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'
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
if this worked mark it as answered
i'm not getting the error anymore but it still isn't showing up
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
i did, still nothing
can you add the script i added to my answer and tell what's the output?
it prints my username, nil, then throws the "attempt to index nil with parent" error
it seems like the CharacterAdded:Wait() part is stopping the entire local script because nothing after that line from my weapon's localscript runs
okay i see the problem, i edited the script so it should work now
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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
okay it was the archivable property that was messing everything up