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MakeupDescription
Inherits from: Instance → Object
MakeupDescription is an object that stores the description for a makeup item. It is meant to be placed underneath a HumanoidDescription in order to work with Humanoid:ApplyDescriptionAsync().
Inherits from: Instance
Memory category: Instances
Properties
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MakeupDescription.AssetId | int64 | The asset ID that should be applied when applying this MakeupDescription. |
| MakeupDescription.Instance | Instance | A reference to the Instance that should be used when applying this MakeupDescription. |
| MakeupDescription.MakeupType | MakeupType | The MakeupType of the makeup item referred to by this description. |
| MakeupDescription.Order | int | The layering sort order for the makeup item. |
Inherited from Instance
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instance.Archivable | boolean | Determines if an Instance and its descendants can be cloned using Instance:Clone(), and can be saved/published. |
| Instance.archivable | boolean | |
| Instance.Capabilities | SecurityCapabilities | The set of capabilities allowed to be used for scripts inside this container. |
| Instance.IsInSandbox | boolean | Indicates whether the instance is inside a sandboxed container. |
| Instance.Name | string | A non-unique identifier of the Instance. |
| Instance.Parent | Instance | Determines the hierarchical parent of the Instance. |
| Instance.PredictionMode | PredictionMode | Reflects the client-side prediction mode applied to the instance under server-authoritative physics. |
| Instance.RobloxLocked | boolean | A deprecated property that used to protect CoreGui objects. |
| Instance.Sandboxed | boolean | When enabled, the instance can only access abilities in its Capabilities list. |
| Instance.UniqueId | UniqueId | A unique identifier for the instance. |
Inherited from Object
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Object.ClassName | string | A read-only string representing the class this Object belongs to. |
| Object.className | string |
MakeupDescription.AssetId
The asset ID that should be applied when applying this MakeupDescription.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | int64 |
| security | {"read":"None","write":"None"} |
| thread safety | ReadSafe |
| category | Data |
| serialization | {"can_load":true,"can_save":true} |
| capabilities | ["AvatarAppearance"] |
MakeupDescription.Instance
A reference to the Instance that should be used when applying this MakeupDescription. This property can be used instead of AssetId to apply makeup without uploading it to the platform.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | Instance |
| security | {"read":"None","write":"None"} |
| thread safety | ReadSafe |
| category | Data |
| serialization | {"can_load":true,"can_save":true} |
| capabilities | ["AvatarAppearance"] |
MakeupDescription.MakeupType
The MakeupType of the makeup item referred to by this description.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | MakeupType |
| security | {"read":"None","write":"None"} |
| thread safety | ReadSafe |
| category | Data |
| serialization | {"can_load":true,"can_save":true} |
| capabilities | ["AvatarAppearance"] |
MakeupDescription.Order
The sort order used when layering this makeup item relative to other makeup items. Lower values are applied first, with higher values rendered on top. If the same ordered values is used, the tie breaker will be the AssetID.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| type | int |
| security | {"read":"None","write":"None"} |
| thread safety | ReadSafe |
| category | Data |
| serialization | {"can_load":true,"can_save":true} |
| capabilities | ["AvatarAppearance"] |
Methods
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| MakeupDescription:GetAppliedInstance | Instance | Returns the applied makeup Instance. |
Inherited from Instance
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instance:AddTag | () | Applies a tag to the instance. |
| Instance:children | Instances | Returns an array of the object's children. |
| Instance:ClearAllChildren | () | This method destroys all of an instance's children. |
| Instance:Clone | Instance | Create a copy of an instance and all its descendants, ignoring instances that are not Archivable. |
| Instance:clone | Instance | |
| Instance:Destroy | () | Sets the Instance.Parent property to nil, locks the Instance.Parent property, disconnects all connections, and calls Destroy() on all children. |
| Instance:destroy | () | |
| Instance:FindFirstAncestor | Instance? | Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Instance.Name is equal to the given name. |
| Instance:FindFirstAncestorOfClass | Instance? | Returns the first ancestor of the Instance whose Object.ClassName is equal to the given className. |
| Instance:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA | Instance? | Returns the first ancestor of the Instance for whom Object:IsA() returns true for the given className. |
| Instance:FindFirstChild | Instance? | Returns the first child of the Instance found with the given name. |
| Instance:findFirstChild | Instance | |
| Instance:FindFirstChildOfClass | Instance? | Returns the first child of the Instance whose ClassName is equal to the given class name. |
| Instance:FindFirstChildWhichIsA | Instance? | Returns the first child of the Instance for whom Object:IsA() returns true for the given className. |
| Instance:FindFirstDescendant | Instance? | Returns the first descendant found with the given Instance.Name. |
| Instance:GetActor | Actor? | Returns the Actor associated with the Instance, if any. |
| Instance:GetAttribute | Variant | Returns the value which has been assigned to the given attribute name. |
| Instance:GetAttributeChangedSignal | RBXScriptSignal | Returns an event that fires when the given attribute changes. |
| Instance:GetAttributes | Dictionary | Returns a dictionary of the instance's attributes. |
| Instance:GetChildren | Instances | Returns an array containing all of the instance's children. |
| Instance:getChildren | Instances | |
| Instance:GetDebugId | string | Returns a coded string of the debug ID used internally by Roblox. |
| Instance:GetDescendants | Instances | Returns an array containing all of the descendants of the instance. |
| Instance:GetFullName | string | Returns a string describing the instance's ancestry. |
| Instance:GetStyled | Variant | Returns the styled or explicitly modified value of the specified property, or else the default property value if it hasn't been styled/modified. |
| Instance:GetStyledPropertyChangedSignal | RBXScriptSignal | Returns an event that fires when the given style property changes on the instance. |
| Instance:GetTags | Array | Gets an array of all tags applied to the instance. |
| Instance:HasTag | boolean | Check whether the instance has a given tag. |
| Instance:IsAncestorOf | boolean | Returns true if an Instance is an ancestor of the given descendant. |
| Instance:IsDescendantOf | boolean | Returns true if an Instance is a descendant of the given ancestor. |
| Instance:isDescendantOf | boolean | |
| Instance:IsPropertyModified | boolean | Returns true if the value stored in the specified property is not equal to the code-instantiated default. |
| Instance:QueryDescendants | Instances | Returns an array containing all descendants of the instance that match the selector string. |
| Instance:Remove | () | Sets the object's Parent to nil, and does the same for all its descendants. |
| Instance:remove | () | |
| Instance:RemoveTag | () | Removes a tag from the instance. |
| Instance:ResetPropertyToDefault | () | Resets a property to its default value. |
| Instance:SetAttribute | () | Sets the attribute with the given name to the given value. |
| Instance:WaitForChild | Instance | Returns the child of the Instance with the given name. If the child does not exist, it will yield the current thread until it does. |
Inherited from Object
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Object:GetPropertyChangedSignal | RBXScriptSignal | Get an event that fires when a given property of the object changes. |
| Object:IsA | boolean | Returns true if an object's class matches or inherits from a given class. |
| Object:isA | boolean |
MakeupDescription:GetAppliedInstance
Returns the applied makeup Decal if this MakeupDescription is the child of an applied HumanoidDescription parented to a Humanoid. However, if multiple MakeupDescription exist in the parented MakeupDescription, they will be composed into a single makeup Decal.
Returns
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Instance | The single composed makeup Decal parented under the character's head. |
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| security | None |
| thread safety | Unsafe |
| capabilities | ["AvatarAppearance"] |
Events
Inherited from Instance
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Instance.AncestryChanged | Fires when the Instance.Parent property of this object or one of its ancestors is changed. | |
| Instance.AttributeChanged | Fires whenever an attribute is changed on the Instance. | |
| Instance.ChildAdded | Fires after an object is parented to this Instance. | |
| Instance.childAdded | ||
| Instance.ChildRemoved | Fires after a child is removed from this Instance. | |
| Instance.DescendantAdded | Fires after a descendant is added to the Instance. | |
| Instance.DescendantRemoving | Fires immediately before a descendant of the Instance is removed. | |
| Instance.Destroying | Fires immediately before (or is deferred until after) the instance is destroyed via Instance:Destroy(). | |
| Instance.StyledPropertiesChanged | Fires whenever any style property is changed on the instance, including when a property is set to nil. |
Inherited from Object
| Name | Type / Returns | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Object.Changed | Fires immediately after a property of the object changes, with some limitations. |