I disagree (knowing that I did absolutely no testing and have not scripted in months).
I think just grabbing every podium and placing them into a table is fine, they’d all be indexed in an order. Table[1] is a different podium than Table[10]. You wouldn’t have to account for updating the names of all podiums every time you make more or delete some, then ensuring you don’t have duplicate names.
I don’t think numbering each podium is necessary.
if you manage to save the instances ID then good luck, never worked for me
sorry for late reply I couldn’t get on but I just tried your solution and it didn’t work. it gave me the same output as I was getting before. the podiums string worked so all the podiums were numbered but all the characters just went into the same podium
I can’t do this because if I changed the name of the character models it would mess up my whole prompt script and then everything else following. it searches for a model named character
have you tried creating a table storing all of the podium’s unique ID’s and then looping through that with ipairs?
local characters = -- Array of characters
local podiums = -- Array of podiums
for index, character in characters do
local podium = assert(podiums[index], "Insufficient number of podiums.")
character.Parent = podium
end
you should try putting the podiums into a folder, then giving each podium an IntValue called “PodiumId”, that way they’re individually accessible, and do →
something like:
local podiums = {} -- gets all the podiums
for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace.PodiumsFolder:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == "Podium" then
table.insert(podiums, v)
end
end
local podiumIds = {} -- gets all of the podiums intValues
for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace:GetChildren()) do
if v.Name == "Podium" then
local podiumId = v:WaitForChild("PodiumId")
podiumId = podiumId.Value
table.insert(podiums, podiumId)
end
end
local characters = {}
game.Players.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(player)) -- adds character to characters table on load
local clonedCharacter = character:Clone() -- CLONES the character, so we dont parent the real character to the podium
table.insert(characters, clonedCharacter)
end
for i, v in ipairs(chacracters) do -- loops through all characters
local chosenPodiumId = table.find(PodiumIds, i) -- gets a podiumId
for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace.PodiumsFolder) do -- loops through all podiums
local podiumID = v:WaitForChild("PodiumId")
podiumID = podiumID.Value -- gets the podium's ID
if v == podiumID then -- checks if the chosen ID equals the podium's ID
character.Parent = v -- sets the character clone's parent to the podium
character.CFrame = v.CFrame -- sets CFrame to podium CFrame bc why not
end
end
end
i spent like 40 minutes on this lol, also dont expect it to work fully, as i’m still learning, but i did my best 
(why I said SOMETHING like the code above)
I feel like OP’s problem has been vastly overcomplicated. Why do all this? Is the goal not simply to pair one model from one array to another?
i guess but the issue is that they’re all named the same thing, which causes issues in referencing
There is no need to reference any of the podiums or characters by name. Here are the results from the code in my earlier reply:
dang bru what did i just spend the last hour doing 
yes you’re correct all I’m trying to achieve is put the each character into each podium. I’m gonna try your solution right now but can you explain what array would be? I’m fairly new to scripting and I’m not 100% sure what you mean by “array of characters” and “array of podiums”. is it just the location?
edit: is the array just getting the children of the folder?(that’s what makes the most sense to me considering you didn’t put :GetChildren() inside your for loop)
what you got is EXACTLY what I need for my game
An array is a particular arrangement of a table. It is characterized by a table solely comprised of values whose indices are in ascending numerical order, starting from 1. That occurs naturally with the following syntax:
local array = {"A", "B", "C"}
If your characters and podiums are stored under another instance, similar to how mine were under a Folder, then you can produce an array that contains them by calling Instance:GetChildren:
local characters = workspace.Characters:GetChildren()
local podiums = workspace.Podiums:GetChildren()
thank you for the clarification on it and the solution. I’m getting an error when I try to trigger my prompts and here’s a screenshot
attempt to index nil with FindFirstChild and this is the line that’s prompting the error. line 104could my issue be because I have findfirstchild set again?
That error is saying NPC is nil. All you did by using FindFirstChild to access the “Character” child was prevent the index error from rising. The function call instead resulted in nil. You may be trying to access the “Character” child prematurely. Please send your full script(s)
hate to admit it but I really don’t understand that at all. I can send my scripts or I can send you the model link that I used for the prompt / UI service for the characters. which one would be best for you to help?
Your scripts are more relevant to the problem
here you go
local ShowUIEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription")
local TryOutfitEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("TryOutfit")
local Runs = game:GetService("RunService")
local CloseSound = script:WaitForChild("Close")
local WearSound = script:WaitForChild("Wear")
local WooshSound = script:WaitForChild("Woosh")
local viewportModelRotator = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.ViewportRotation)
local NPC = nil
----------------------------------[[ VIEWPORT PORTION ]]------------------------------
-- Settings
local OFFSET = CFrame.new(0,2.5,-7)
-- Services
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
-- Objects
local ViewPort = script.Parent.ImageLabel:WaitForChild("ViewportFrame")
local Camera = Instance.new("Camera")
ViewPort.CurrentCamera = Camera
local ValidClasses = {
["MeshPart"] = true; ["Part"] = true; ["Accoutrement"] = true;
["Pants"] = true; ["Shirt"] = true;
["Humanoid"] = true;
}
local RenderObjects = table.create(25)
local function RemoveObject(Object)
local Clone = RenderObjects[Object]
if not Clone then return nil end
RenderObjects[Object] = nil
if Clone.Parent:IsA("Accoutrement") then
Clone.Parent:Destroy()
else
Clone:Destroy()
end
--print("Removed",Object)
end
local function AddObject(Object)
if not ValidClasses[Object.ClassName] then
return nil
end
-- Create clone, regardless of Archivable
local a = Object.Archivable
Object.Archivable = true
local RenderClone = Object:Clone()
Object.Archivable = a
if Object.ClassName == "MeshPart" or Object.ClassName == "Part" then
RenderObjects[Object] = RenderClone
elseif Object:IsA("Accoutrement") then
RenderObjects[Object.Handle] = RenderClone.Handle
elseif Object.ClassName == "Humanoid" then
--Disable all states. We only want it for clothing wrapping.
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.FallingDown, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Running, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.RunningNoPhysics, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Climbing, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.StrafingNoPhysics, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Ragdoll, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.GettingUp, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Landed, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Flying, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Freefall, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Seated, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.PlatformStanding, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Dead, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Swimming, false)
RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Physics, false)
RenderClone.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
end
--print("Added",Object)
return RenderClone
end
----------------------------------[[ EVENT PORTION ]]------------------------------
ShowUIEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(NPCEvent)
NPC = NPCEvent
WooshSound:Play()
script.Parent.Visible = true
----------------------------------[[ VIEWPORT PORTION ]]------------------------------
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
if (not NPC:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")) or (not ViewPort.Visible) then
return nil
end
-- Update camera
Camera.CFrame = CFrame.new(NPC.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame:ToWorldSpace(OFFSET).Position, NPC.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
-- Update objects
for Original, Clone in pairs(RenderObjects) do
if Original and Original.Parent then
Clone.CFrame = Original.CFrame
else
RemoveObject(Original)
end
end
end)
local function HandleChar()
--warn("Handle char")
table.clear(RenderObjects)
ViewPort:ClearAllChildren()
local Viewmodel = Instance.new("Model")
Viewmodel.Name = "PlayerViewmodel"
Viewmodel.Parent = ViewPort
local CharObjects = NPC:GetDescendants()
for i, Object in pairs(CharObjects) do
local RenderClone = AddObject(Object)
if RenderClone then
RenderClone.Parent = Viewmodel
end
end
NPC.DescendantAdded:Connect(function(NewObject)
local RenderClone = AddObject(NewObject)
if RenderClone then
RenderClone.Parent = Viewmodel
end
end)
NPC.DescendantRemoving:Connect(function(OldObject)
RemoveObject(OldObject)
end)
end
HandleChar()
----------------------------------[[ ACCESSORIES PORTION ]]------------------------------
for _, Child in ipairs(script.Parent.ScrollingFrame:GetChildren()) do
if Child:IsA("Frame") then
Child:Destroy()
end
end
local Accessories = {}
local Accessories2 = {}
local Backs = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").BackAccessory
local BacksTable = Backs:split(",")
for _, Back in ipairs(BacksTable) do
if Back ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Back) then
table.insert(Accessories, Back)
end
end
end
local Face = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").FaceAccessory
local FaceTable = Face:split(",")
for _, FaceAC in ipairs(FaceTable) do
if FaceAC ~= 0 then
if tonumber(FaceAC) then
table.insert(Accessories, FaceAC)
end
end
end
local Fronts = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").FrontAccessory
local FrontsTable = Fronts:split(",")
for _, Front in ipairs(FrontsTable) do
if Front ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Front) then
table.insert(Accessories, Front)
end
end
end
local Hairs = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").HairAccessory
local HairsTable = Hairs:split(",")
for _, Hair in ipairs(HairsTable) do
if Hair ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Hair) then
table.insert(Accessories, Hair)
end
end
end
local Hats = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").HatAccessory
local HatsTable = Hats:split(",")
for _, Hat in ipairs(HatsTable) do
if Hat ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Hat) then
table.insert(Accessories, Hat)
end
end
end
local Necks = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").NeckAccessory
local NecksTable = Necks:split(",")
for _, Neck in ipairs(NecksTable) do
if Neck ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Neck) then
table.insert(Accessories, Neck)
end
end
end
local Shoulders = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").ShouldersAccessory
local ShouldersTable = Shoulders:split(",")
for _, Shoulder in ipairs(ShouldersTable) do
if Shoulder ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Shoulder) then
table.insert(Accessories, Shoulder)
end
end
end
local Waists = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").WaistAccessory
local WaistsTable = Waists:split(",")
for _, Waist in ipairs(WaistsTable) do
if Waist ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Waist) then
table.insert(Accessories, Waist)
end
end
end
local Face = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").Face
if tonumber(Face) then
table.insert(Accessories, Face)
end
local Shirt = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").Shirt
if tonumber(Shirt) then
table.insert(Accessories, Shirt)
end
local Pants = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").Pants
if tonumber(Pants) then
table.insert(Accessories, Pants)
end
local GraphicTShirt = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription").GraphicTShirt
if tonumber(GraphicTShirt) then
table.insert(Accessories, GraphicTShirt)
end
local AdditionalAccessories = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription"):GetAttribute("ExtraAccessories")
if AdditionalAccessories then
local ExtraTable = AdditionalAccessories:split(",")
for _, Extra in ipairs(ExtraTable) do
if Extra ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Extra) then
table.insert(Accessories, Extra)
end
end
end
end
local BuggedAccessories = NPC.Humanoid:WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription"):GetAttribute("Priceless")
if BuggedAccessories then
local BuggedTable = BuggedAccessories:split(",")
for _, Bugged in ipairs(BuggedTable) do
if Bugged ~= 0 then
if tonumber(Bugged) then
table.insert(Accessories2, Bugged)
end
end
end
end
local AddedTable = {}
for _, ID in ipairs(Accessories) do
if ID ~= 0 then
if tonumber(ID) then
if not table.find(AddedTable, ID) then
table.insert(AddedTable, ID)
local Template = script.Template
local NewTemplate = Template:Clone()
NewTemplate.ProductIDVal.Value = ID
NewTemplate.AssetIcon.Image = "https://www.roblox.com/asset-thumbnail/image?assetId=" .. ID .. "&width=420&height=420&format=png"
NewTemplate.Parent = script.Parent.ScrollingFrame
end
end
end
end
print("Finished first table")
for _, ID in ipairs(Accessories2) do
print("Going through accessories2")
if ID ~= 0 then
print("ID ~= 0")
if tonumber(ID) then
print("Got ID")
if not table.find(AddedTable, ID) then
print("Creating button")
table.insert(AddedTable, ID)
local Template = script.Template
local NewTemplate = Template:Clone()
NewTemplate.ProductIDVal.Value = ID
NewTemplate.AssetIcon.Image = "https://www.roblox.com/asset-thumbnail/image?assetId=" .. ID .. "&width=420&height=420&format=png"
NewTemplate.Cost.Text = "Offsale"
NewTemplate.Parent = script.Parent.ScrollingFrame
end
end
end
end
end)
----------------------------------[[ CLOSE/TRY PORTION ]]------------------------------
local CloseButton = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Close")
local TryButton = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Try")
TryButton.Activated:Connect(function()
TryOutfitEvent:FireServer(NPC)
WearSound:Play()
end)
CloseButton.Activated:Connect(function()
script.Parent.Visible = false
CloseSound:Play()
end)
local ReplicatedFirst = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")
local ShowUIEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription")
local TryOutfitEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("TryOutfit")
local OutfitsFolder = ReplicatedFirst:WaitForChild("Outfits")
local Row1Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row1")
local Row2Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row2")
local Row3Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row3")
local Row4Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row4")
local Row5Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row5")
local Row6Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row6")
local CreatorPicksFolder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("CreatorPicks")
local MainFolder = game:GetService("Workspace"):WaitForChild("Main")
local Outfits = MainFolder:WaitForChild("Outfits")
local Row1 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row1")
local Row2 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row2")
local Row3 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row3")
local Row4 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row4")
local Row5 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row5")
local Row6 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row6")
local CreatorPicks = Outfits:WaitForChild("CreatorPicks")
wait(1)
local CharactersArray = ReplicatedFirst:WaitForChild("Outfits"):WaitForChild("Row1Characters"):GetChildren()
local PodiumsArray = Row1:GetChildren()
for index, character in CharactersArray do
local podium = assert(PodiumsArray[index], "Insufficent number of podiums.")
character.Parent = podium
end
local ReplicatedFirst = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")
local ShowUIEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("HumanoidDescription")
local TryOutfitEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("TryOutfit")
local OutfitsFolder = ReplicatedFirst:WaitForChild("Outfits")
local Row1Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row1")
local Row2Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row2")
local Row3Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row3")
local Row4Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row4")
local Row5Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row5")
local Row6Folder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("Row6")
local CreatorPicksFolder = OutfitsFolder:WaitForChild("CreatorPicks")
local MainFolder = game:GetService("Workspace"):WaitForChild("Main")
local Outfits = MainFolder:WaitForChild("Outfits")
local Row1 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row1")
local Row2 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row2")
local Row3 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row3")
local Row4 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row4")
local Row5 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row5")
local Row6 = Outfits:WaitForChild("Row6")
local CreatorPicks = Outfits:WaitForChild("CreatorPicks")
--Row1:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
Row2:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
Row3:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
Row4:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
Row5:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
Row6:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
CreatorPicks:FindFirstChild("DistancePart"):Destroy()
wait(1)
for _, v in ipairs(Row1Folder:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("Model") and v.Name == "Podium" then
v.Parent = Row1
end
end
task.wait(3)
for _, v in ipairs(Row1:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("Model") then
local newProximityPrompt = Instance.new("ProximityPrompt")
newProximityPrompt.ActionText = ""
newProximityPrompt.HoldDuration = 0.5
newProximityPrompt.MaxActivationDistance = 5
newProximityPrompt.Parent = v:WaitForChild("ProximityPart")
local takeScript = v:WaitForChild("ProximityPart"):WaitForChild("takeScript")
takeScript.Parent = v:WaitForChild("ProximityPart"):WaitForChild("ProximityPrompt")
print("made prompt")
newProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(Player)
local NPC = takeScript.Parent.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Character")
local Character = Player.Character
ShowUIEvent:FireClient(Player, NPC)
end)
TryOutfitEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, NPC)
local Character = Player.Character
if NPC == takeScript.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character then
local Desc = takeScript.Parent.Parent.Parent.Character.Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()
if Desc and Character then
Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"):ApplyDescription(Desc)
end
end
newProximityPrompt.Enabled = false
task.wait(0.1)
newProximityPrompt.Enabled = true
end)
end
end
I know some of it’s formatted horrible so don’t attack me on that please but that’s all the scripts that relate to the character. everything else is just little effects for marketplace service when they purchase something which has no correlation to the character so I decided to leave those out