I've tried to make a scanner script that scans for contraband when the player touches a part and if found any it would change the light colour. I've managed to do some scripting but I still get an error saying "Attempt to index nil with 'Backpack'. The script changes the colour of the light to read once and then it gives this error. Also, the script won't change the light's colour to green even if the player has no contraband.
local contraband = {
"AK74M",
"USP"
}
local players = game:GetService("Players")
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local player = players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
for i,v in pairs(player.Backpack:GetChildren()) do
if table.find(contraband,v.Name) then
script.Parent.Parent.Light.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Maroon")
elseif not table.find(contraband,v.Name) then
script.Parent.Parent.Light.BrickColor = BrickColor.new("Bright green")
end
end
end)
3 comments
Try doing it where you define player as just hit.Parent. I think the GetPlayerFromCharacter function may be throwing the error because it's returning nil.
That would just give me the player's character but not the player. I need to get to the player's actual backpack.
I've also made a script before that looks nearly the same with the difference that there is no table and it removes all the player's tools when the player touches a part and that script works