Need help for simple Viewmodel with hands

[high swift]

So i am new to this and i just wanna make some hands that holds a lantern, im following some tutorials but i cant get the viewmodel to work. The script is under StarterPlayerScript

[mint holly]

** You are now Level 1! **

[high swift]

I already changed the model to "ViewModel"

[peak plaza]

any errors?

[high swift]

the viewmodel is stuck on the ground and doesnt follow the player

[peak plaza]

try setting camera to workspace.CurrentCamera - it may be that the camera you are currently referencing is not the one currently being used.

[high swift]

tried to change it to what local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera doesnt seem to work

[elfin cobalt]

rtruy

try

[peak plaza]

quick question - why would there be a humanoid in the camera?

[rough valve]

goofy ahh hands

lol

[high swift]

i have another model but i just wanted to test something quick

[rough valve]

show the other model

[high swift]

do u mean the humanoidrootpart

[elfin cobalt]

try it on

[high swift]

i tried that it didnt work

[peak plaza]

no. the top line, it infers that a humanoid instance is inside of camera.

if there isn't then the condition is false and the position wont change.

[high swift]

Ah i see what u mean do i need to change it to the camerabone then

[rough valve]

btw u wrote : ```lua
if Camera:FindFirstChild("ViewModel") ~= nil then

you could just say : ```lua
if Camera:FindFirstChild("ViewModel") then

oh wait

nvm

lol

my dumb ahh didnt read everything

[peak plaza]

try removing that if statement entirely

[high swift]

i removed the if statement what about the for statement

[peak plaza]

that one only needs to run once, so you should move it to be above the renderStepped container

[elfin cobalt]

just delete it all

wait im gonna write it down

and gonna chop it one by one

do you need explation

or just the code

[high swift]

u can just write the code

[mint holly]

** You are now Level 2! **

[high swift]

ill understand it after

[elfin cobalt]

you may try this if it would work

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

local viewModel = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("ViewModel"):Clone()
viewModel.Name = "ViewModel"
viewModel.Parent = camera

for _, part in pairs(viewModel:GetChildren()) do
if part:IsA("BasePart") then
part.CanCollide = false
end
end

RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(function()
if not Player.Character or not Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then return end

local humanoid = Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

if humanoid.Health <= 0 then
    if camera:FindFirstChild("ViewModel") then
        camera.ViewModel:Destroy()
    end
    return
end

if camera:FindFirstChild("ViewModel") then
    camera.ViewModel:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(
        camera.CFrame * CFrame.new(0.025, -1.5, -1) * CFrame.Angles(0.5, 0, 0)
    )
end

end)

[high swift]

it worked

[elfin cobalt]

show it

[high swift]

goofy ahh hands

[elfin cobalt]

put it on first person

[high swift]

How do i do that

[elfin cobalt]

go to starrterplayer

[elfin cobalt]

Cameramode then make it lockonfirstperson

[high swift]

gotcha

[high swift]

can u explain what the difference was between ur code and the one i wrote

[elfin cobalt]

wait

Structural issues

Runtime logic issues

Technical mistakes

[high swift]

where do u get that from

[elfin cobalt]

You cloned the ViewModel but didn’t assign it a .Name, yet later tried to FindFirstChild("ViewModel")

The way the script checked for things (like camera:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")) shows confusion in object structure (camera is not equal to character).

[high swift]

Do i have to give the model a new name, i get that thing about the humanoid that i dont even have that

[elfin cobalt]

Yes, if you're using camera:FindFirstChild("ViewModel") anywhere in your script.

[high swift]

in teh code u send me, why are we using this line local humanoid = Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") when there is no humanoid

[elfin cobalt]

If you're only attaching hands/arms to the camera and not monitoring death

it would like make it destroy the model

when the player is dead

if your game is not about pvp or the player will not die its okay to remvoe the humanoid

or any death related

[high swift]

okay i get it its not my viewmodel humanoid its calling its when i press play and my player humanoid

or am i tripping

[high swift]

i just wanna make sure i understand where the system finds "Humanoid" from, because i ahvent made a humanoid

[elfin cobalt]

you can get the humanoid from the localplayer cause the localplayer always have humanoid

[high swift]

in here right?

[elfin cobalt]

in the workspace

[high swift]

thats after u pressed play right?

[high swift]

i see it thanks for your help i appreciate it a lot

[elfin cobalt]

yeah

[high swift]

one more question

[mint holly]

** You are now Level 3! **

[high swift]

why is it that i can see the shadows from the floor on my arms

[elfin cobalt]

because, i think theres cast sahdow on it

[high swift]

i took it off on everything my arms and the lantern but its still there

[tawny blade]

I think you need to go to lighting service and turn off shadows

[high swift]

something in here myabe?

[tawny blade]

Global shadows

[high swift]

still doesnt work 😦

[high swift]

its weird becuse i dont see other poeple with this problem

[tawny blade]

You have baseplaate material on

I think that’s the issue

It makes everything look like a grid

And darker

[high swift]

how do i remove it

[tawny blade]

Go to home

It should be somewhere on there

[high swift]

the material one?

[tawny blade]

Wait nvm I think it’s on model

[mint holly]

** You are now Level 1! **

[high swift]

somewhere in here?

[tawny blade]

No.. how about view

[high swift]

oh yes it was in view and i had grid material on

[high swift]

life saver ❤️