How would I create a still projection of the player?

How would I be able to clone the player and make the clone follow and copy what the player does? Like a mirror? However, unlike the mirror models available on ROBLOX, I only want the player to be cloned. Nothing else. I also want the clone to stay in a single position. Basically it'll still play moving animations like walking and jumping but it won't move in the X or Z position.

local Player = game:GetService("Players")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
	local children = game.Workspace:GetChildren()
	for i, child in pairs(children) do
		if child.Name == player.Name then
			local x = child
			while true do
				wait()
				x:Clone().Parent = player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild('ViewportFrame', true)
				local y = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild('VPCam',true)
				y.CameraSubject = x
				wait()
				x:Destroy()
			end
		end
	end
end)

Basically I tried making a script which will wait for the player to join. Once joined, it'll clone it and parent it into a viewport frame. It will then destroy and clone a new one copying it's movements. However, I can't seem to get it to work.

TL;DR: I want to make a viewport frame that will clone and put the LocalPlayer in it, the clone will mimic the movement of the player.

AnonymousJan 25, 2020Edited Jan 25, 2020

✓ Accepted answer

I would like to do this but it would take too long, however, there is a model you can download here: https://devforum.roblox.com/t/rendering-the-character-with-a-viewportframe/241369/31

This is the code if for some reason it doesn't work for you:

local script inside the gui with the viewport frame:

--Boatbomber

--Services
local RunService		= game:GetService('RunService')
local UserInputService	= game:GetService("UserInputService")

--Localize
local instance,newRay	= Instance.new,Ray.new
local v2,v3,cf,udim2	= Vector2.new,Vector3.new,CFrame.new,UDim2.new
local insert,random,abs	= table.insert,math.random,math.abs


local Player			= game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character			= Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()


--Basic setup
local ViewPort			= script.Parent.ViewportFrame

--Settings
local Offset			= cf(0,1,-6)

--Create the viewport camera
local Camera		= instance("Camera")
	ViewPort.CurrentCamera	= Camera

local ValidClasses = {
	["MeshPart"] = true; ["Part"] = true; ["Accoutrement"] = true;
	["Pants"] = true; ["Shirt"] = true;
	["Humanoid"] = true;
}

local function RenderHumanoid(Model, Parent, MainModel)
	local ModelParts = Model:GetDescendants()
	for i=1, #ModelParts do
		local Part		= ModelParts[i]
		
		if ValidClasses[Part.ClassName] then
			
			local a			= Part.Archivable
				Part.Archivable	= true
				
			local RenderClone	= Part:Clone()
				Part.Archivable	= a
		
			if Part.ClassName == "MeshPart" or Part.ClassName == "Part" then
				PartUpdater = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
					if Part then
						RenderClone.CFrame = Part.CFrame
					else
						RenderClone:Destroy()
						PartUpdater:Disconnect()
					end
				end)
			elseif Part:IsA("Accoutrement") then
				PartUpdater = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
					if Part then
						if RenderClone.Handle then
							RenderClone.Handle.CFrame = Part.Handle.CFrame
						end
					else
						RenderClone:Destroy()
						PartUpdater:Disconnect()
					end
				end)
			elseif Part.ClassName == "Humanoid" then
				--Disable all states. We only want it for clothing wrapping, not for stupid @$$ performance issues
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.FallingDown,			false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Running,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.RunningNoPhysics,	false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Climbing,			false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.StrafingNoPhysics,	false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Ragdoll,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.GettingUp,			false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Jumping,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Landed,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Flying,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Freefall,			false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Seated,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.PlatformStanding,	false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Dead,				false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Swimming,			false)
				RenderClone:SetStateEnabled(Enum.HumanoidStateType.Physics,				false)
			end
			
			RenderClone.Parent = Parent
		end 
	end
end


--Let the world load before starting
wait(1)


local function Render()
	ViewPort:ClearAllChildren()
	--Render the character
	local Char = instance("Model")
		Char.Name = ""
		Char.Parent = ViewPort
	RenderHumanoid(Character,Char)
end

--Handle changes
Character.DescendantAdded:Connect(Render)
Character.DescendantRemoving:Connect(Render)

--Initialize
Render()

CameraUpdater = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	if Character.HumanoidRootPart then
		Camera.CFrame =  cf(Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame:toWorldSpace(Offset).p, Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.p)
	end
end)

AnonymousJan 25, 2020Edited Jan 25, 2020Permalink

3 comments

Thanks, this is what I needed. However, do you know how I could make it where when the player can hold down the LeftMouseButton and move it around in order to also move the character around? So they can see the back, side, ETC?

AnonymousJan 25, 2020#

Unfortunately, I do not know how to do that. I could look into it in the future and reply if I do find a way to do that.

AnonymousJan 25, 2020#

Okay, thanks for telling me. For now I'll look into the script and see what alterations I need to be able to do it.

AnonymousJan 25, 2020#

How would I create a still projection of the player?

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