Click Detector (On Client) Does Not Fire When Parented To A Player's Character

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#1

I have a local script that creates a click detector in each player’s character, from each player’s client, so that each client has a copy of the click detector. This is used so that you can click on someone’s character and it will pop up a menu about them. For some reason, the click detector is not functional (won’t show itself when I hover over my avatar), but when I parent it to a nearby table, I can click the table.

How do I get around this? Is it not possible to put a click detector in a character?

Edit: I suppose the question as it was asked was not entirely solved, but my system is functional, and it does what I want, so all is good!

#2

Try making the parent of the click detector to the players humanoid?

#3

Alright, I tried it, and it does not work. Any other suggestions?

#4

Parent it to their humanoid root part?

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#5

Hmm, it seems that doesn’t work either.

#6

And you’re changing the parent via script?

#7

Make sure the click detector is actually inside the character. Like open the explorer while play testing. It might be an error in your script.

#8

I’m moving it around in the explorer menu in studio

#9

Yeah, I checked to make sure, and it is. Hmm.

#10

You’re testing it with an NPC?

#11

I’m testing it on myself, but I tried putting it in an NPC and it worked. So it’s only my character that doesn’t work.

#12

Can you not click on it, as in the click detector mouse symbol doesn’t appear, or when you click it nothing happens? Which one?

#13

The mouse symbol thing doesn’t even appear

#14

A hacky solution would to have a part with a ClickDetector that is continuously CFramed to the player it belongs to.

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#15

I will keep that in mind, if I can’t find some other solution.

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#16

I am really lost at this point. @A_thruZAlt has a good idea and that might be the way to go.

#17

Ok, here’s something: If I create the click detector on the Server, it works fine.

#18

Right, but does Roblox allow you to click on yourself with a clickdetector in general?
Try testing the game with 2 clients, parent it to Player2 then see.

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#19

It works perfectly on other players. Funny thing is, I only wanted it to work on other players anyways. Thanks for the help! :smiley:

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