Tool in replicated storage not cloning?
Hello everyone!
To see if my script for cloning a tool to every player's backpack was working, I tested the cloning part in the Command Bar.
sword = game.ReplicatedStorage.Swords.BasicSword
sword:Clone()
It gave no errors in the output, but a clone of the tool did not show up in the swords folder. Can someone please tell me why it does not clone and how I can do it in a script with server storage?
Thanks in advance :)
2 answers
Like @D3VRO said, you have to parent the clone to a place. Clones aren't actual duplicates that are visible in explorer, they're cloned within the code and become visible once you set a parent for the clone.
Now how can you do it in ServerScriptService (Not ServerStorage, that's like ReplicatedStorage, but clients/exploiters can't see it, it's a safer spot to put the tools):
Well, if you're cloning the tool to all players once they join the game, you can go about it like this:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local sword = game.ReplicatedStorage.Swords:FindFirstChild("BasicSword"):Clone()
sword.Parent = player.Backpack
--[[ Or if you want it to instantly equip then you could do
sword.Parent = player.Character ]]--
end)
Tell me how things go for ya!
You didn't parent the tool to the players backpack. You'd have to do something like this:
sword = game.ReplicatedStorage.Swords.BasicSword:Clone() sword.Parent = player.Backpack