I believe I fixed this in the version of the module I use, not sure if I published it to this post. After school I’ll update the module in the post to the new version 
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does this PetFolder ScreenGUI exist in the playerGUI’s?
Been aware for a very long time about the fact that this doesn’t support server client relationship very well… I guess thats the result of being tired and not having time to test.
Not really interested in documenting it, but if you want to actually use the infrastructure in a production game here is the fixed version. I would note that the old system’s pet movement code was fine It was just adding / removing pets.
PetFollowModule v3.rbxm (2.6 KB)
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Thank you soo much for doing this! It’s amazing!
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Does it work like this (this is a local script in starterGui)?
wait(10)
local module = require(workspace.PetFollowModule)
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
module:AddPet(Player, 'Spikey Balloon')
It still only shows the pets for the client, Are you sure you sent the right file? Because I think they are the same.
Thanks!
Adding pets should only be done from the server now, adding them from the client was an exploitable mess.
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I tried this on a server script but it returns an error:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
wait(5)
local module =require(workspace.PetFollowModule)
module:AddPet(plr, 'Spikey Balloon')
end)
I’m I doing it right?
Thank you!
You need to parse a model as the second argument
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That’s what I did 'Spikey Balloon' Is a pet inside of a folder in replicatedStorage and I did configure it:
Thank you!
The module does not work anymore, for some reason the UpdatePetPositions function is not being called from the BindToRenderStep, I tried printing “called” every time the function is called and it does not print anything:
Edit: It does equip the pet and puts it in the player’s folder but the pet does not follow the player and there are no errors, here is how I call the function:
And here is how the pet is set up:
Thank you!
Hello! I have experienced the same issue as I was testing out the module but quickly came to fix this. If your still interested this is the fixed script:
local PetFollowModule = {}
local ModuleFunctions = {}
local Folders = {}
local Settings = require(script.Settings)
local LocalPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local YPoint = 0
local Addition = Settings.YDriftSpeed
local FullCircle = 2 * math.pi
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local IsServer = LocalPlayer
local MasterFolder
local ReplicatedStorageFolder
MasterFolder = game.Workspace:WaitForChild('PetFolder')
ReplicatedStorageFolder = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild('ReplicatedStorageFolder')
function SetPetCollisions(Model)
for _, Part in pairs(Model:GetDescendants()) do
if Part:IsA("BasePart") then
Part.CanCollide = false
Part.Anchored = true
end
end
end
function getXAndZPositions(Angle, Radius)
local x = math.cos(Angle) * Radius
local z = math.sin(Angle) * Radius
return x, z
end
function UpdatePetPositions()
YPoint = YPoint + Addition
if YPoint > Settings.YDrift or YPoint < -1 * Settings.YDrift then Addition = -1 * Addition end
for _, Folder in pairs(MasterFolder:GetChildren()) do
local Player = game.Players[Folder.Name]
local Character = Player.Character
if Character then
local PetTable = Folder:GetChildren()
local PetTableLength = #PetTable
local Count = 0
for _, Pet in pairs(PetTable) do
Count += 1
local Angle = Count * (FullCircle / PetTableLength)
local X, Z = getXAndZPositions(Angle, Settings.Radius + (PetTableLength / 2))
local Position = (Character.PrimaryPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(X, YPoint, Z)).p
local LookAt = Character.PrimaryPart.Position
local TargetCFrame = CFrame.new(Position, LookAt)
local NewCFrame = Pet.PrimaryPart.CFrame:Lerp(TargetCFrame, Settings.Responsivness)
Pet:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(NewCFrame)
end
end
end
end
function ModuleFunctions:HideOthersPets()
assert(IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the client')
Settings.OtherPetsVisible = false
for Id, Folder in pairs(MasterFolder:GetChildren()) do
if Id ~= LocalPlayer.UserId then
Folder.Parent = ReplicatedStorageFolder
end
end
end
function ModuleFunctions:HideAllPets()
assert(IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the client')
Settings.AllPetsVisible = false
for Id, Folder in pairs(MasterFolder:GetChildren()) do
Folder.Parent = ReplicatedStorageFolder
end
end
function ModuleFunctions:ShowPets(Player)
assert(IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the client')
if ReplicatedStorageFolder:FindFirstChild(Player.Name) then
ReplicatedStorageFolder[Player.Name].Parent = game.Workspace
end
end
function ModuleFunctions:ShowOthersPets()
assert(IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the client')
Settings.OtherPetsVisible = true
for Id, Folder in pairs(ReplicatedStorageFolder:GetChildren()) do
if Id ~= LocalPlayer.UserId then
Folder.Parent = MasterFolder
end
end
end
function ModuleFunctions:ShowAllPets()
assert(IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the client')
Settings.AllPetsVisible = true
for Id, Folder in pairs(ReplicatedStorageFolder:GetChildren()) do
Folder.Parent = MasterFolder
end
end
function ModuleFunctions:AddPet(Player, Pet, Key)
assert(not IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the server')
Key = Key and Key or Pet.Name
local ClonedPet = Pet:Clone()
ClonedPet.Name = Key
SetPetCollisions(ClonedPet)
ClonedPet.Parent = MasterFolder[Player.Name]
end
function ModuleFunctions:RemovePet(Player, Key)
assert(not IsServer, 'This function can only be called from the server')
local Pet = MasterFolder[Player.Name]:FindFirstChild(Key)
if Pet then
Pet:Destroy()
end
end
function AddPlayer(Player)
Folders[Player.UserId] = Instance.new("Folder")
Folders[Player.UserId].Name = Player.Name
Folders[Player.UserId].Parent = MasterFolder
end
function RemovePlayer(Player)
MasterFolder[Player.Name]:Destroy()
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(AddPlayer)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(RemovePlayer)
for _, Player in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
AddPlayer(Player)
end
RunService:BindToRenderStep('Update', 1, UpdatePetPositions)
setmetatable(PetFollowModule, {__index = ModuleFunctions})
return PetFollowModule
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Thank you for this! I’m using this in one of my games now. What exactly did you fix? I’m too lazy to check lol
I optimized the code even more so the one I posted is outdated too but I fixed the pet position function sometimes not working.
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I used your script but it still won’t work; I’m having the issue of the pet clone being parented to the Player’s folder, but the pet still won’t move/follow the player at all. If you could, can you post the updated script?
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You can get my Working Updated Scripts here:
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maybe i am stupid but i don’t understand how to use this
do you perhaps know why the pets take so much before starting to follow me?
I am kinda confused on how to use this, It seems great though. I am unsure on how to use the functions (such as AddPet(), etc.)
Can we see a tutorial on how to use this? Can the pets be seen by all players? It is unclear how we can use your model currently.
Yes it can be seen by all players.