I am making a system where the player gets teleported to their checkpoint after dying. However, it just simply does not teleport, and I have no idea why. No errors in the output.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
local checkpointValue = plr.Character:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue")
plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:connect(function()
local checkpoints = workspace:GetDescendants()
local hrp = char:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
for i, v in ipairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("Decal") then
if v:FindFirstChild("Decal").Texture == "rbxasset://textures/SpawnLocation.png" then
if v:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue").Value == checkpointValue then
if hrp then
repeat
hrp.CFrame = v.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 2, 0) -- Teleport 2 studs above the checkpoint
until hrp.CFrame == v.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 2, 0)
print("Teleported upon death team for player " .. plr.Name .. ": " .. v.Name)
else
warn("HumanoidRootPart not found for " .. plr.Name)
end
end
end
end
end
end)
end)
end)
I normally don’t spoonfeed but i am extremely bored, could you test this?
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(newChar)
local checkpoints = workspace:GetDescendants()
local hrp = newChar.PrimaryPart
for i, v in ipairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("Decal") and
v:FindFirstChild("Decal").Texture == "rbxasset://textures/SpawnLocation.png" and
v:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue").Value == checkpointValue and
hrp
then
hrp.CFrame = v.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,2,0)
print("Teleported upon death team for player " .. plr.Name .. ": " .. v.Name)
return
else
warn("HumanoidRootPart not found for " .. plr.Name)
end
end
end)
end)
Simply wait for the character to respawn, then teleport to the position!
(make sure the checkpoint system is working)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
local checkpointValue = plr.Character:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue")
plr.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:connect(function()
local checkpoints = workspace:GetDescendants()
local hrp = char:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
for i, v in ipairs(workspace:GetDescendants()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("Decal") then
if v:FindFirstChild("Decal").Texture == "rbxasset://textures/SpawnLocation.png" then
if v:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue").Value == checkpointValue then
if hrp then
repeat
wait(0.2)
until hrp.Parent.Humanoid.Health > -5
warn('Player could be teleported!')
repeat
hrp.CFrame = v.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 2, 0) -- Teleport 2 studs above the checkpoint
until hrp.CFrame == v.CFrame + Vector3.new(0, 2, 0)
print("Teleported upon death team for player " .. plr.Name .. ": " .. v.Name)
else
warn("HumanoidRootPart not found for " .. plr.Name)
end
end
end
end
end
end)
end)
end)
The way I went about this is making each checkpoint a SpawnLocation and turning off CharacterAutoLoads in the Players service. When the player touches a checkpoint, their RespawnLocation property is set to that spawn. That way, you don’t have to deal with teleporting them. I manually respawn the player using LoadCharacter() after setting the RespawnLocation.
However, you have to do a magnitude check and teleport them back in case the respawning doesn’t work.
local function teleportToCheckpoint(plr: Player)
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local checkpointValue = plr:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue")
local checkpoints = workspace:GetDescendants()
local hrp = char.PrimaryPart
for i, instance in workspace:GetDescendants() do
if instance:FindFirstChild("Decal") then
if instance:FindFirstChild("Decal").Texture == "rbxasset://textures/SpawnLocation.png" then
if instance:FindFirstChild("CheckpointValue").Value == checkpointValue.Value then
if hrp then
char:PivotTo(instance.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,2,0))
print("Teleported upon death team for player " .. plr.Name .. ": " .. instance.Name)
break
else
warn("HumanoidRootPart not found for " .. plr.Name)
end
end
end
end
end
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
local CheckpointValue = Instance.new("IntValue")
CheckpointValue.Name = "CheckpointValue"
CheckpointValue.Value = 1
CheckpointValue.Parent = plr
teleportToCheckpoint(plr)
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
teleportToCheckpoint(plr)
end)
end)
Here is my code and below will be a video of proof it works.
How it works
This code works by connecting the player added event then creating the checkpoint value inside of their PLAYER not the character. So it doesn’t reset.
calls the function to teleport the player to their Checkpoint Value
Inside the function we do our basic character variables and the PLAYER’S CheckpointValue
Do a for loop of every descendant (as you game suggests) then checks if it matches our checkpoint instance properties. If it does then we pivot the character’s model to the instance.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,2,0) to position it 2 studs above. Then we break out of the function for performance sake.
Tips
I would suggest making all your checkpoints inside one folder in the workspace. Like game.Workspace.Checkpoints this way you can do for a loop of each Children in that folder this will heavily improve your checkpoint loading time and cause less stress on the server.
You can also decide to use CollectionService which allows for Tagging Instances this way you can just do CollectionService:HasTag(instance, "Checkpoint") and that will check if it is an instance of a checkpoint. This way you don’t have to do many if statements of the Decal, if the instance has a CheckpointValue
A minor nit pick would be to opt into using Attributes for the instances instead of using IntValues. Attributes do the same thing as an IntValue but its the standard for roblox developer norms! This way whenever you want to change a Checkpoint you can just adjust that value rather than adjusting the IntValue. I don’t know if there is any performance differences but I assume Attribute would be faster as its not an actual Instance In The Game if someone can benchmark this or teach me how to benchmark this, it would be amazing to know!
Anyways if you have any further questions please let me know as I can assist you if you want to go with the more performant, and get your game up to norms.
(P.S) you could always sell it in the future if someone is willing to buy it
