What does "attempted to index number with 'Changed' event" mean?

I made a script that would fire whenever a player's leaderboard points changes however its giving me this error:

00:42:37.830 - Workspace.Script:11: attempt to index number with 'Changed'

Does this mean that I can't use numbers with the changed event? This is my entire script if it helps:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder") 
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
    leaderstats.Parent = player

    local Points = Instance.new("IntValue")
    Points.Name = "Points"
    Points.Parent = leaderstats

  Points.Value.Changed:Connect(function(Value)
      if Value == 5 then
          game.Workspace.door1.Transparency = 0.5
          game.Workspace.door1.CanCollide = false
		end
	end)
end)

AnonymousAug 28, 2020

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you are trying to get .changed event on an integer or number value. .Changed is not an event of a integer or string you should instead be doing something like below this might have syntax errors but you should follow it

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

    local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder") 
    leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
    leaderstats.Parent = player

    local Points = Instance.new("IntValue")
    Points.Name = "Points"
    Points.Parent = leaderstats

  Points.Changed:Connect(function(Value) -- get changed of object not objects value
	if tostring(Value) == "Value" then -- if property is value
        if Value == 5 then
          game.Workspace.door1.Transparency = 0.5
          game.Workspace.door1.CanCollide = false
        end
	end
    end)
end)

AnonymousAug 28, 2020Permalink

4 comments

It's ultimately best to hone in onto the property that changed—the signal activates upon any adjustment. You can do this with Points:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(callback)

AnonymousAug 28, 2020#

no, it doesnt really make a difference when you take in to account everything else

AnonymousAug 28, 2020#

Feahren, it's actually better to use .Changed in this instance because we're dealing with Value objects, the .Changed event with only check for changes in the value which uses less resources than the GetPropertyChangedSignal listener.

AnonymousAug 28, 2020#

Thanks for it Ziffixture. Never before heard about var:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(callback)

AnonymousMar 5, 2022#

What does "attempted to index number with 'Changed' event" mean?

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