Duplicating player afterimage effect

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#1

Hello guys/girls, so I was trying to make an afterimage of a player when he moves, everything works fine but there’s a couple of problem I just can’t grasp why.

Here’s the script

local Players = game:GetService('Players')

local function setProperties(part, clone)
	part.CanCollide = false
	part.Anchored = true
	part.Transparency = 0.5
	part.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
	part.Parent = clone
	part.Color = Color3.new(0.419608, 0.419608, 0.419608)
end

local function clonePlayer(model, player)
	for v,i in pairs(player:GetChildren()) do
		if i:IsA('MeshPart') and i.Name ~= "HumanoidRootPart" then
			local temp = i:Clone()
			setProperties(temp, model)
		end
	end

	model.Parent = workspace
end

local function placeClone(clone, player)
	clone:MoveTo(player:GetPrimaryPartCFrame().Position)
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		wait(1)
		while wait(0.25) do
			local clone = Instance.new('Model')
			
			clonePlayer(clone, char)

			placeClone(clone, char)
			
			game.Debris:AddItem(clone, 3)
		end
	end)
end)

In the script I use a while wait(0.25) do loop to repeat the process of generating an afterimage.
Here what it looks like

Now the first problem is that below wait(0.25), the clone doesn’t move to the player’s location, here’s an example at wait(0)

Second problem is that sometimes, two clones will spawn at the same location for some reason here’s an example

So yeah if you have any idea why it does this well thanks in advance for knowing.

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#2

Now the first problem is that below wait(0.25), the clone doesn’t move to the player’s location, here’s an example at wait(0)

This is caused by the variability that wait yields for, it’s a lot less accurate than task.wait.

Second problem is that sometimes, two clones will spawn at the same location for some reason here’s an example

This is because you’re creating a clone every 0.25 seconds and not checking if the character is moving beforehand.

Here’s a script that worked for me.

local Enumeration = Enum
local Game = game
local Workspace = workspace
local Players = Game:GetService("Players")
local Debris = Game:GetService("Debris")

local function OnPlayerAdded(Player)
	local function OnCharacterAdded(Character)
		Character.Archivable = true
		local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") or Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
		
		while true do
			task.wait(0.1)
			if not Character.Parent then break end
			if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude == 0 then continue end
			local CharacterClone = Character:Clone()
			for _, Descendant in ipairs(CharacterClone:GetDescendants()) do
				if not (Descendant:IsA("BasePart")) then continue end
				Descendant.Anchored = true
				Descendant.CanCollide = false
				Descendant.Material = Enumeration.Material.Neon
				Descendant.Transparency = 0.5
			end
			CharacterClone:PivotTo(Character:GetPivot())
			Debris:AddItem(CharacterClone, 3)
			CharacterClone.Parent = Workspace
		end
	end
	
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(OnCharacterAdded)
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(OnPlayerAdded)
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#3

Thanks for the reply, indeed you script works.

I managed to make it work too with a local script instead, the main script sends an event to the local script to activate it and I didn’t find any problem this way.

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#4 
local Enumeration = Enum
local Game = game
local Workspace = workspace
local Debris = Game:GetService("Debris")
local Players = Game:GetService("Players")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer

local function OnCharacterAdded(Character)
	Character.Archivable = true
	local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid") or Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

	while true do
		task.wait()
		if not Character.Parent then break end
		if Humanoid.MoveDirection.Magnitude == 0 then continue end
		local CharacterClone = Character:Clone()
		for _, Descendant in ipairs(CharacterClone:GetDescendants()) do
			if not (Descendant:IsA("BasePart")) then continue end
			Descendant.Anchored = true
			Descendant.CanCollide = false
			Descendant.Material = Enumeration.Material.Neon
			Descendant.Transparency = 0.5
		end
		CharacterClone:PivotTo(Character:GetPivot())
		task.wait(0.1)
		Debris:AddItem(CharacterClone, 3)
		CharacterClone.Parent = Workspace
	end
end

Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(OnCharacterAdded)

Here’s a local script implementation that doesn’t require a ‘RemoteEvent’, place it inside the ‘StarterPlayerScripts’ container.

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