prevent the game from automatically respawning the player whenever their avatar gets deleted

#3

Thanks, that did point me in the right direction and i was able to create a server script that uses Autoload to false and LoadCharacter to spawn in once a humanoid has died.
However this only allows my default character to keep respawing.
Even though i set the parent to workspace of the clone npc model from Replicated storage, it won’t respawn upon death.

The spawn button is a local script and the Autoload script is server it should still work cause it’s checking for humanoid in workspace right?

game.Players.CharacterAutoLoads = false

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		-- find the humanoid, and detect when it dies
		character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
				player:LoadCharacter()
			end)
		end)
	player:LoadCharacter() -- load the character for the first time
end)

Is there any checks i can script to ensure the replicated storage clone respawns?

#4

It is possible that your new character is dead, and the Roblox respawn system cleans it up and replaces it after 5 seconds?
I would make sure that there is a neck weld and that the humanoid has health.

#5

I double-checked and can confirm that the new character does die with 0 health. The issue is when the new character health reaches 0 it doesn’t auto respawn with CharacterAutoLoads set to false.
However, my default avatar does. I did what you said and included a neck weld and confirmed health. Also confirmed it is being recognized as the player.

I have a new video to show the issue. I’m using the reset character for testing

I tried playing around with a few if statements to do something at 0 health but none worked so far
Example

		if (character.Humanoid.Health <= 0) then
			player:LoadCharacter()
		end

Also, should I be concerned it’s spawning at a custom location instead of the spawn point?

Edit: Upon further testing, I have found that when I spawn as the clone from replicated storage and reset character the ‘character:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”).Died:Connect(function()’ never fires
I however have, all the properties are the same as if it was the players character. Parent/Health. etc,

#6

Upon testing again, I added a print(“has died”) to the Died connect function and it never printed when just the spawned character was reset. I also tested with a kill block and the spawned character doesn’t take any damage,
So i think the issue is that the spawned character is not being reconised as a humanoid even though i copied my default characters humanoid to the spawned character in replicated storage, once i switch it does have all the same properties but never takes damage

Does any know how this can be fixed?