Players

Players : Instance

Overview

The Players service manages clients connected to the server as Player objects, offering diverse Player-related functions.

Properties

CharacterAutoLoads

bool

Sets whether characters automatically respawn.

The default is true. If set to false, the player's character won't be created until Player:LoadCharacter() is called, even if they join the game.

This option is particularly useful in games with limited lives or competitive modes that do not allow respawning until the round ends.

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.CharacterAutoLoads = false

UseStrafingAnimations

bool

This property specifies how to handle the direction of an animation played during character movement.

If set to false, only a single movement animation plays regardless of the direction. If set to true, animations for 8-directional movement (i.e., up, down, left, right, and diagonals) play according to the actual movement direction.

This allows natural representation of various movements, such as strafing, backward movement, and diagonal movement, normally required in TPS games.

This property cannot be changed at runtime and should be set in Studio's editing phase.

Code Samples

LocalPlayer

Player

This read-only property references the player object running the game on the current client.

It can only be accessed in client environments, such as LocalScript, and always returns nil in a Script that runs in the server environment.

Code Samples

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

RespawnTime

number

If CharacterAutoLoads is true, this property specifies the respawn wait time for players in seconds.

The default is 5 seconds.

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.RespawnTime = 2

Methods

GetPlayerFromCharacter

Returns the Player object associated with the specified Character, or nil if no player is connected.

Used to retrieve the Player via the character in events like Touched or CharacterAdded, which do not directly return a Player object.

To retrieve a character from a Player object, use the Player.Character property.

Parameters

Model InCharacter	The character to be converted to Player.

Return

Player	The returned Player.

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local Part = script.Parent

local function OnTouched(otherPart)
    local partParent = otherPart.Parent
    local humanoid = partParent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	
    if humanoid then
        local character = humanoid.Parent
        local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
    end
end
Part.Touched:Connect(OnTouched)

GetPlayerByUserId

Returns the Player object associated with the specified UserId, or nil if no such player exists.

Parameters

string UserId	The UserId of the Player to be converted.The returned Player.

Return

Player

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService(Players)

local playerId = Players.LocalPlayer.UserId
print(Players:GetPlayerByUserId(playerId))

GetPlayers

Returns a table of all Player objects currently connected to the server.

When used with a for loop, it allows easy iteration over all players in the game.

Parameters

Array	The list of players.

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local PlayerList = Players:GetPlayers() 
for i = 1, #PlayerList do
    print(PlayerList[i])
end

Events

PlayerAdded

This event is executed when a player joins the game.

This is mainly used to load saved GlobalDataStore data or apply initial settings when a player joins.

Parameters

Player player	The connected player.

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function OnPlayerAdded(player)
    print("[OnPlayerAdded]", player)
end
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(OnPlayerAdded)

PlayerRemoving

This event is executed just before the player leaves the game.

As it is called before the player is completely removed, it is ideal for saving player data via GlobalDataStore.

Parameters

Player player	The disconnected player.

Code Samples

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local function OnPlayerRemoving(player)
    print("[OnPlayerRemoving]", player)
end
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(OnPlayerRemoving)