Model randomly just... removes itself from game?

What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

I’m working on a viewmodel handler script, and I’m currently working on shooting.

What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

The model inside of the “backpack” folder is randomly removing from the game. I’ve tried as many bugfixes as i can think of, but nothing is working. It seems to be happening on this line:

local backpackFolder = script:WaitForChild("backpack")

repeat wait() until backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model")
print(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").Name)
backpackFolder.Parent = replicatedStorage
print(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").Name)

wait(3)

print(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").Name)

I tried printing the model immediatly after it was added to the backpackfolder, and it came back as “AUG” (The name of the model) but after three seconds… it’s nil? I am not destroying anything in this script, other than the viewmodel when the player dies, but the model isn’t even in the viewmodel?

What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?

I first though it was a simple problem with my code, such as the child not existing yet when I try defining it, but it obviously wasn’t that because my bugfixes didn’t work. I looked all over the Developer Hub, and forum, and nothing.

This is my code. I don’t see anything really wrong with it, so I don’t know how to fix this.

local runService = game:GetService("RunService")
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local userInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character.Humanoid

local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera
local mouse = player:GetMouse()

local viewmodelEnabled = script:WaitForChild("viewmodelEnabled")

local viewmodel = script:WaitForChild("viewmodel")
viewmodel.Parent = workspace

humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
	viewmodel:Destroy()
end)

local backpackFolder = script:WaitForChild("backpack")

repeat wait() until backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model")
print(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").Name)
backpackFolder.Parent = replicatedStorage
print(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").Name)

wait(3)

print(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").Name)

runService.RenderStepped:Connect(function(deltaTime)
	if viewmodelEnabled.Value and viewmodel then
		viewmodel:WaitForChild("basePart"):PivotTo(camera.CFrame)
	end
end)

userInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, gameProcessedEvent)
	if not gameProcessedEvent and viewmodelEnabled.Value and viewmodel then
		if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.One then
			if not viewmodel:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model") then
				local weapon = backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model")
				weapon.Parent = viewmodel
				viewmodel.basePart.grip.Part1 = weapon.grip
			else
				local weapon = viewmodel:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model")
				weapon.Parent = backpackFolder
				viewmodel.basePart.grip.Part1 = nil
			end
		end
	end
end)

-- shooting

repeat wait() until backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model")

local gunSettings = require(backpackFolder:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model").gunSettings)

local ammo = gunSettings.maxAmmo

-- automatic

local mouseDown = false
local canShoot = true

mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
	mouseDown = true
	
	while mouseDown
		and viewmodel:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Model")
		and gunSettings.fireType == "auto"
		and canShoot
		and ammo > 0
	do
		ammo = ammo - 1
		
		print("gyat")
		
		canShoot = false
		task.wait(1 / gunSettings.fireRate)
		canShoot = true
	end
end)
mouse.Button1Up:Connect(function()
	mouseDown = false
end)

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