I’m still new, but I think all you have to do to play as a custom model is name your model “StarterCharacter” which it looks like you have done, and move the model into the StarterPlayer folder.
StarterPlayer info
But if you want to let players choose from a selection of characters to play, I’m not sure how to do that yet.
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I did this and unfortunately, it still didn’t work. I even looked up the HumanoidDescription and it seems to still not work. I tested it and my player stands still and can’t move. I added the StarterHumanoid and when I log into Roblox to play I still have the same default avatar. Am I missing something?
For the problem where you can’t move, are any of the character parts anchored? If any parts including the HumanoidRootPart are anchored when you play, your character won’t be able to move. Could you clarify what you meant by adding StarterHumanoid?
When I was at a standstill in regards to using my custom avatar in Roblox, I looked up a tutorial on Youtube, where it says that to add a custom avatar you will have to add a StarterHumanoid in the StarterPlayer section then name your custom avatar to StarterCharacter and add that to the StarterPlayer section. When I test it, my avatar stays stuck in a statue like position.
When you run the game do you spawn as your custom character model? What do you mean by a statue like position? Are you not able to move? Or is it because your character isn’t animating?
Ok gotcha, let’s say I take a random model from the toolbox menu in Roblox studio and rename them StarterCharacter and then place them in StarterPlayer. It does move and jump. It does everything except when I run Roblox the game itself I still have the default Avatar.
The statue movement is due to the adding of the StarterHumanoid I saw on the forum and Youtube.
I will leave that out. My main focus is to be able to play as my custom avatar instead of what I currently have in Roblox. For example the picture on my name is the default avatar not as pictured above.
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OK thanks, I understand your problem now but I don’t know what to do yet. I’ll do some searching to find some answers and tell you
Thank you, hopefully this is nothing, but a simple thing
I haven’t found any posts about that yet, but I’m still looking. I just wanted you to know because it might be a while till I give you another update.
I’m not getting anywhere with my searches, so I will make sure I fully understand the problem.
You put a model named StarterCharacter into the StarterPlayer folder. When you press the play button in Studio, you spawn as your custom model and can move around and hop. But when you join the game like any other game, you play as your avatar instead of the StarterCharacter.
Is that it?
one thing i just thought of is could the game have just taken a while to apply the changes after you pressed publish to roblox? maybe try joining again?
Yes to everything you said, but how do you publish to Roblox properly?
To save your changes from Studio onto your game, go to File, then either publish or save to Roblox, I’m not sure what the difference is though.
I tested publishing a model to Roblox and iit doesn’t change. For example this model is published but I can’t use it.
RthroRigged.fbx (1.0 MB)
oh sorry, I meant publish the game, not the model.
your roblox studio file and your game are kept separated. in order to see the changes in studio appear in your game, you have to publish your world to your roblox game. i’ll take some photos to show you how if you need it
Yes please thank you, I have tried as you must know many times to get my character in the regular Roblox game and I learned something new which is that Roblox studio and the regular Roblox are separate.
do you already have a game that you will update? or will you save as a new game?
A new game more than likely.I am going to start over with rigging my avatar.
ok, i’m almost done with the photos
Ok thank you for assisting me with this. My daughter would be happy for sure.
