Attempt to index nil with WaitForChild?
So here's my code. It's for a spawner.
01 | -- Locals |
02 | local team = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Team").Value |
03 | local root = script.Parent.Location:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart") |
04 | local root2 = script.Parent.Parent.Spawn2.Location:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart") |
05 | local team1 = game:GetService("Teams"):WaitForChild("Assault") |
06 | local team2 = game:GetService("Teams"):WaitForChild("Defend") |
07 |
08 | -- Setup |
09 | for _, v in pairs(script.Parent:GetDescendants()) do |
10 | if v:IsA("BasePart") then v.Anchored = true v.CanCollide = false end |
11 | end |
12 |
13 | for _, v in pairs(script.Parent.Location:GetDescendants()) do |
14 | if v:IsA("BasePart") then |
15 | v.Transparency = 1 |
Please don't say "Use a spawnlocation" because i'm just testing this. So i keep getting this error: Workspace.Spawn.Script:31: attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild' - Server - Script:31 How can i fix it?
3 answers
It means that the character does not exist, as the player just joined the game. Try waiting for their character to load before moving it.
01 | game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr) |
02 | for i, v in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetChildren()) do |
03 | if i < 1 then |
04 | plr.Team = team1 |
05 | elseif i > 1 then |
06 | plr.Team = team2 |
07 | end |
08 | end |
09 | local character = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait() |
10 | if plr.Team == team1 then |
11 | character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = root.CFrame |
12 | elseif plr.Team == team2 then |
13 | character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = root2.CFrame |
14 | end |
15 | end) |
I believe this means that the HumanoidRootPart is nil, and does not exist in plr.Character.
Wrap the if statement inside of a CharacterAdded event to avoid getting an error if the player's Character hasn't loaded yet.
I also recommend using the player's PrimaryPart instead of the HumanoidRootPart because of useful functions such as SetPrimaryPartCFrame. The player's primary part is always their HumanoidRootPart which works for R6 and R15.
1 | plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character) |
2 | plr.Team == team1 then |
3 | plr.Character:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(root.CFrame) |
4 | elseif plr.Team == team2 then |
5 | plr.Character:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(root2.CFrame) |
6 | end |
7 | end |