Cloned model not returning to client in RemoteFunction

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#1

I am cloning fake arms in the server so that I can set the collision group of the arms to false since it has a humanoid.

MakeFakeArms.OnServerInvoke = function(P)
	local FakeArms = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("ViewModel"):Clone()
	
	for i, Parts in pairs (FakeArms:GetDescendants()) do
		if Parts:IsA("BasePart") then
			PhysicsService:SetPartCollisionGroup(Parts, "FakeArms")
		end
	end
	
	return FakeArms
end

ViewModel = MakeFakeArms:InvokeServer()
print(ViewModel) --nil
	if ViewModel then
		ViewModel.Parent = Camera
       --does stuff 
    end

But the problem is that it doesn’t return the FakeArms in the client does anyone know why this could be happening?

Note: The model is set to Archivable.

#2

I think it’s because Instances parented to nil don’t replicate. Your new cloned model is never parented to something other than nil, so it appears as nil on the client.

Judging by the code, you are trying to make viewmodel arms? If so, shouldn’t this cloning just be done on the client?

#3

It is supposed to be on the client but I decided to do it on the server so I can set the Collision group to false because of a bug that flings me out of the map. I didn’t want to set the parent of the arms because otherwise people would see the arms

#4

If you generate it on the client, couldn’t you just set the collision group there?

#5

PhysicsService doesn’t work on the client:

#6

Do you need the viewmodel to collide with anything? Also, the quoted reply says that you can assign parts to collision groups on the client.

#7

I want the viewmodel to not collide with anything

#8

Why not just set CanCollide to false?

#9

The Viewmodel contains a humanoid which automatically sets every part’s CanCollide to true. For example this is why a roblox character can push another roblox character without colliding through it. Also I need the humanoid so that the arms can have clothing in it.

#10

But for the most part this solves the topic, I’ll try figuring out what I can do, thanks a lot for the response