How do I change a player avatar?

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#1

  1. What do you want to achieve?
    An in-game avatar editor system.

  2. What is the issue?
    I cannot figure out how to do it. There is barely any documentation for HumanoidDescription:SetAccessories() so I am clueless.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far?
    The DevHub had barely any documentation for HumanoidDescription.

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#2

If you have the accessories you want to put on the players avatar already, I think you just clone and parent the accessory to the player’s character.

If they are in an odd position, try changing the offsets inside of the accessory.

#3

I have tried doing that, it didn’t work. Wouldn’t it also cause lag to have over 5,000 accessories loaded in the game at once?

#4

I dont understand why you’d have 5000 accesories…

I dont know if this would work for your case, but inside of a game im working on, I have a backpack that the player must wear

I put an accessory inside of StarterCharacter
Inside of the accessory, there is only a part with a Mesh inside of the part

You could change the mesh id and mesh texture for the different accessories

#5

I am making an avatar editor, for the player to edit their avatar in-game.

#6

Let me know if what I said works

#7

How can I retrive data of what the player has on?

#8

I dont understand, do you mean what they are wearing when they join the game?

#9

No, what they equip with the avatar editor. Later on I am adding a costume saving feature.

#10

I don’t see how this is helping with making it so you can equip accessories.

If you need help with making it save, you may want to create a new post.

#11

I know how to make it save. Its just how can I see what the player has equipped. A HumanoidDescription would make it easier to track it.

#12

You could use the data from the meshid, or name the mesh when you are changing its id and texture

#13

Would the mesh id be the assets id?

#14

I think you are confused, let me explain what I’ve already said

Basically, make an accessory inside of StarterCharacter, with a part inside. Inside of the part, have a mesh.

When you are equipping an accessory, change the MeshId of the mesh inside of the accessory that’s already in StarterCharacter

#15

Or maybe I can keep a data table on the server that keeps track of the id’s of the assets the player has equipped?

#16

Yes, do that, If you need any further help, I recommend making a new post on your questions.

#17

Quick question: InsertService can be used to insert accessories, right?

#18

I have never used InsertService, so I do not know

I found this: