Would this method work for getting the local player in a Server Script?

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I have a “utils” module in my game used primarily for server scripts, and I made a function to get the player, which invokes a BindableFunction;
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which is connected to a server script, inside a PlayerAdded function;

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This has worked well for now as I’ve been playtesting solo, but I wonder if doing this would actually just return a random player instead of the local player, since the BindableFunction’s callback is in every player’s PlayerAdded function

If that is the case, then what would be a better way to get the player from the server?

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In what context are you looking for a “local” player on the server?

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This is actually pretty funny and interesting. I’ve tried it and it seems to pick one of all players and return that one player for everyone.

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It picks the last player that joins because of the way your code is structured.

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Basically the same thing you’d get in the client with Players.LocalPlayer, but in the server

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  1. There is no LocalPlayer on the server.
  2. You are overriding OnInvoke every time a player joins, getting the latest player.
  3. All the players are under the Players service. Why would you need to do something like this?
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That doesn’t make sense… The server is not a client, it does not have a player, it cannot have a player, a local player corresponds to a clients player.