I’m having an issue with a Glove MeshPart where changing its position through a script only moves the pivot point, not the entire mesh.
The Problem
I have imported a mesh (from Blender) into Roblox Studio that has armature bones. I need to manage its position through a script. However, when I change the Position or CFrame property, only the pivot point moves to the new location. The visual mesh itself either stays in its original position or moves in a broken way, disconnected from its pivot.
- What I expect: The entire mesh and its bones to move seamlessly to the new position.
- What happens: The pivot moves, but the mesh geometry does not follow correctly.
Replication Steps
- Insert a MeshPart with bones and skinning.
- Run a simple script to change its position with a motor6d and to be attached with a right or a left hand of the character
- Observe that the mesh visual does not follow the pivot.
ScreenShots and Videos
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What iam Seeing:
(It sometimes make the glove on a right hand and the pivot on the left) -
The Glove Structure:
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Video For What Happend:
My LocalScript Code
Here is the script I am currently using:
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local part = workspace:WaitForChild("Part")
local proximity = part:WaitForChild("ProximityPrompt")
local gui = script.Parent:WaitForChild("ShopGui2")
local frame = gui:WaitForChild("Frame")
local scroll = frame:WaitForChild("Scroll")
local template = scroll:WaitForChild("Template")
local close = frame:WaitForChild("Close")
local items = require(replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Items"))
local glovesFolder = replicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Gloves")
local function clearItems()
for _, child in pairs(scroll:GetChildren()) do
if child ~= template and child:IsA("Frame") then
child:Destroy()
end
end
end
local function equipGloves(gloveName)
unequipGloves()
local gloveModel = glovesFolder:FindFirstChild(gloveName)
if not gloveModel or not gloveModel:IsA("Model") then
warn("Glove model not found:", gloveName)
return
end
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local rightHand = character:FindFirstChild("RightHand") or character:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
local leftHand = character:FindFirstChild("LeftHand") or character:FindFirstChild("Left Arm")
if not rightHand or not leftHand then
warn("Could not find hands on character")
return
end
local rightGloveMesh = gloveModel:FindFirstChild("RightHand")
local leftGloveMesh = gloveModel:FindFirstChild("LeftHand")
if not rightGloveMesh or not leftGloveMesh then
warn("Could not find glove mesh parts in model:", gloveName)
return
end
local clonedRightGlove = rightGloveMesh:Clone()
clonedRightGlove.Name = "EquippedRightGlove"
clonedRightGlove.Parent = character
local clonedLeftGlove = leftGloveMesh:Clone()
clonedLeftGlove.Name = "EquippedLeftGlove"
clonedLeftGlove.Parent = character
-- Spacial Gloves
if gloveName == "Diamond" or gloveName == "Golden" then
clonedRightGlove.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright yellow")
clonedLeftGlove.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright yellow")
clonedRightGlove.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
clonedLeftGlove.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
elseif gloveName == "Ice" or gloveName == "Frozen" then
clonedRightGlove.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Light blue")
clonedLeftGlove.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Light blue")
clonedRightGlove.Material = Enum.Material.Ice
clonedLeftGlove.Material = Enum.Material.Ice
elseif gloveName == "Fire" or gloveName == "Inferno" then
clonedRightGlove.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright red")
clonedLeftGlove.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright red")
clonedRightGlove.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
clonedLeftGlove.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
elseif gloveName == "Ghost" or gloveName == "Specter" then
clonedRightGlove.Transparency = 0.7
clonedLeftGlove.Transparency = 0.7
elseif gloveName == "Bite" then
if clonedRightGlove then
clonedRightGlove.EF.Particle.Enabled = true
clonedRightGlove.Tounge.Anim.Enabled = true
else
warn(clonedLeftGlove.Name .. "Missing smth")
end
if clonedLeftGlove then
clonedLeftGlove.EF.Particle.Enabled = true
clonedLeftGlove.Tounge.Anim.Enabled = true
else
warn(clonedLeftGlove.Name .. "Missing smth")
end
end
local rightMotor = Instance.new("Motor6D")
rightMotor.Name = "RightGloveWeld"
rightMotor.Part0 = rightHand
rightMotor.Part1 = clonedRightGlove
if rightGloveMesh:FindFirstChild("CF") and rightGloveMesh.CF:IsA("CFrameValue") then
rightMotor.C0 = rightGloveMesh.CF.Value
else
rightMotor.C0 = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), math.rad(180))
end
rightMotor.C1 = CFrame.new()
rightMotor.Parent = rightHand
local leftMotor = Instance.new("Motor6D")
leftMotor.Name = "LeftGloveWeld"
leftMotor.Part0 = leftHand
leftMotor.Part1 = clonedLeftGlove
if leftGloveMesh:FindFirstChild("CF") and leftGloveMesh.CF:IsA("CFrameValue") then
leftMotor.C0 = leftGloveMesh.CF.Value
else
leftMotor.C0 = CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(90), math.rad(-180))
end
leftMotor.C1 = CFrame.new()
leftMotor.Parent = leftHand
if gloveName == "MP5" or gloveName == "M1911" then
rightHand.Transparency = 0
leftHand.Transparency = 0
else
rightHand.Transparency = 1
leftHand.Transparency = 1
end
print("Equipped:", gloveName)
end
function unequipGloves()
local character = player.Character
if character then
local rightGlove = character:FindFirstChild("EquippedRightGlove")
local leftGlove = character:FindFirstChild("EquippedLeftGlove")
if rightGlove then rightGlove:Destroy() end
if leftGlove then leftGlove:Destroy() end
local rightHand = character:FindFirstChild("RightHand") or character:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
local leftHand = character:FindFirstChild("LeftHand") or character:FindFirstChild("Left Arm")
if rightHand then rightHand.Transparency = 0 end
if leftHand then leftHand.Transparency = 0 end
end
end
local function setupGui()
clearItems()
for gloveName, gloveData in pairs(items.skins) do
if gloveData.Shop == true then
local clonedTemp = template:Clone()
clonedTemp.Name = gloveName
clonedTemp.Button.Text = gloveName
clonedTemp.Parent = scroll
clonedTemp.Visible = true
clonedTemp.Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
print("Selected skin:", gloveName)
equipGloves(gloveName)
end)
else
warn(gloveName .. " is unavailable (Shop is false)")
end
end
end
setupGui()
proximity.Triggered:Connect(function()
if gui then
frame.Visible = true
setupGui()
else
warn("ShopGui not found!")
end
end)
close.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
frame.Visible = false
end)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
unequipGloves()
end)