Why does my NPC Respawner only work once?

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#1

I’m trying to write an NPC Respawner that automatically respawns an NPC once it dies. However, for some reason, it only works once. I honestly have no idea what’s causing this. Neither the Script Editor nor Output is showing errors. Any help is appreciated. If you need more info/screenshots, I’d be happy to try and get them.

Expected Behavior: Once the NPC Practice Dummy dies, it is deleted and replaced immediately. The replacement takes the place of the original.

Current Behavior: If the NPC dies, it’ll be deleted and replaced. However, if the replacement dies, nothing happens.

Script:

local Dummy = workspace["Practice Dummies"]["Practice Dummy One"]




local Variable




local function Respawn()
	print("Died.")
	Dummy:Remove()
	local Respawned = script["Practice Dummy One"]:Clone()
	Respawned.Torso.Position = Vector3.new(-33.5, 4.5, -49.5)
	Respawned.Parent = workspace["Practice Dummies"]
	Dummy = Respawned
	Variable:Disconnect()
	print(Dummy.Humanoid.Health)
	print(Dummy.Parent)
end




Variable = Dummy.Humanoid.Died:Connect(Respawn)
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#2

I think it’s because Variable is set to an event of the Dummy’s Humanoid that already exists, but if it dies it doesn’t make a new connection for the new Dummy’s Humanoid.

#3

Yeah, I thought that was what was happening, that’s why I added a Disconnect. But, it seems like that didn’t do anything. I haven’t really used Disconnect before, so I don’t know if I’m using it wrong.

#4

adding Variable = Dummy.Humanoid.Died:Connect(Respawn) at the end of Respawn() should work

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#5

The variable is set to a connection, not the event.

Remove() is deprecated, Destroy() is current. Also you disconnected the connection, ending the loop, meaning nothing is set to Variable.

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#6

It baffles me how I work on a simple script for over an hour, and someone form DevForum, solves it in a minute. Thanks for the help!

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