:LoadCharacter() makes my menu buggy

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 10:10pm

I’ve come across an issue in my main menu system for a combat project I’ve been working on. The problem is, when the player presses play, it loads the character fine using the :LoadCharacter() line, yet the gui is still on the screen and the camera is stuck.

Here’s a screenshot of the issue:

(The issue with the gui leftover from the menu)

Here’s my scripts:

Localscript - In the gui in replicatedstorage

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local Mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
local DefaultCFrame = workspace.CameraPart.CFrame
local Scale = 160
local InMenu = true

local UI = script.Parent
local Buttons = UI.Buttons
local FadeFrame = UI:WaitForChild('FadeFrame')
local SpawnText = UI:WaitForChild('FadeFrame').Spawn
local MenuItems = UI:WaitForChild('Buttons')
local PlayButton = MenuItems:WaitForChild('Play')
local ModesButton = MenuItems:WaitForChild('Play')
local Modes = MenuItems:WaitForChild('Play')

local tweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
	1,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Quart,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0,
	false,
	0
)

local tweenInfo2 = TweenInfo.new(
	0.8,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Quart,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0,
	false,
	0
)
local tween = tweenService:Create(FadeFrame, tweenInfo, {Transparency = 0})
local tweenText = tweenService:Create(SpawnText, tweenInfo, {TextTransparency = 0})

local tween2 = tweenService:Create(FadeFrame, tweenInfo2, {Transparency = 1})
local tweenText2 = tweenService:Create(SpawnText, tweenInfo2, {TextTransparency = 1})

repeat wait()
	Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
until Camera.CameraType == Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	Camera.Focus = DefaultCFrame
	local Center = Vector2.new(Camera.ViewportSize.X/2, Camera.ViewportSize.Y/2)
	local MoveVector = Vector3.new((Mouse.X-Center.X)/Scale, -(Mouse.Y-Center.Y)/Scale, 0)
	Camera.CFrame = DefaultCFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(MoveVector.X), math.rad(MoveVector.Y), math.rad(MoveVector.Z))
	Camera.FieldOfView = 83
end)

Camera.CFrame = workspace.CameraPart.CFrame

PlayButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	if InMenu then
	InMenu = false
		tween:Play()
		tweenText:Play()
		wait(5)
		game.ReplicatedStorage.LoadChar:FireServer()
		tween2:Play()
		tweenText2:Play()
		task.wait()
		Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
		Camera.CameraSubject = Player.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	end
end)

Script - In ServerScriptService

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Plr)
	game.ReplicatedStorage.Spawn.Parent = Plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
end)

local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

local characterLoader = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("LoadChar")
local function loadCharacter(client)
	if client then
		if client.Character ~= nil then print(client.Name .. " already has character loaded, reloading")
		else print(client.Name .. " had no character loaded, loading their character now!")
			client:LoadCharacter()
		end
	end
end
characterLoader.OnServerEvent:connect(loadCharacter)

So any ideas on what I could do to fix this?

clx0de · May 29, 2023, 10:20pm

not sure if this is a fix but is the property named “ResetOnSpawn” checked off?

Edit: try putting

		tween2:Play()
		tweenText2:Play()
		task.wait()
		Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
		Camera.CameraSubject = Player.Character:WaitForChild(HumanoidRootPart)

before

game.ReplicatedStorage.LoadChar:FireServer()

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 10:21pm

Already tried it, doesn’t seem to work

Edit: Yeah no, this doesn’t work because its calling for the root before it’s even there, because LoadCharacter will load it in the first place

Edit 2: It gives me the error: Players.Auseral.PlayerGui.Spawn.MainMenuHandler:66: attempt to index nil with ‘WaitForChild’

clx0de · May 29, 2023, 10:22pm

check the edit i made and try that

clx0de · May 29, 2023, 10:28pm

the reason is returning nil is because Player.Character:WaitForChild(“HumanoidRootPart”)
Player is a variable so when u run you type Player.Character after the load character i think its still looking for the old character that was destroyed and replaced with the new 1 so instead of

Player.Character:WaitForChild(“HumanoidRootPart”)

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild(“HumanoidRootPart”)

i have no idea im not the best at scripting

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 10:29pm

What? I’m not sure what you mean?

Edit: That won’t do anything becuase I already have player defined earlier in the script.

DasKairo · May 29, 2023, 10:32pm

you should probably send a Video of the Issue, Its not very easy to see the issue from an Image.

But I’ll point out one thing:

The Default CameraSubject is always the Humanoid, not the HumanoidRootPart

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 10:34pm

I typed in humanoid, and it doesn’t seem to do anything, I’m still having the same problem. I’ll send a video gimme a second.

DasKairo · May 29, 2023, 10:35pm

Make sure you type in everything correctly, as Lua is Case Sensitive when it comes to names of things.

clx0de · May 29, 2023, 10:36pm

nevermind i was wrong for that

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 10:37pm

I did, here’s the script

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local Mouse = game.Players.LocalPlayer:GetMouse()
local DefaultCFrame = workspace.CameraPart.CFrame
local Scale = 160
local InMenu = true

local UI = script.Parent
local Buttons = UI.Buttons
local FadeFrame = UI:WaitForChild('FadeFrame')
local SpawnText = UI:WaitForChild('FadeFrame').Spawn
local MenuItems = UI:WaitForChild('Buttons')
local PlayButton = MenuItems:WaitForChild('Play')
local ModesButton = MenuItems:WaitForChild('Play')
local Modes = MenuItems:WaitForChild('Play')

local tweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
	1,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Quart,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0,
	false,
	0
)

local tweenInfo2 = TweenInfo.new(
	0.8,
	Enum.EasingStyle.Quart,
	Enum.EasingDirection.Out,
	0,
	false,
	0
)
local tween = tweenService:Create(FadeFrame, tweenInfo, {Transparency = 0})
local tweenText = tweenService:Create(SpawnText, tweenInfo, {TextTransparency = 0})

local tween2 = tweenService:Create(FadeFrame, tweenInfo2, {Transparency = 1})
local tweenText2 = tweenService:Create(SpawnText, tweenInfo2, {TextTransparency = 1})

repeat wait()
	Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
until Camera.CameraType == Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	Camera.Focus = DefaultCFrame
	local Center = Vector2.new(Camera.ViewportSize.X/2, Camera.ViewportSize.Y/2)
	local MoveVector = Vector3.new((Mouse.X-Center.X)/Scale, -(Mouse.Y-Center.Y)/Scale, 0)
	Camera.CFrame = DefaultCFrame * CFrame.Angles(math.rad(MoveVector.X), math.rad(MoveVector.Y), math.rad(MoveVector.Z))
	Camera.FieldOfView = 83
end)

Camera.CFrame = workspace.CameraPart.CFrame

PlayButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	if InMenu then
	InMenu = false
		tween:Play()
		tweenText:Play()
		wait(5)
		tween2:Play()
		tweenText2:Play()
		game.ReplicatedStorage.LoadChar:FireServer()
		task.wait()
		Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
		Camera.CameraSubject = Player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	end
end)

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 10:39pm

Here’s the video of the buggy menu:
robloxapp-20230529-1537375.wmv

DasKairo · May 29, 2023, 10:45pm

Assuming the Code is working Properly, and is only happening when the character is “Loaded”, you probably have ScreenGui.ResetOnSpawn Enabled, where if the Character is Respawned or Loaded, the Gui will reset.

If not, you are probably not Disabling parts of the Gui that you want to Disable, which seems to be the case.

Oh yeah:

I recommend you use BackgroundTransparency as Transparency for GuiObjects is Deprecated.

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 11:09pm

I have ResetOnSpawn enabled

And thanks I fixed the transparency thing

inkfog · May 29, 2023, 11:32pm

ResetOnSpawnDidn’t seem to do anything I don’t know what to do