What does "GetPlayerFromCharacter" do? I don't understand
May 10, 2023 · Hello; you read the title. I’ve been trying to understand what GetPlayerFromCharacter does in a script for the past couple of weeks but I haven’t made any progress in trying to understand what it does. Take this image from a YouTube tutorial I found for example, which supposably prints the name of the player that touches RedPart in the output. Lines 1-6 make perfect sense, with lines 1-2 ...
Getting character by player - Scripting Support - Roblox
Nov 7, 2020 · Basically you can get the Player by the Character, example when a player touches a part, then GetPlayerFromCharacter() can be used, but now i need to do the opposite, and get the character from player.
Best way to get player from character? - Scripting Support - Roblox
Jun 17, 2021 · This is just an inquiry, and I want to make my code better. I was wondering why we use: local playerFromCharacter = playerService:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character) instead of doing this: local playerFromCharacter = playerService[character.Name] Does one of them cause more lag/problems than the other or is it just for convenience? They both work fine in my script.
How to get player from character module? - Scripting Support
Feb 22, 2022 · Player isn’t a child of character, its actually the other way around. Thankfully Roblox has incorporated a method that returns the player for you.:GetPlayerFromCharacter() Here is the API: link. You can create a variable that represents the player to make it easier.
player.Character = nil - Scripting Support - Developer Forum
Nov 7, 2023 · local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() 2 Likes ordinalDerp_2020 (waterbottlebag) November 7, 2023, 6:31am
How do I access Player, Character & Humanoid in Studio?
Jun 18, 2022 · alr man @EmbatTheHybrid alr said this but local player is ONLY for local scripts nice way to remember is that they both have the word local in it but if you wanna get the plr or character from studio you gotta know which one for example you wanna get the player FriendlyFrenchFry123 from studio then just do
Best way to Wait() for Character? - Code Review - Roblox
Jan 21, 2021 · I had some trouble with my local script, located in the StarterPlayerScript, as It would not execute when I’ve spawned. I’ve finally come to a solution; here’s the code → wait() local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer local character = player.Character if not character or not character.Parent then character = player.CharacterAdded:Wait() end My question is if there is a more efficient ...
Custom characters guide - Community Tutorials - Roblox
Feb 6, 2024 · This is a tutorial for you to deal with scripting your custom character in roblox! <details><summary>How is your character made?</summary>Roblox characters can have different types of structures and can be build in many different ways. Probably if you got to this article you already have your character made, but here are some tips over creating it: Roblox’s default are made with the R15 and ...
How to get Player Character in local script? - Roblox
Jun 2, 2023 · Option 1: You can use: local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() this gets the character of the specific player and if it hasn’t loaded yet it will wait until it does.
How to get the player from a server script? [Solved!]
Jun 22, 2020 · PlayerAdded Events takes an argument of Player. Being the player who was added. game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player) --<The server now has full control over that player object. --[[ Here is where you would load the players data store them into values so it can't be accessed anytime and anywhere by any other scripts.