PlayerScripts - Scripts Replicated From Server Not Behaving Correctly

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The Issue:
When a player’s character is created again from death, the user’s PlayerScripts removes scripts that were initially replicated from the server. What I mean by this is the following:

  • Place a LocalScript into a player’s PlayerGui on the server-side.
  • Within that LocalScript re-parent the script to PlayerScripts, on the client-side.
  • When the character respawns, this LocalScript gets destroyed for some reason.

Why I Need This:
I have the server deciding on appropriate scripts to send to the client from a library. As such, I’d like this to be done during run-time for simplicity in my use case.

Behaviour I Expect:
Scripts inside of PlayerScripts should not be removed when the player’s character respawns. This is understandable behaviour for CharacterScripts, but not PlayerScripts however.

Reproduction:
ReplicationTest.rbxl (15.2 KB)

  1. Read over the scripts inside of ServerScriptService to gain a better understanding of what is going on.
  2. Launch play-solo.
  3. If you look in your PlayerScripts, the LocalScript from the server is there.
  4. Set your character’s humanoid health to 0.
  5. The LocalScript inside of your PlayerScripts has been destroyed.
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Hi, yeah this didn’t sound completely right to me, so I checked it out.
It looks like this isn’t directly related to PlayerScripts per se.

It appears what’s happening is that a reference to the LocalScript that was previously
parented to the PlayerGui is being tracked and cleaned-up, so I’m not sure if it’s
really a bug. I modified your LocalScript to use a clone instead, and it stayed on respawn:

local PLAYERS = game:GetService("Players")

wait()
if script.Parent.Name ~= "PlayerScripts"  then
	newscr = script:Clone()
	newscr.Parent = PLAYERS.LocalPlayer.PlayerScripts
end
-- script.Parent = PLAYERS.LocalPlayer.PlayerScripts
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Thank you for the workaround.

If it is what you’re saying, then personally, I would actually class it as a bug. Upon the script leaving PlayerGui, the script should stop being tracked for cleanup.