Why is this nil

[viral thicket]

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

local ViewportFrame = script.Parent

local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

repeat wait() until player.Character

print(char)
local charC = char:Clone()
print(charC)

charC.Parent = ViewportFrame
charC:PivotTo(CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0,0,0)))

why is charC nil

even tho char is not

[dusky steppe]

you're doing it in a server script

nvm

that's cus u print it before the charC is assigned a parent

[viral thicket]

when i try to parent it, it says "attempt to index nil with 'Parent'"

[potent girder]

** You are now Level 11! **

[dusky steppe]

try doing it with player.Character, also remove the repeat until, player.CharacterAdded:Wait() already waits for it

[viral thicket]

still not work

[dusky steppe]

weird

[turbid coyote]

Check the player model. If the Archivable property is set to false, it cannot be cloned.

[viral thicket]

its fixed now, thanks

[dusky steppe]

oh right, the character is unarchivable at first

[austere gull]

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

local ViewportFrame = script.Parent

local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

- repeat wait() until player.Character

- print(char)
+ char.Archivable = true;
local charC = char:Clone()
+ char.Archivable = false;
- print(charC)

charC.Parent = ViewportFrame
charC:PivotTo(CFrame.new(Vector3.new(0,0,0)))

By default Player Characters .Archivable property is set to false, meaning when you clone it, it doesn't actually clone

Thus, setting it to true before cloning it will allow you to do so, and you can thereafter set Archivable back to false if you wish.

You also don't need the repeat wait() until player.Character segment, as this code is redundant since the player.CharacterAdded:Wait() await is sufficient. Essentially what your local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() assignment is doing is setting local char equal to player.Character, and if the result is nil then we fallback to or, whereby we await the player.CharacterAdded event by using player.CharactedAdded:Wait()