Tool cloned into player's backpack does not show on client

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#1

G’day all,

I’ve been struggling for a few days with a really really strange bug. I’ll try and outline it as best as I can.

Basically, I’m trying to clone a tool from ServerStorage or ReplicatedStorage, or even Workspace (I’ve tried all).

It works fine in studio:

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(Above) playing the game in studio environment. (below) Studio output

But not on the Roblox client:

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Even though the server reports that it exists:

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The only thing I haven’t tried is moving the block of code doing the cloning into a separate module.

-- this is the script that manages equip
function EquipSword(player, sword, setupFinished)
		-- Current equipped Sword, defaults to Default Sword
		local EquippedSword = Datastore2("OwnedSwords", player)
		local v16 = EquippedSword:GetTable({"Default Sword"})
		
		local Equipped = Datastore2("EquippedSword", player)
		local v18 = Equipped:Get("Default Sword")
		
		if table.find(v16, sword) then
			if WeaponStore[sword] then -- Check that the sword is a thing
				-- Cloning the sword to the player backpack
				local Temp = WeaponFolder:FindFirstChild(sword):Clone()
				Temp.Parent = player.Backpack
				CollectionService:AddTag(Temp, "Weapon")
				print("gave player weapon", Temp:GetFullName())
			else
				warn("Invalid sword!")
			end
		else
			warn("Player does not own sword!\n" .. sword)	
		end
	end

As you can see by the printouts, it works fine.

-- this is the script that manages weapon functions
function SwordClass.new(sword, player)
	local self = {}
	setmetatable(self, SwordClass)
	
	self.Owner = player
	self.Weapon = sword
	self.Data = nil
	
	self.Cooldown = 0.5
	self.TimeSinceLastAttack = tick()
	
	self.Activated = sword.Activated:Connect(function()
		self:Activate()
	end)
	
	self:Init()
end
function SwordClass:Init()
	print("Initialised sword", self.Weapon:GetFullName())
end

I even tried something as simple as:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local new = script.Tool:Clone()
	new.Parent = player.Backpack
end)

All to no avail. It’s leading me to think that this may be a replication issue, as it works just fine in the Studio environment.
Devforum is my last resort as the game is due to release soon and I have no idea what the issue could be. I haven’t tried it out on a fresh game yet, but I’m led to believe that won’t fix it.

Let me know if you need more info.
Thanks!

#2

Sorry! found my own solution.
New code:

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
		CreateLeaderstats(player)
		SetupPlayerData(player)
	end)
end)

Simply waiting for the player’s character to be added fixed the issue.

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