GetCharacterAppearanceAsync Deprecated what should I use?

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#21

Well, I think the problem might be is that you’re trying to get a UserId from a model. You’ll need to get the player object for that. If this is a character of a player, you can use game:GetService(“Players”):GetPlayerFromCharacter(Model), then get the UserId from that.

#22

The UserId is in a value and it is correct because I checked

#23

Try doing print(game.Players:GetCharacterAppearanceInfoAsync(1)), because the only way I got it to error HTTP 400 is when it was an invalid UserId. I’m not sure what else it could possibly be.

#24

Where should I put that script?

#25

Just type it in the console. If it errors, then it’s not your script’s fault. If it doesn’t error, it probably means the UserId is invalid.

#26

Im guessing in game?

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#27

No, it can be in the studio console, as long as HTTP requests are enabled.

#28

It prints:

  03:38:51.428  > print(game.Players:GetCharacterAppearanceInfoAsync(1))  -  Studio
  03:38:51.549   ▼  {
                    ["assets"] =  ▶ {...},
                    ["bodyColors"] =  ▶ {...},
                    ["defaultPantsApplied"] = false,
                    ["defaultShirtApplied"] = false,
                    ["emotes"] = {},
                    ["playerAvatarType"] = "R15",
                    ["scales"] =  ▶ {...}
                 }  -  Edit
#29

Hmm. See what happens if you replace the Model.UserId.Value with just 1. If it works, it means the userid is definitely invalid.

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#30

It errors the script

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#31

Can you show me the script with it changed?

#32 
local Model = script.Parent

local autoUpd = true
local autoRefreshDuration = 60

local function resetModel()
	for i,v in pairs(Model:GetChildren()) do
		if v:IsA('CharacterMesh') or v:IsA('Shirt') or v:IsA('Pants') or v:IsA('Accessory') or v:IsA('ShirtGraphic') then
			v:Destroy()
		end
	end
	if Model.Head:findFirstChild('Mesh') then
		Model.Head.Mesh:Destroy()
	end
end

local function updateModel()
	local UserId = 1
	local AppModel = game.Players:GetCharacterAppearanceAsync(UserId)
	for i,v in pairs(AppModel:GetChildren()) do
		if v:IsA('SpecialMesh') or v:IsA('BlockMesh') or v:IsA('CylinderMesh') then
			v.Parent = Model.Head
		elseif v:IsA('Decal') then
			Model.Head.face.Texture = v.Texture
		elseif v:IsA('BodyColors') or v:IsA('CharacterMesh') or v:IsA('Shirt') or v:IsA('Pants') or v:IsA('ShirtGraphic') then
			if Model:findFirstChild('Body Colors') then
				Model['Body Colors']:Destroy()
			end
			v.Parent = Model
		elseif v:IsA('Accessory') then
			v.Parent = Model
			v.Handle.CFrame = Model.Head.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, Model.Head.Size.Y / 2, 0) * v.AttachmentPoint:inverse()
		end
	end
	if not Model.Head:FindFirstChild('Mesh') then
		local m = Instance.new('SpecialMesh', Model.Head)
		m.MeshType = Enum.MeshType.Head
		m.Scale = Vector3.new(1.25, 1.25, 1.25)
	end
end

updateModel()

if autoUpd then
	while wait(autoRefreshDuration) do
		resetModel()
		updateModel()
	end
end
#33

I’m not sure what to say, both functions work fine on my end.

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I’m not sure what would be causing this, especially since using the userid 1 worked in console. This is truly peculiar, it shouldn’t have a reason to error. Maybe try testing this from a game server, and see if that changes anything.

#34

Nope doesn’t change anything all the other “eggs” in the game work fine just this one egg that I made but ran on the same system.

#35

Well, unfortunately I have no idea what could be going wrong, especially since it errored when the UserId was 1. Sorry!

#36

Oh ok thanks for the help!

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