Playerless Character

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#1

Hello everyone!
I am currently making a game, and I have been browsing the Dev Forum for help and nothing has actually given me an answer, if I get this done my game would be very nice! And it would have great potential in the future, and I believe that if we get an answer this could help people coming through too.

So! Basically, what I want to do is make a Playerless Character.
Basically, when you look at the “Player list” (I am not talking about the one of the side of the screen, I mean the escape menu.) the player will not be there, but the Character (Shell) will be there, and the Character will still be able to move.

I understand that if this gets done, the “player” will not be able to see any Gui’s but the core ones. And that any scripts relying on a player will not function properly.
I know it is a lot to ask for! But I know it is possible, as I have seen a game do this in the past.

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#2

This is not possible. Roblox’s CoreGui (which the escape menu is considered as) cannot be directly modified.

#3

@Shortgamer75 You should look for NPCs (non-player character).

#4

This can be done, as shown in https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=482&v=14JYTBF_QFA&feature=emb_logo
And Hiding players from player list - #11 by B_Iu .

I have made this topic due to the lack of detail and no help is actually given.
@FilteredDev @Streeteenk

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#5

What do you mean? How to achieve this is posted in the thread you just linked, code and all…

Edit: I can even verify their method works except I used heartbeat instead of a renderstep.

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#6

Wait so you want to get rid of the players? Maybe try this:

local Players=game.Players
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.Character.Parent=workspace
player:Destroy()
end)
#7

Why are you parenting the character to workspace?

#8

What I am trying to achieve:
Character movement.
When you delete/remove the Player, it stops all movement!
What I am trying to do is get the Character to move, using custom scripts/whatever.

#9

Are you trying to kick/leave a player out of a game, then “hyjack” their character to move after they are kicked/leave. Maybe before the player is gone, clone their character to replicated storage, then swap the character in replicatedstorage and in workspace around.

#10

So if I’m understanding correctly;

  • you would like there to be a regular player
  • you would like another player to play without having a player model, but move around as something else?
#11

If im not mistaken the player module scripts use the player:Move() method.

These scripts are run on the client so as long as you don’t delete your clients own local player you should be good.

That was a modification i made in my code and its why player1’s can see themselves in the player list on their screen, but player2 cannot.

#12

How did you do that?
@EgoMoose

#13

No. What I am trying to do, is get the player in “Players” and remove it, while also having to ability to move their Character in “Workspace”.
@edenojack

#14

@pokedex987
I tried your script, and yes! It does remove the player, but the Character also gets removed.

#15

Maybe by parenting the character to the workspace might help? The character can stand alone without a player as shown in this video:robloxapp-20200331-0811439.wmv (1.1 MB)

#16

Isn’t that what your script does though?

#17

I don’t think it works though. My script doesn’t seem to work in studio. I am going to check right now.

#18

Nvm I just realised that there is a character property for the player. All we have to do is set it to something else. One more thing I realised is that for a player to be able to animate or move, it needs a player. Can I ask why you don’t want a player?

#19

I do not want a player to make my game more mysterious and cooler in a way.
It’s also a nice touch!

#20

Alright, I found a solution, thank you all for helping me! I appreciate it so much!
For those reading this, you can find the answer above!

Basically, in “ReplicatedFirst” you put a Local Script. So that it affects the Client and no the server! Meaning that the server recognises the player Not affecting the roblox servers, thus giving a player count. and it also doesn’t destroy the Character!

Put this in that Local script:

wait(10) --So that it does not startup before the Core Gui’s.
game:GetService(“RunService”).Heartbeat:Connect(function()
local players = game.Players:GetChildren() --get every player in the game
for i = 1,#players do–do something for all players
if players[i].Name == “Shortgamer75” then --Make “Shortgamer75” your name. KEEP THE " "
players[i]:Destroy() --Delete the player.
end
end
end)

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