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Is this still the best way to find someone's character?
char=localplr.Character
I was working on a GUI and for the first few minutes I was testing it just fine but then I had a Studio update and it quit working.
Does anyone know what ROBLOX changed yesterday and if it affected Lua? And my original question still stands: would the line of code above still act as the best way to fetch a localplayer's character?
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Try char = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character. Otherwise, you make a script insert a LocalScript after the Character spawns with char = script.Parent. Redbullusa 1580 — 10y
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Yes, this is the best way.
You should be careful that .Character isn't nil -- while the character is loading, it will be.
You should wait until the .Character has spawned; either using CharacterAdded or just a simple while or repeat loop. I personally like
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
repeat
wait()
until player.Character
local character = player.Character
Though there are other, equivalent options.