Why can't a local script properly attach an accessory to a character?

[GameTester300889 (red_GameTester300889)]

So basically I’m creating a cutscene which instead of using the player’s model uses a rig which I just paste all the player’s things onto such as clothing, face, body colors etc.

But since this is happening in a localscript it doesn’t actually move the player’s accessories to the rig (Head accessories not being moved to the head etc.).

I tried:

for i,v in pairs(char:GetChildren()) do
	if v:IsA("Clothing") or v:IsA("ShirtGraphic") or v:IsA("BodyColors") or v:IsA("Accessory") then
		local clon = v:Clone()
		clon.Parent = rig
	end
	
	if v:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Decal") then
		local clon = v.face:Clone()
		rig.Head.face:Destroy()
		clon.Parent = rig
	end
end

But this just didn’t change the position of the accessory to match the position of the rig.

So I tried again:

for i,v in pairs(char:GetChildren()) do
	if v:IsA("Clothing") or v:IsA("ShirtGraphic") or v:IsA("BodyColors") then
		local clon = v:Clone()
		clon.Parent = rig
	end
	
	if v:IsA("Accessory") then
		local clon = v:Clone()
		clon.Parent = workspace
		wait()
		rig.Humanoid:AddAccessory(v)
	end
	
	if v:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Decal") then
		local clon = v.face:Clone()
		rig.Head.face:Destroy()
		clon.Parent = rig
	end
end

But this script; gives a warning of “AddAcessory failed: Accessory is already being worn by another character.”

Does anyone know a solution?

[oke60000]

Hi! You’re calling AddAccessory(v), but v is accessory in character, he’s wearing it.
You need to do AddAccessory(clon)

[GameTester300889 (red_GameTester300889)]

Yes, that gets rid of the warning, but the accessories still aren’t at the position of the rig.

[glowyogurt (glow)]

you could try using HumanoidDescriptions to replicate the appearance of the player instead of meticulously pasting features

[oke60000]

I found that AddAccessory() doesn’t work properly on client

Roblox accessories not properly 'welding' on the client

If the accessories are not getting attached to the model, then calling BuildRigFromAttachments() can help. AddAccessory doesn’t actually attach from client (you have to run it server side), but there are certain things such as ancestry changing, simulation etc. that can cause accessories to attach on the client-side, which results in the discrepancy you’ve seen. After some testing I’ve figured out that accessories do attach to the rig so long as the rig isn’t anchored, however layered clothing…

And i think that’s the problem, try to move script to the server
Alternatively you can change Part1 property in AccessoryWeld inside accessory to rig’s head

(I don’t know how HumanoidDescription works, so maybe @glowyogurt’s solution will be better)

[GameTester300889 (red_GameTester300889)]

I have no idea how HumanoidDescriptions work, so could you potentially tell me how to do it?

[glowyogurt (glow)]

Humanoid:ApplyDescription(HumanoidDescription)
where humanoiddescription is the humanoiddescription of the player

here are some methods to get humanoiddescription on the documentation:

[GameTester300889 (red_GameTester300889)]

It can only be called by the backend server which is an issue.