I’m trying to make a game where you can upload your current avatar and it will be saved (even if the player changes it in the future) meaning that I cannot just import the avatar from Roblox servers.
I tried just cloning the model and importing that into a datastore but obviously that didn’t work. How would I go about serializing a character model, including all of the hats/gear and everything
Assuming the character model does not have anything placed on it by the game iteself, then you can just use HumanoidDescription. Just get all the values in the HumanoidDescription in a table and save it.
You can use Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription() and upload that into a datastore with a random number as the key.
Is there an easy way to loop through all of the properties in a HumanoidDescription
No and yes. You can make a table with all the properties and use for I loops to get each property of that Description?
I wrote down the properties here so just use them in a table? There may be another better way but that’s all that I can think of currently.
local humanoid_descriptionProperties = {
"AccessoryBlob",
"BackAccessory",
"BodyTypeScale",
"ClimbAnimation",
"DepthScale",
"Face",
"FaceAccessory",
"FallAnimation",
"FrontAccessory",
"GraphicTShirt",
"HairAccessory",
"HatAccessory",
"Head",
"HeadColor",
"HeadScale",
"HeightScale",
"IdleAnimation",
"JumpAnimation",
"LeftArm",
"LeftArmColor",
"LeftLeg",
"LeftLegColor",
"MoodAnimation",
"NeckAccessory",
"Pants",
"ProportionScale",
"RightArm",
"RightArmColor",
"RightLeg",
"RightLegColor",
"RunAnimation",
"Shirt",
"ShouldersAccessory",
"SwimAnimation",
"Torso",
"TorsoColor",
"WaistAccessory",
"WalkAnimation",
"WidthScale"
}
-- Loop through these properies.
-- Make another table and set the values like a dictionary to serialize them.
-- For more optimization, I would suggest to either remove some properties or just see if any property is nil then not set it.
-- To deserialize, just loop through this again.
I am sorry to burst your bubble but Humanoid | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub. (:GetAppliedDescription() returns a HumanoidDescription which isn’t compatible with datastores.)
Painful but thank you
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It won’t be too painful as I have mentioned steps on how you could do it.
You can also use this:
It’s not letting me upload this as a datastore even though I’m positive it’s all numeric values and strings in arrays/dictionaries
ReplicatedStorage.SendAvatar.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
local mii = player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid"):GetAppliedDescription()
mii.Parent = ServerStorage
local humanoidDescriptionProperties = {
"AccessoryBlob",
"BackAccessory",
"BodyTypeScale",
"ClimbAnimation",
"DepthScale",
"Face",
"FaceAccessory",
"FallAnimation",
"FrontAccessory",
"GraphicTShirt",
"HairAccessory",
"HatAccessory",
"Head",
"HeadColor",
"HeadScale",
"HeightScale",
"IdleAnimation",
"JumpAnimation",
"LeftArm",
"LeftArmColor",
"LeftLeg",
"LeftLegColor",
"MoodAnimation",
"NeckAccessory",
"Pants",
"ProportionScale",
"RightArm",
"RightArmColor",
"RightLeg",
"RightLegColor",
"RunAnimation",
"Shirt",
"ShouldersAccessory",
"SwimAnimation",
"Torso",
"TorsoColor",
"WaistAccessory",
"WalkAnimation",
"WidthScale"
}
local miiInfo = {}
for i = 1, #humanoidDescriptionProperties do
pcall(function()
--print(humanoidDescriptionProperties[i])
--print(mii[humanoidDescriptionProperties[i]])
miiInfo[humanoidDescriptionProperties[i]] = mii[humanoidDescriptionProperties[i]]
end)
end
for key, value in pairs(miiInfo) do
print(key, value)
end
table.insert(miiList, miiInfo)
ServerStorage.TotalAvatars.Value += 1
gameStats = {
ServerStorage.TotalAvatars.Value
}
dataStore:SetAsync("game", gameStats)
dataStore:SetAsync("list", miiList)
dataStore:GetAsync("list")
for k, v in pairs(miiList) do
print(k,v)
end
end)
That’s a common issue with datastores. You can use HTTPService:JSonEncode() to send the data and then later on decode it using HTTPService:JSonDecode(). This is usually because DataStores face a problem saving Dictionaries.
New problem: [“HeadColor”] and other Color3 properties are saving as nil whenever I’m trying to add them to the dictionary.
print(mii[humanoidDescriptionProperties[i]]) returns (0.972579, 0.972579, 0.972579)
but print(miiList[i]["HeadColor"]) returns nil
just found my old module from my avatar editor game
i didnt consider converting emotes in this module cuz i have a custom made emote system in my game before but if you really wish to also convert the emotes you can get the emotes from using :GetEmotes() on humanoiddesc i believe
local Module = {}
Module.HumanoidDescriptionProperties = {
"BackAccessory", "FaceAccessory", "FrontAccessory", "HairAccessory", "HatAccessory", "NeckAccessory", "ShouldersAccessory", "WaistAccessory",
"ClimbAnimation", "FallAnimation", "IdleAnimation", "JumpAnimation", "MoodAnimation", "RunAnimation", "SwimAnimation", "WalkAnimation",
"HeadColor", "LeftArmColor", "LeftLegColor", "RightArmColor", "RightLegColor", "TorsoColor",
"BodyTypeScale", "DepthScale", "HeadScale", "HeightScale", "ProportionScale", "WidthScale",
"Face", "Head", "LeftArm", "LeftLeg", "RightArm", "RightLeg", "Torso",
"GraphicTShirt", "Pants", "Shirt",
}
function Module:HumanoidDescriptionToTable(HumanoidDescription:HumanoidDescription):{string}
local HumanoidDescriptionData = {}
HumanoidDescriptionData.LayeredClothing = {}
for Index, Value in ipairs(Module.HumanoidDescriptionProperties) do
if HumanoidDescription[Value] then
if table.find({"HeadColor", "LeftArmColor", "LeftLegColor", "RightArmColor", "RightLegColor", "TorsoColor"}, Value) then
HumanoidDescriptionData[Value] = {R = HumanoidDescription[Value].R * 255, G = HumanoidDescription[Value].G * 255, B = HumanoidDescription[Value].B * 255}
else
HumanoidDescriptionData[Value] = HumanoidDescription[Value]
end
end
end
for Index, Value in ipairs(HumanoidDescription:GetAccessories(false)) do
table.insert(HumanoidDescriptionData.LayeredClothing, {
AccessoryType = Value.AccessoryType.Name,
AssetId = Value.AssetId,
Order = Value.Order,
})
end
return HumanoidDescriptionData
end
function Module:TableToHumanoidDescription(HumanoidDescriptionData:{string}):HumanoidDescription
local HumanoidDescription = Instance.new("HumanoidDescription")
for Index, Value in ipairs(Module.HumanoidDescriptionProperties) do
if HumanoidDescriptionData[Value] then
if table.find({"HeadColor", "LeftArmColor", "LeftLegColor", "RightArmColor", "RightLegColor", "TorsoColor"}, Value) then
HumanoidDescription[Value] = Color3.fromRGB(HumanoidDescriptionData[Value].R, HumanoidDescriptionData[Value].G, HumanoidDescriptionData[Value].B)
else
HumanoidDescription[Value] = HumanoidDescriptionData[Value]
end
end
end
local LayeredClothingData = {}
for Index, Value in ipairs(HumanoidDescriptionData.LayeredClothing) do
table.insert(LayeredClothingData, {
AccessoryType = Enum.AccessoryType[Value.AccessoryType],
AssetId = Value.AssetId,
Order = Value.Order
})
end
HumanoidDescription:SetAccessories(LayeredClothingData, false)
return HumanoidDescription
end
function Module:CheckWearingClothes(Character:Model)
local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if Humanoid then
local ShirtNeeded = true
local PantsNeeded = true
local HumanoidDescription = Humanoid:GetAppliedDescription()
for Index, Value in ipairs(HumanoidDescription:GetAccessories(false)) do
if Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.DressSkirt then
ShirtNeeded = false
PantsNeeded = false
elseif Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.Pants then
PantsNeeded = false
ShirtNeeded = false
elseif Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.Shorts then
PantsNeeded = false
ShirtNeeded = false
elseif Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.Shirt then
ShirtNeeded = false
elseif Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.TShirt then
ShirtNeeded = false
elseif Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.Sweater then
ShirtNeeded = false
elseif Value.AccessoryType == Enum.AccessoryType.Jacket then
ShirtNeeded = false
end
end
if ShirtNeeded and HumanoidDescription.Shirt ~= 0 then
ShirtNeeded = false
end
if PantsNeeded and HumanoidDescription.Pants ~= 0 then
PantsNeeded = false
ShirtNeeded = false
end
if PantsNeeded then
local function ColorSimilarity(Color1, Color2)
local R1, G1, B1 = Color1.R, Color1.G, Color1.B
local R2, G2, B2 = Color2.R, Color2.G, Color2.B
return math.sqrt((R1 - R2)^2 + (G1 - G2)^2 + (B1 - B2)^2)
end
if ColorSimilarity(HumanoidDescription.TorsoColor, HumanoidDescription.LeftLegColor) >= 0.125 and ColorSimilarity(HumanoidDescription.TorsoColor, HumanoidDescription.RightLegColor) >= 0.125 then
PantsNeeded = false
ShirtNeeded = false
end
end
for Index, Value in ipairs(Character:GetChildren()) do
if Value:IsA("Shirt") then
if ShirtNeeded then
Value:Destroy()
elseif Value.Name == "DefaultShirt" then
Value:Destroy()
end
end
if Value:IsA("Pants") then
if PantsNeeded then
Value:Destroy()
elseif Value.Name == "DefaultPants" then
Value:Destroy()
end
end
end
if ShirtNeeded then
local DefaultShirt = Instance.new("Shirt")
DefaultShirt.Name = "DefaultShirt"
DefaultShirt.Parent = Character
DefaultShirt.ShirtTemplate = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=855768337"
end
if PantsNeeded then
local DefaultPants = Instance.new("Pants")
DefaultPants.Name = "DefaultPants"
DefaultPants.Parent = Character
DefaultPants.PantsTemplate = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=867830078"
end
end
end
return Module
This is usually because DataStores can’t save Color3 values. You have to store them in a string or a table instead.
local function SerializeColor(Color)
return {R = Color.R,G = Color.G,B = Color.B}
end
local function DeserializeColor(Color:{R:number,G:number,B:number})
return Color3.new(Color.R,Color.G,Color.B)
end
Just a little note for your CheckWearingClothes function, you can also use AvatarEditorService’s CheckApplyDefaultClothing method, it is a bit more dynamic in a sense and tries to capture all use cases i.e. I’ve noticed if a user has a beach wear it would be a bit more allowing if appropriate.
i was aware of that service having that kind of fuction almost a year ago, it was my old module having 3k lines
edit: basically i just extracted it on my module having 3k lines i didnt meant to add that extra function
i made that function cuz i mainly only using http on my avatar editor before to get catalog items and didnt know about that avatar service
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