ChildRemoved `child` parameter returning empty model

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1

I’m currently making a Ragdoll System…
What I’m doing is checking if a troop/boss will be deleted using ChildRemoved

CurrentBoss.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(child: Instance)
	RagdollManager.SetRagdoll(child)
end)

Troops.ChildRemoved:Connect(function(child: Instance)
	RagdollManager.SetRagdoll(child)
end)

When ChildRemoved gets fired, the ragdoll manager puts the child inside a folder called RagdollContainer. But when checking the container, the models are all empty and due to that, the ragdolls does not work.

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This is just the cloning process for the model/entity.

function Ragdoll.SetRagdoll(entity: Model)
	-- Make sure the entity hasn't been deleted/destroyed yet.
	if entity == nil then return end
	
	local newEntity = entity:Clone()
	newEntity.Parent = Ragdoll.Container or workspace
	local parts = newEntity:GetDescendants()
2

Check a few things:

  1. Do you have Archivable enabled on your descendants?
  2. Are you cloning before or after destroying?
3

Firstly, yes, the descendants are Archivable. And secondly, I’m not sure if ChildRemoved gets fired immediately after the Instance gets destroyed or before it gets destroyed.

4

ChildRemoved fires after you destroy the instance, because :Destroy() sets all descendants’ parents to nil, the Instance will have no descendants.

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