Strange issue not letting me use game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character

[supercar17 (not_twiy)]

hello, i’m working on a mirror in my game, and for some reason it is not letting me use game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character

my code is:

local vp = script.Parent.ViewportFrame
local cm = workspace:WaitForChild("CamModel")

repeat wait() until cm:WaitForChild("CamPart")

wait(1)

local cam = Instance.new("Camera")
cam.CFrame	= cm.CamPart.CFrame
cam.FieldOfView = 40
cam.Parent	= script
vp.CurrentCamera	= cam

cm.CamPart:GetPropertyChangedSignal("CFrame"):Connect(function()
	cam.CFrame = cm.CamPart.CFrame
end)

function RenderPlayer()
	local char = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:Clone()
	print(char)
	char.Parent = vp.Plr
end

wait(3)

while wait(.1) do
	vp.Plr:ClearAllChildren()
	RenderPlayer()
end

and each time i try to use this, i get this error:

i have tried adding CharacterAdded:Wait() but that made an infinite yield.

is there a fix for this?

[Herobrinekd1 (EmosInANutShell)]

Is the property “Archivable” enabled on the character? if not enable it.

Archivable just determines if an object can be saved when publishing your game or cloned with the “Instance:Clone()” method as specified by the docs.

This property determines whether an object should be included when the game is published or saved, or when Instance:Clone() is called on one of the object’s ancestors

(Source if youd like it Instance | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub)

[glowyogurt (glow)]

you can’t clone a character. You would have to reconstruct the character and use that as the clone (nvm proven wrong!)

[supercar17 (not_twiy)]

ok but

how the heck do i do that

[supercar17 (not_twiy)]

it is enabled, so i dont think that is the issue

[Bakonowychlopak123]

I think its the issue because if it was enabled you could easiely clone the character

in your case it printed nil

try this fix:

local vp = script.Parent.ViewportFrame
local players=game:GetService("Players")
local lplr=players.LocalPlayer
local cm = workspace:WaitForChild("CamModel")

repeat task.wait() until cm:WaitForChild("CamPart")

task.wait(1)

local cam = Instance.new("Camera")
cam.CFrame	= cm.CamPart.CFrame
cam.FieldOfView = 40
cam.Parent	= script
vp.CurrentCamera	= cam

cm.CamPart:GetPropertyChangedSignal("CFrame"):Connect(function()
	cam.CFrame = cm.CamPart.CFrame
end)

function RenderPlayer()
	if lplr.Character==nil then
		return
	end
	
	lplr.Character.Archivable=true
	for i,v in lplr.Character:GetDescendants() do
		v.Archivable=true
	end
	
	local char = lplr.Character:Clone()
	
	print(char)
	
	char.Parent = vp.Plr
end

task.wait(3)

while task.wait(.1) do
	vp.Plr:ClearAllChildren()
	RenderPlayer()
end

[supercar17 (not_twiy)]

would test but my graphics card just died

hopefully this answer works though

[supercar17 (not_twiy)]

this works but its a bit buggy, will make adjustments to fix those errors

[supercar17 (not_twiy)]

better example