Hello, so I am struggling to find tutorials on how to do this
I am trying to get an inventory system for my game, it is basically a scrolling screen of items that the player can select, they can only equip one, then, when the round starts, it gets that tool and puts it in their backpack
Keep in mind that my tiny brain cant script, so keep things simple
You can even recommend models or tutorials, anything helps
If you can help, you are a legend
That’s the exact same problem as me lol, unfortunately I do not know as well
Oh, some extra stuff
Items equipped are sent to ServerStorage
When one item is equipped, the previous equipped item is no longer in ServerStorage, so one item in server storage at a time
Duplicate items are put as just one but with a x2 at the top
So, I’m a little confused myself here with what you are trying to do but I’m going to assume what I picked up and you can correct me later on if need be;
Assuming you have the tools stored inside of a folder specific to each player;
When the round starts simply run through each of the folders inside of ServerStorage where you have these kept with for i, v in pairs loop
Example:
for _, player in pairs(game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayers()) do --// Getting each of the players
if player:IsA('Player') then --// Making sure each player instance is actually a player
for _, folder in pairs(game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_TOOL_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):GetChildren()) do --// Get all of the folders, replace the second string with your folder
if folder:IsA('Folder') then --// Making sure that folder is a folder
if string.lower(tostring(folder.Name)) == string.lower(tostring(player.Name)) then --// Converting both player name and folder name to lowercase and checking if they are the same
for _, tool in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do --// Getting each tool in the folder
if tool:IsA('Tool') then --// Making sure that the tool is a tool
if player:FindFirstChild('Backpack', false) then --// Finding the players backpack
local tool_clone = tool:Clone().Parent == player:FindFirstChild('Backpack', false) --// Cloning the tool and setting the parent to the players backpack
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
--// Side note the Semi-Colons ';' mean nothing in lua and it's just a habit of mine, you do NOT need them for this to work.
Assuming you don’t have the tools stored inside of a folder specific to each player;
Inside of your initial script you will need to create a folder pertaining to each person for when they select the tool, if there is already a folder just remove the old tool and replace it with the new tool. If there isn’t just create a folder inside of your script and then parent the tool clone to it.
Example:
if game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):FindFirstChild(plr.Name) then
local folder = game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):FindFirstChild(plr.Name)
if folder:FindFirstChildOfClass('Tool') then
folder:FindFirstChildOfClass('Tool'):Destroy()
local tool_clone = ('HOWEVER YOU PARENT YOUR TOOLS'):Clone().Parent == folder
end
else
local player_folder = Instance.new('Folder').Parent == game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true)
local tool_clone = ('HOWEVER YOU PARENT YOUR TOOLS'):Clone().Parent == player_folder
end;
--// Then this is how you would give the players their tools in game
for _, player in pairs(game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayers()) do --// Getting each of the players
if player:IsA('Player') then --// Making sure each player instance is actually a player
for _, folder in pairs(game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_TOOL_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):GetChildren()) do --// Get all of the folders, replace the second string with your folder
if folder:IsA('Folder') then --// Making sure that folder is a folder
if string.lower(tostring(folder.Name)) == string.lower(tostring(player.Name)) then --// Converting both player name and folder name to lowercase and checking if they are the same
for _, tool in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do --// Getting each tool in the folder
if tool:IsA('Tool') then --// Making sure that the tool is a tool
if player:FindFirstChild('Backpack', false) then --// Finding the players backpack
local tool_clone = tool:Clone().Parent == player:FindFirstChild('Backpack', false) --// Cloning the tool and setting the parent to the players backpack
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
The main code I provided would be ran AFTER the game is starting
what do you mean by ‘however you parent your tools’, do you mean the folder where the tools stay or the server storage?
He means wherever the location of the tools are to be cloned from.
sorry to annoy you but I still don’t understand lol
Thanks for the help, you are a legend
So, does this take one tool from the folder, or all the tools from the folder, sorry if this is a stupid question
I got this
local players = game:GetService(“Players”)
local length = 60
local PlrsAlive = {}
players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr:LoadCharacter()
end)
while true do
repeat wait(1) until players.NumPlayers >= 2
wait(30)
local Maps = game:GetService("ServerStorage").Maps:GetChildren()
local ChosenMap = Maps[math.random(1,#Maps)]
map = ChosenMap:Clone()
map.Parent = workspace
local spawns = map:FindFirstChild("Spawns"):GetChildren()
for i, player in pairs(players:GetChildren()) do
if player.character then
char = player.character
char:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = spawns[i].CFrame + Vector3.new(0,10,0)
local tag = Instance.new("BoolValue",char)
tag.Name = "PlayerAlive"
table.insert(PlrsAlive, player)
end
end
if game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):FindFirstChild(plr.Name) then
local folder = game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):FindFirstChild(plr.Name)
if folder:FindFirstChildOfClass('Tool') then
folder:FindFirstChildOfClass('Tool'):Destroy()
local tool_clone = ('HOWEVER YOU PARENT YOUR TOOLS'):Clone().Parent == folder
end
else
local player_folder = Instance.new('Folder').Parent == game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true)
local tool_clone = ('HOWEVER YOU PARENT YOUR TOOLS'):Clone().Parent == player_folder
end;
--// Then this is how you would give the players their tools in game
for _, player in pairs(game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayers()) do --// Getting each of the players
if player:IsA('Player') then --// Making sure each player instance is actually a player
for _, folder in pairs(game:GetService('ServerStorage'):FindFirstChild('YOUR_TOOL_HOLDING_FOLDERS', true):GetChildren()) do --// Get all of the folders, replace the second string with your folder
if folder:IsA('Folder') then --// Making sure that folder is a folder
if string.lower(tostring(folder.Name)) == string.lower(tostring(player.Name)) then --// Converting both player name and folder name to lowercase and checking if they are the same
for _, tool in pairs(folder:GetChildren()) do --// Getting each tool in the folder
if tool:IsA('Tool') then --// Making sure that the tool is a tool
if player:FindFirstChild('Backpack', false) then --// Finding the players backpack
local tool_clone = tool:Clone().Parent == player:FindFirstChild('Backpack', false) --// Cloning the tool and setting the parent to the players backpack
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
end;
for i = 0, length do
wait(1)
for x, player in pairs(players:GetChildren()) do
if player then
if player.Character then
if not player.Character:FindFirstChild("PlayerAlive") then
table.remove(PlrsAlive, x)
end
end
else
table.remove(PlrsAlive, x)
end
end
if #PlrsAlive < 2 then break end
end
for i, player in pairs(players:GetChildren()) do
for i, tool in pairs(player.Backpack:GetChildren()) do
tool:Destroy()
end
if player.Character:FindFirstChild("PlayerAlive") then
player.Character:FindFirstChild("PlayerAlive"):Destroy()
end
player:LoadCharacter()
end
map:Destroy()
end
is this correct
i just pasted it in to see if its correct
the script is probably correct, how about go test it out and see if it works
like, if you took a sword tool and put it in workspace, the sword is parented to workspace
oh ok thanks for your confirmation
ok, I tried it, it actually didnt work, so forget what I said, putting Worspace or serverstorage doesnt work
oh ok then, any updates about the script?
well, not really, I replaced some code with that and it just spawns me without tools, I think I might make another topic, more on the inventory, because this is kinda confusing
I recommend you should see alvinblox’s playlist called ‘ how to make a game’, in the last part of the playlist it covers on how to do shop and the equip system, you should go check it out
it takes all of the tools from each of the players folders
Thanks, I think I will make another topic tmr about an easier way to do this
But, I have learned something here, thank you for explaining the script
So I will mark this as the end 
You should mark the actual solution as the solution…
You mean NavalFi’s solution
Thanks for telling me 
Ok I made a new topic