Client-Based 'AddAccessory()' Alternative?

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#1

I’m developing a system for a game which includes the use of client-sided rigs that follow the player. At various points, accessories are added/removed from these rigs. This cannot be done through normal means as humanoid:AddAccessory() can only be used on the server.

The custom world-loading system for this game is also client-sided, meaning I cannot make these rigs server-sided as they’ll just fall through the floor and/or have unintended effects as seen in the below video:


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Is there a publicly available alternative to the humanoid:AddAccessory() API (such as a function or utility module) that can be used in a case like this?

#2

You could manually place it by creating a weld and positioning it based on the respective attachment

local function addAccessory(rig: Model, accessory: Accessory)
	local handle = accessory:FindFirstChild('Handle') :: BasePart
	local attachment = handle:FindFirstChildOfClass('Attachment') :: Attachment
	
	for _, child in rig:GetChildren() do
		if not child:IsA('BasePart') then
			continue
		end
		
		local correspondingAttachment = child:FindFirstChild(attachment.Name)
		
		if not correspondingAttachment then
			continue
		end
		
		local weld = Instance.new('Weld')
		weld.Name = 'AccessoryWeld'
		weld.Part0 = child
		weld.Part1 = handle
		weld.C0 = correspondingAttachment.CFrame
		weld.C1 = attachment.CFrame
		weld.Parent = handle
	end
end
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#3

Yep, this function works great, thank you!

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