Putting tool in player backpack not working

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#1

Hello Developers,

I am trying to create a part which turns a player into a robot and give them a laser gun when they touch the part. The morphing part works fine, but the laser gun-giving part doesn’t, and I do not know why because there are no errors. Please help if you can!

CODE:

local lasers = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Lasers")

local morph = game.ServerStorage.Morphs.EvilRobot

local debounce = true
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(obj)
	local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(obj.Parent)
	local backpack = plr:FindFirstChildOfClass("Backpack")
	if plr and debounce == true then
		debounce = false
		
		local morphClone = morph:Clone()
		morphClone.Name = plr.Name
		plr.Character = morphClone
		
		local rootPart = morphClone:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") or morphClone:FindFirstChild("Torso")
		local plrRoot = obj.Parent:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") or obj.Parent:FindFirstChild("Torso")
		
		if rootPart and plrRoot then
			rootPart.CFrame = plrRoot.CFrame
		end
		
		morphClone.Parent = workspace
		
		if backpack then
			local laserClone = lasers:Clone()
			laserClone.Parent = backpack
		end
		
		wait(.5)
		
		debounce = true
	end
	
end)

--this is the code which gives the player the tool

	if backpack then
			local laserClone = lasers:Clone()
			laserClone.Parent = backpack
		end
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#2

What does the output say during the cloning process?

#3

As I said, there are no errors in the output. The output is not displaying anything.

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#4

Oh yeah sorry, didn’t notice that, does the morph have a Humanoid?

#5

I think your issue is this line, print the backpack and see if it is nil. If so, just do ackpack = plr.Backpack inside of the if statement.

#6

Yes, the morph has a humanoid.

#7

It is not nil. I printed the value of backpack and it was “Backpack”.

#8

Oh ok, so if there’s no error then I’m guessing the player’s character isn’t changing correctly. I’d probably just try cloning the morph into the StarterCharacter folder, and naming it “StarterCharacter” then calling player:LoadCharacter() and then destroying the morph afterwards.

#9

The tool still isn’t being put in the player’s backpack.

(I put the code which is supposed to plant the tool in the player’s backpack AFTER the :LoadCharacter() function.)

#10

Ok, I’m not sure what the problem may be, but I recreated script with what I believe your assets look like, and it works nicely:

local part = script.Parent
local morph = game:GetService("ServerStorage"):WaitForChild("Morphs").EvilRobot
local lasers = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("Lasers")
local debounce = false
part.Touched:Connect(function(obj)
	if obj ~= nil and obj.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") ~= nil and game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(obj.Parent.Name) ~= nil and debounce == false then debounce = true
		local plr = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(obj.Parent)
		local morphClone = morph:Clone()
		morphClone.Name = "StarterCharacter"
		morphClone.Parent = game:GetService("StarterPlayer")
		local lastCharacterPos = plr.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").Position
		plr:LoadCharacter()
		morphClone:Destroy()
		local lasersClone = lasers:Clone()
		lasersClone.Parent = plr:WaitForChild("Backpack")
		plr.Character:MoveTo(lastCharacterPos + Vector3.new(0, 0, -5))
		debounce = false
	end
end)

#11

Thank you so much! This worked like a charm.

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#12

No problem, thanks for the update.

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#13

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