How to change a players appearance in-game using 'StarterCharacter'

[Devolas]

Hello everyone, I’m here to teach you how to change the look of a players character in-game and they will not look like the character that they created. let’s begin!

Step 1: Get a Rig (R6 & R15 will work)

(should look something like this)

Step 2: Customize the rig anyway you want.

(Does not have to look like this it is just an example)

Step 3: Rename the rig to ‘StarterCharacter’ and place it into ‘StarterPlayer’

(remember to rename it ‘StarterCharacter’ or else it won’t work)

IMPORTANT: Do not delete ‘HumanoidRootPart’ or else the character will not move upon playing the game.

Step 4: Unanchor ‘HumanoidRootPart’ in properties.

(this will make it so the player can move around and not float in mid air)

Final Product:

Hope this helped

If you have any problems or issues leave them in the comments and I will do my best to help you out.

Have a good day!

[dodle120 (muffins)]

This is really awesome and helpful!

I personally would probably not put it in a game of mine, but if I ever need to, I’ll remember this tutorial!

Thanks a lot!

[Devolas]

It’s gonna be here if you need it.

[MooskaisFlawless]

Good tutorial! Also this tutorial would be better suited in #resources:community-tutorials, since its a tutorial.

[Devolas]

Thank you for the advice, is there anyway I can move it there?

edit: I figured it out.

[Thundermaker300 (Thunder)]

I’m glad that you created this because this is something I might be looking into soon. You could also include a section about setting forced default clothing in Game Settings (under the Avatar tab iirc).

[UnpalatabIe]

This is a duplicate:

Replacing the default character with a custom character

Now, this thread was made quite some years ago - regardless… If we look at this page http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/StarterPlayer We can see that it is now as simple as adding a Model named StarterCharacter into the StarterPlayer service, after which the default character loading is disabled, and your overridden character style applies instead. StarterCharacterExample.rbxl (17.7 KB) Here’s an example of a place using StarterCharacter (replaces the default character with an …

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[Devolas]

I see where you are coming from, but I think mine is very different since I’m giving people a step by step way to change a players appearance.

[Gameboy5704 (someone)]

Sometimes when I insert some startercharacters, I cannot move anywhere. I don’t know why it makes me stay in only 1 place, I looked inside, it had every single requirement.

[Devolas]

did you unanchor the HumanoidRootPart?

edit: is the rig anchored, if so unanchor it and then try again.

[Gameboy5704 (someone)]

Yes I did, and everything was OK. I hate that I have to remove so many things to make a normal startercharacter. I actually messed the startercharacter up because I tried removing stuff that I didn’t know about.

[Devolas]

Are there any photos you can show me? maybe that can make it easier to help you.

[Gameboy5704 (someone)]

I figured it out, the humanoidrootpart was wrong. I needed to create a humanoidrootpart for the startercharacter because it wouldn’t work without the humanoidrootpart.

[Devolas]

I get it now, you must have deleted it not knowing what it did and that must have been what caused all your worries. (maybe I should tell people not to delete anything in the rig)

Edit: I have put a reminder telling people to not delete the HumanoidRootPart

[Devolas]

Yes, that sounds like a good idea.