Detect when the character model is added to the workspace

[FractalVortex]

I have a rank system and need to add a BillboardGui to the character of every player who joins the game. The BillboardGui goes inside their character model, inside “Head.” I tried doing this process inside the PlayerAdded event, but the character may not be loaded when this event fires. The CharacterAdded event fires when the player is assigned a character, meaning it fires before the character model is added to the workspace. There are other things such as CharacterAppearanceLoaded and HasAppearanceLoaded, but if a Roblox server issue is present and the player’s avatar isn’t fully loading, this will error the entire script (server script btw).

Does anyone know how I can ensure the character model is present in the workspace without causing any errors or using while loops?

[CloudyBoy27]

That is really easy to do.
Try this:

local players = game:GetService("Players")

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local character = player.Character
	
	if character then
		if game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(player.Character.Name) then
			-- insert code here
		end
	end
end)

Hope it helps!

[MightyDantheman (Fate)]

If the billboard is meant to go in the head each time, you’ll want to attach an event for when a character is added like this:

game:GetService('Players').PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local head = character:WaitForChild('Head')
		-- Do stuff
	end)
end)

Alternatively, you can just put a script inside of StarterCharacterScripts, and then the parent of that script will be the player’s character.