How would I create an executable ragdoll system?

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#4

Hmm, that would make sense about cloning the character and changing the camera. Not really sure about the camera changing since I have never really manipulated the camera’s position. Thank you for replying though!

Also, if anyone never knew, “executable” meant as in ragdolling when it is commanded to ragdoll.

#5

Ah, thank you for that! What motor6Ds are you talking about that can kill the player?

#6

Generally, the Head, and the HumanoidRootPart motors. In addition, this method is also effective for custom NPCs, as long as you add ball sockets. The ballsockets keep the player in place when the motor6Ds are disabled so they don’t fall through the map, hence killing the player.

Edit: I forgot to mention that you have to disable BreakJointsOnDeath.

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#7

Would the torso count as a killable motor6D or does it not have one?

#8

I disable the torso, so I would assume no.

Edit: I forgot to mention, disabling player death should be done as soon as the player spawns.

humanoid:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Dead,false)

If you want to kill the player, set it back to true, and then use the :ChangeState() function to set the humanoid to Dead, which kills the player.

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#9

I’ve tried testing this, but it doesn’t seem to ragdoll. I have a health detector and a disabler. How would you disable Motor6Ds?

I’ve tried doing this:

for i, v in pairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
			if v:IsA("Motor6D") and not v.Name == "Neck" and not v.Name == "RootJoint" then
				v.Enabled = false
			end
		end
#10

The reason why it’s not working is because you have not applied Attachments to the Character’s parts.

--Ragdoll insert
for _, v in pairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
	if v:IsA("Motor6D") then
		local a0,a1 = Instance.new("Attachment"),Instance.new("Attachment")
		a0.CFrame = v.C0
		a1.CFrame = v.C1
		a0.Parent = v.Part0
		a1.Parent = v.Part1
			
		local b = Instance.new("BallSocketConstraint")
		b.Attachment0 = a0
		b.Attachment1 = a1
		b.Parent = v.Part0
					
		v:Destroy() --Destroys Motor6D parts, so you might want to save them instead of destroying them.
	end
end
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#11

It would make sense for destroying them, but how would I recover Motor6Ds?

#12

Did you create a script that creates a ballsocket constraint connecting the all the limbs, including head to the torso?

#13

I followed a tutorial online that was similar to this but with event listeners. However, it doesn’t work, even though no error shows up.

Code 
-- [[ Services ]] --
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)	
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local playerHumanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
		playerHumanoid.Died:Connect(function()
			playerHumanoid.BreakJointsOnDeath = false
			
			for _, v in pairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
				if v:IsA("Motor6D") then
					local attachment0,attachment1 = Instance.new("Attachment"), Instance.new("Attachment")
					attachment0.CFrame = v.C0
					attachment1.CFrame = v.C1
					attachment0.Parent = v.Part0
					attachment1.Parent = v.Part1
					
					local ballConstraint = Instance.new("BallSocketConstraint")
					ballConstraint.Attatchment0 = attachment0
					ballConstraint.Attatchment1 = attachment1
					ballConstraint.Parent = v.Part0
					
					v:Destroy()
				end
			end
			character.HumanoidRootPart.CanCollide = false
		end)
	end)
end)

OP, I am not too sure of how to approach making that kind of system as I am struggling to make a ragdoll myself. However, once you make a successful ragdoll function, you could place it anywhere else and it won’t have to be placed inside of an event when the player dies.

As for bringing the player back to a normal state, maybe you can mess around with player states and force them to stand up again, destroy the ball constraints and re-enable the Motor6D. That’s what I’ve heard around the forum.

#14

Thank you all for replying. Also, yes, I did make a function that creates a ballsocket constraint connecting everything.

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#15

What part is it that is not working? The Ragdoll, or the Getting up part?

-edit- im honestly having the same problem, and willing to share what i have so far

#16

I have tried this, it works. I just disable the motor6ds, and create ballsocket joints. (I also added a revive system where you get up after a certain amount of time), but everytime the humanoid root part gets teleported, when you ragdoll again, your humanoid root part falls out of position and swings around

#17

Create a Blacklist for the HumanoidRootPart motor

#18

and how would i do that? and what would it do to help?

#19

I think your best bet would be to find one of the R to Ragdoll scripts floating around the forum, and modify it to fire the ragdoll and unragdoll based on your health. You’ll need a script to monitor the health and fire the events. I assume you’d have to have a script regenerating health as well, I don’t know if health goes back up by itself or not.

This one ragdolls and wakes up on a timer:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/cleanest-r-to-ragdoll-script/969930

This one I think toggles on and off based on R:
https://devforum.roblox.com/t/how-can-i-make-a-r-to-ragdoll-script/942730/3

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#20

no, I meant there is a problem with my ragdoll, after my rig is teleported, the humanoid root part just goes crazy

#21

this may be inefficient but what i did is just make a table for which Motor6Ds to remove (well i just put it in a folder in serverstorage)

local Motor6Ds = {
    "name1",
    "name2",
    "name3",
    "name4"
}

then when i need to find if a certain Motor6D is one that needs to be removed, i check the name and if it’s in the table i remove it

#22

noooo i mean replacing motor6ds work, but when i do that, my humanoid root part goes crazy

#23

can i see your code? i don’t have mine right now but i’ll see what you have if there’s any errors