How to detect loading orb for respawned players?

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#1

Hey guys, I can detect when a player just started a game and do some actions when a protective orb has gone,

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
	for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
		-- this code will run for all players
		Main_CHR_name = player.Name
		break -- I got only one player for this epesode
	end
Main_CHR = workspace:FindFirstChild(Main_CHR_name)
	if RunService:IsStudio() == false then
		-- games only
		local the_orb = "xxx" -- what ever, but not nil
		while the_orb ~= nil do
			the_orb = Main_CHR:FindFirstChild("ForceField")
			-- the_orb = Main_CHR:FindFirstChildOfClass("ForceField")
-- a line above is same thing
			if not the_orb then
				print("orb's gone")
				break
			else
				print("waiting...")
				wait(0.1)
			end
		end
	end

The code works perfectly for those who just joined a game, but gives an error if a player has respawned. How to fix it?

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#2

May I ask what are you trying to do here?

#3

Try this:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		
		repeat print("Waiting") task.wait() until (not char:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("ForceField"))
		print("Gone")
		
	end)
end)
#4

In my game a player first get to a “lobby”, from which it can join a level of a game. But I do not want him to enter a level with the protective orb on. Somehow I have to detect it.

#5

Unfortunately works in the same manner: only for the start and never for a respawn… same err…
attempt to index nil with ‘FindFirstChildWhichIsA’
The Orb is present though on the player…

#6

I think there’s a ForceField property called “Duration” that you can set to “0” to completely remove the forcefield that spawns around you when you join. (It’s in the SpawnLocation)

#7

Works perfectly for me, also char shouldn’t be nil because it waits for the character to spawn in

#8

I do not need to set it to zero, it is 10 by default and on purpose.

#9

Maybe where you get spawned in after you select the game, you can do:

if(game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild("ForceField")) then

That should detect whether the player has a forcefield or not.

#10 
local players = game:GetService("Players")

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		while task.wait() do
			if character:FindFirstChild("ForceField") then
				print(player.Name, " has a forcefield!")
				--run code while they have forcefield
			else
				print(player.Name, " has lost their forcefield!")
				--run code when the forcefield first ends
				break --break out of loop if you dont need to check if player doesnt have forcefield
			end
		end
	end)
end)

You don’t need a script this complicated to achieve this.

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#11

I was catching character externally, not via :Connect, that is why it worked at start only and crashed at respawns.
Thanks!