Humanoid.Died functon can only be called once?

RichPerson03return · October 10, 2021, 2:24pm

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:wait()
local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local died = RS.Died

humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
	died:FireServer()
end)

The humanoid is always defined correctly, I tested it with printing. How come it can only detect the player die once?

nakoyasha · October 10, 2021, 2:30pm

Your character reference becomes nil and disconnects your Died connection when the character disappears after the timeout in Players.RespawnTime. Fix it by defining the connection in a variable and re-connecting it everytime the character gets added:

local function DiedEvent()
     died:FireServer()
end

local HumanoidDied = humanoid.Died:Connect(DiedEvent)
Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(NewCharacter)
      character = NewCharacter
      HumanoidDied = humanoid.Died:Connect(DiedEvent)
end)

RichPerson03return · October 10, 2021, 2:35pm

My script is in a local script and I’m only trying to detect when the local player dies. Also I don’t do custom local functions when it’s unnecessary, they confuse me and this script is hard to read for me.

nakoyasha · October 10, 2021, 2:39pm

How are custom local functions confusing? They’re the same as normal functions.
Also the script isn’t too hard to read unless you took the code you provided in your post from somewhere else.

TerminusEstKuldin · October 10, 2021, 3:32pm

This here should be the solution you need.

Pesperoni · October 10, 2021, 3:36pm

RichPerson03return:

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local died = RS.Died

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
    Character.Humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
        died:FireServer() 
    end)
end)

Here is what the code would look like without a local function.