how do i reference the player character from within a script, within a tool? | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:10 PM

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Where's the tool parented?

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:11 PM

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starterpack

grizzled snow Apr 4, 2023, 6:11 PM

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?

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:12 PM

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Ok so, when a player joins the game, the tool will clone and parent to player's backpack, so if you have the scrip inside the tool, you could do

local plr = script.Parent.Parent.Parent
print(plr)

And it should print your name

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:12 PM

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elder nexus Where's the tool parented?

please help me

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in the other post

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:13 PM

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Thats for a server script, but if its a local script, you could just do

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:14 PM

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that didnt seem to work

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Any errors or anything?

grizzled snow Apr 4, 2023, 6:14 PM

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elder nexus Ok so, when a player joins the game, the tool will clone and parent to player's ...

Or just
game.Player.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) <-this player
end)

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:14 PM

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Ig yea, it would work like that too

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:15 PM

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still didnt work

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literally all im asking for is to define the player character from a script thats in a tool thats in the starterpack

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:16 PM

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did you reference the character

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:16 PM

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well no ive been trying to do that

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:16 PM

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what is it printing when you print plr

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:16 PM

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i dont need to print anything

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:17 PM

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Printing is a really helpful thing in script

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:17 PM

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yeah

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:17 PM

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Do a print and see what you get

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:17 PM

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it tells you exactly what the script sees

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:18 PM

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or you can just tell me how to define the character from the script in the tool

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thats in the starterpack

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:19 PM

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ok but we need to know what the script sees and kind of go from there

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:19 PM

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storm urchin or you can just tell me how to define the character from the script in the tool

omg thats what we are trying to do but we also need your help to tell us what plr is

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:19 PM

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i just need to get the position of the humanoidrootpart

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:20 PM

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i think its something like plr.Character:WaitForChild('HumanoidRootPart')

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:21 PM

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yeah well plr isnt referenced yet so the script doesnt know what plr is

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because like i said i still havent referenced the goddamn fucking player character

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theres no way its this complex bro

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:21 PM

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Its not, but we also need your help to tell us what the fuck is plr for you

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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jeez

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calm down guys

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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bro i dnt even know what plr is

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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Im starting to get mad, its like talking to a wall

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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no it isnt

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all im trying to do is define the character

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just the character

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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elder nexus Its not, but we also need your help to tell us what the fuck is `plr` for you

swearing

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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any part of the body

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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ok well im pretty sure you can't reference a player's tool through the starterpack

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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All you need

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:22 PM

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waxen chasm swearing

yes this is discord a 13+ platform so if you cant handle a little bit of swearing go onto whatsapp or something buddy

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:23 PM

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Now do a print(plr) and tell us what you get

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:23 PM

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elder nexus All you need

ok took about 44 messages but you did it

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thanks bro

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:23 PM

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waxen chasm swearing

Can't handle a few bad words?

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:23 PM

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storm urchin ok took about 44 messages but you did it

I told you like 5 minutes ago wtf

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:23 PM

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elder nexus Ok so, when a player joins the game, the tool will clone and parent to player's ...

...

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10 minutes, my bad

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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im pretty sure you have to reference a tool through the player's backpack though

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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storm urchin yes this is discord a 13+ platform so if you cant handle a little bit of swearin...

swearing is for gay people

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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waxen chasm swearing is for gay people

guess im gay then

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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storm urchin guess im gay then

exactly

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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sorry fucking loser!

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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and you just admitted

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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so?

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got a problem with gays?

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damn bro you're a bigot!

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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ok

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:24 PM

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leave the server

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you basically just admitted to being homophobic LOL

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:25 PM

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Yea.... While trying to shame me for saying fuck...

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:25 PM

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damn

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:25 PM

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i dont remember saying i hate gay people

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:26 PM

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waxen chasm i dont remember saying i hate gay people

so you think swearing is gay

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i say im gay then

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and then you say

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"exactly you just admitted"

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that really insinuates like theres a problem with me being gay

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im not gay btw

smoky summit Apr 4, 2023, 6:26 PM

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elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:26 PM

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Saying "this is bad" followed by "this is for X people" its just a stupid thing to say, it means you have problems with X peoples

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:26 PM

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man when did this go wrong

lament coralBOT Apr 4, 2023, 6:26 PM

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studio ** You are now Level 2! ** studio

smoky summit Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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Mods shut this down

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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well when elpromaximus joined

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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storm urchin im not gay btw

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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woven fox man when did this go wrong

When a kid got mad cuz I said a "bad word"

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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waxen chasm

oh boo hoo im gay

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big deal

waxen chasm Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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waxen chasm

this says everything lol

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buye bye

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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bye

storm urchin Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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yeah it says everything about your intolerance of difference

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:27 PM

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also nobody will help you with your "problem" (ElPro)

woven fox Apr 4, 2023, 6:28 PM

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ok so the tool script thing

elder nexus Apr 4, 2023, 6:28 PM

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It should be done, I even test it

#how do i reference the player character from within a script, within a tool?