Player and Character

[rich wren]

I’m pretty new to Lua and Roblox studios, and I’ve noticed that there’s no easy way to directly get the Player or Character. Is there an easy way to save Player and Character in a variable to use in the future?

[teal jacinth]

Heavily depends on what script you're in, and what you need the player or character for
In a local script, you can easily get the player by doing

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

You can get the character from the player by doing

local character = player.Character

and you can do this the other way around, get the player from the character object

local playerCharacter = -- the player's character
local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(playerCharacter)

There are also a bunch of different events that can give you either, but it depends on the context of your script

[rich wren]

What about for a server script, for example I’m making a tool and I just need a variable for the player to simplify everything

[teal jacinth]

if you are using a remote event / function the player object is given as a parameter, or if the script is inside of the tool, which is a descendant of the player, then you can just directly reference the player from there

If you want to show the script you're working on, I can give you somebetter examples that fit your situation

[rich wren]

This is my script for the tool right now

local tool = script.Parent

local character = nil
local player = nil

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
task.wait(3)

character = tool.Parent
player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)

if player then
    print("Tool equipped by", player.Name)
else
    warn("Could not find player from character.")
end

end)

it's in a server script

[teal jacinth]

Then yeah that's a good exaple, though be aware that a tool is typically stored in the player's backpack, not the character itself

ill have to test out if it still works while just as a child to the character

[rich wren]

Yeah but once it’s equipped the parent becomes the character, so my idea was to get the character after the tool ins equiped

[teal jacinth]

I see, then yeah that looks good, does it work?

[rich wren]

Nope

[teal jacinth]

try printing both the character and player to see what it is, also let me know whats going on in the console

[rich wren]

Nothing appears in the output

[teal jacinth]

then that means the equipped event isnt running, make sure the script is enabled and is in a place where it can run, and make sure you are equipping the right tool with the prints in it