How do i make a dummy clone a person's avatar so i can animate it?

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#1

Beginner developer here, i want to make a script (it’s gonna be a 1 player game) where it spawns a dummy with the same accessories and clothings as the player that joined, how can i achieve this?

I’ve tried different solutions offered here such as getplayerid, but as a beginner, everything is confusing here and i dont really know where to start

It would also help if i got told where i need to store the script (such as in Players folder or another one? thanks

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#2

You probably want to use a server script to achieve this, located in ServerScriptService (optimal location for scripts).

You could probably just clone the player’s character, or, if that doesn’t work for some reason, use Players:GetCharacterAppearanceAsync().

local players = game:GetService("Players")

local function playerAdded(player)
    local success, response = pcall(
        players.GetCharacterAppearanceAsync, players, player.UserId
    )
    if success then
        local newChar = response
    else
        warn(response)
    end
end

players.PlayerAdded:Once(playerAdded)
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#3

do i need to make a dummy for this to work?, sorry for the dumb question

Im pretty sure this script is right but i might be missing something as only inserting this into serverscriptservice doesnt make a dummy appear

edit: please take note i have no experience in pogramming

The error i get in the developer console is

“Downloading asset failed for asset id 5722947559, is the asset id correct and is the asset type model?”

#4

For this specific method, no.

Try this script that simply clones the player’s character:

local players = game:GetService("Players")

local function playerAdded(player)
    local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
    local animateChar = char:Clone()
    -- Do what you will with animateChar
end

players.PlayerAdded:Once(playerAdded)