Object attached to character

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

Hi, as per title I want to attach an object to every player character server side. I followed this tutorial “https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftArvcVG26U&t” but for some reasons it doesn’t work…

That’s the script:

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local ss = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

local dummyR15 = ss.RigR15

function weld(partA, partB, offsetCFrame)
	partA.CFrame = partB.CFrame * offsetCFrame
	
	local weldConstraint = Instance.new('WeldConstraint')
	weldConstraint.Parent = partA
	weldConstraint.Part0 = partA
	weldConstraint.Part1 = partB
	
end

function onCharacterAdded(character)
	local newWeld = dummyR15.Flashlight:Clone()
	local weldPart = character.UpperTorso
	weld(newWeld, weldPart, newWeld.WeldPart.Value.CFrame:Inverse() * newWeld.CFrame)
	newWeld.Parent = character
end

players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded)
end)

for i, player in pairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded)
	if (player.Character) then
		onCharacterAdded(player.Character)
	end
end

I think the problem is here

function weld(partA, partB, offsetCFrame)
	partA.CFrame = partB.CFrame * offsetCFrame
	
	local weldConstraint = Instance.new('WeldConstraint')
	weldConstraint.Parent = partA
	weldConstraint.Part0 = partA
	weldConstraint.Part1 = partB
	
end

as the weldconstraints gets created and it has the right parts in it but it just doesn’t link the 2 parts togheter (A flashlight and the UpperTorso in this specific case).
Any ideas?

[LuaCoold (lua)]

does it appear at all on the character?

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

Yes it does but it falls to the ground if not anchored and doesn’t move if anchored

[LuaCoold (lua)]

can you go in-game and show me the properties of the weld, and check if they are actually set up right?

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

[LuaCoold (lua)]

whats the position of the flashlight?

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

It should be above his right shoulder but right now is way above because I did play here (green box in the picture)

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

You can also see there’s not a link to the upper torso in the picture above otherwise it would look like the picture below

[LuaCoold (lua)]

try :WaitForChild() for the upper torso.

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

Tried. It doesn’t work anyway.

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

local weldPart = character:WaitForChild(newWeld.WeldPart.Value.Name)

That’s what I used as it’s the same as

local weldPart = character:WaitForChild("UpperTorso")

because the name of the value in WeldPart (an ObjectValue) is the UpperTorso of the cloned rig

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

Unless… Thinking about it… It might try to link to the one in the rig instead of the player one

Just kidding. It doesn’t work anyway

[cheesy_roblox190]

Perhaps see if the object is unanchored? Try testing it with the object anchored or unanchored.

[detourious]

Make sure to enable the WeldConstraint:

local weldConstraint = Instance.new('WeldConstraint')
weldConstraint.Part0 = partA
weldConstraint.Part1 = partB
weldConstraint.Enabled = true
weldConstraint.Parent = partA

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

Tried that many times. If it’s anchored it just stays where it spawns if it isn’t it falls to the ground.

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

It is enabled. You can also see it from the screenshots above

[uriel_Gamer444 (Uri)]

I did something similar recently but i made it an accesory tied to player’s front torso, is there any reason as to why you can’t use an accesory (also i think a Weld is better than a WeldContraint for this but not certain)

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

No reasons. The only thing I care about is that it attaches to the player and I can modify the properties of a spotlight in the mesh. So if you are able to tell me how to do it I can try it and see if it works.

[FireAndIce02YT (EFriseer)]

Guess what? A simple

wait(5) 

at the start of the script made it work. What I’m thinking at this point is that even if there is the

character:WaitForChild("UpperTorso") 

the script gets executed before the UpperTorso gets fully loaded which leads to it not get linked to the flashlight. Thanks to everyone who tried to help me!