Player wont respawn with selected character

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#1

I’ve made a character selection system that works fine but, the problem is when I die the combat I gave the selected character doesn’t respawn in the backpack with me.

How do I go about tracking my old existing character and reapplying the combat I gave it after I respawn?

Here’s the selection script:

 
--SERVER
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local SS = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local DataStore2 = require(1936396537)
local DisplayCharacterStatsModule = require(RS:WaitForChild("DisplayCharacterStats"))

local GameInProgress = RS:WaitForChild("GameInProgress")
local SelectionOn = RS:WaitForChild("SelectionOn")

local RemotesFolder = RS:WaitForChild("Remotes")
local SelectionRemote = RemotesFolder:WaitForChild("CharacterSelection")

local function SelectCharacter(player,SelectedCharacter)
	for _, character in pairs(player.Characters:GetChildren()) do
		if character.Name == SelectedCharacter and character.Value == true and GameInProgress.Value == false and SelectionOn.Value == true then
			print(SelectedCharacter.." combat activated!")
			
				local CharactersFolder = SS:WaitForChild("CharacterScripts"):FindFirstChild(SelectedCharacter)
				if CharactersFolder then
					
				if player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Combat") then
				player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Combat"):Destroy()
				end		
						
				local Combat = CharactersFolder:FindFirstChild("Combat"):Clone()
				Combat.Parent = player.Backpack
			end
		end
	end	
end

SelectionRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(SelectCharacter)
#2

Can you give us the whole script? So we can help you better…

#3

I updated the post to show the full server side of the script, all the client does is detect when a player clicks a gui and sends over the name of character they clicked on.

#4 
--SERVER
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local SS = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local DataStore2 = require(1936396537)
local DisplayCharacterStatsModule = require(RS:WaitForChild("DisplayCharacterStats"))

local GameInProgress = RS:WaitForChild("GameInProgress")
local SelectionOn = RS:WaitForChild("SelectionOn")

local RemotesFolder = RS:WaitForChild("Remotes")
local SelectionRemote = RemotesFolder:WaitForChild("CharacterSelection")

local savedChar

local function SelectCharacter(player,SelectedCharacter)
	for _, character in pairs(player.Characters:GetChildren()) do
		if character.Name == SelectedCharacter and character.Value == true and GameInProgress.Value == false and SelectionOn.Value == true then
			print(SelectedCharacter.." combat activated!")
            savedChar = SelectedCharacter
			
				local CharactersFolder = SS:WaitForChild("CharacterScripts"):FindFirstChild(SelectedCharacter)
				if CharactersFolder then
					
				if player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Combat") then
				player.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Combat"):Destroy()
				end		
						
				local Combat = CharactersFolder:FindFirstChild("Combat"):Clone()
				Combat.Parent = player.Backpack
			end
		end
	end	
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function (player)
    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function (char)
        if savedChar ~= nil then
            SelectCharacter(player, savedChar)
        end
    end)
end)

SelectionRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(SelectCharacter)