How to delete hats off a character?

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#1

(Yes, I’ve made another post. I’m getting too carried away with devforum! I will be asleep once I make this post so in the morning I’ll respond to all of them :slight_smile: )

My issue is that I cannot remove hats from a character and I can’t figure it out. It’s to stop collision with other hats for a mask.

Script:

character = tool.Parent
	local hats = character:GetChildren("HatAccessory")
	hats:Destroy()

Error:

 Players.squaredsnow.Backpack.Troll Tool.Activate:7: attempt to call a nil value

I don’t know a lot about accessories. If anyone could tell me, that would be great.

#2

Hey me again. All you gotta do really is just make the script this

local tool = script.Parent
local death = tool:WaitForChild("Death")

death.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, character)
	character = tool.Parent
	character.Humanoid.Health = character.Humanoid.Health - 50
	for _, Hat in pairs(character:GetChildren()) do
		if Hat:IsA('Accessory') then
			Hat:Destroy()
		end
	end
end)

If it doesnt work i can help

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#3 
for _, Object in pairs(Character:GetChildren()) do
	if Object:IsA("Accessory") and Object.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.Hat then
		Object:Destroy()
	end
end
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#4

Thanks for helping me on 2 posts :smiley:

#5

You don’t even need a loop for this, Roblox’s API has an instance method specifically purposed for the removal of a player’s character’s worn accessories.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

task.wait(5)
Humanoid:RemoveAccessories()

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Humanoid/RemoveAccessories

#6

What does task.wait do?

Also the :RemoveAccessories() function looks really useful.

#7

task.wait() is a newer version of wait() that resumes a thread after it has reached the desired time you applied. They are basically the same thing.

#8

So stops the entire script then resumes after it finishes?

#9

Yes, it functions the same way wait() does but a different name and a slightly different function. You can research more about task library here.