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Cloning a player's character clientside returns nil?
i'm trying to clone the game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character to use as a viewmodel, but
local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character local viewModel = character:Clone() viewModel.Parent = character
keeps giving me the error
attempt to index nil with 'Parent'
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Try waiting for the character as aviel mentioned in the answer and if that doesn't seem to work then change the archivable properties of the character greatneil80 2647 — 2y
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okay it was the archivable property that was messing everything up TheDude646 72 — 2y
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that could be because you clone the character when it didn't even load. try waiting for the character to load like this
local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
Edit:
local character = game.Players.LocalPlayer character.Archivable = true local viewModel = character:Clone() viewModel.Parent = character
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if this worked mark it as answered User#31501 0 — 2y
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i'm not getting the error anymore but it still isn't showing up TheDude646 72 — 2y
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it should be parented to character like you wrote in the script "viewModel.Parent = character", try looking for it under workspace.[Your name], you should find a model with your name aviel101 165 — 2y
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i did, still nothing TheDude646 72 — 2y
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can you add the script i added to my answer and tell what's the output? aviel101 165 — 2y
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it prints my username, nil, then throws the "attempt to index nil with parent" error TheDude646 72 — 2y
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it seems like the CharacterAdded:Wait() part is stopping the entire local script because nothing after that line from my weapon's localscript runs TheDude646 72 — 2y
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okay i see the problem, i edited the script so it should work now aviel101 165 — 2y