Attempt to index nil with WaitForChild?
So here's my code. It's for a spawner.
-- Locals
local team = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Team").Value
local root = script.Parent.Location:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local root2 = script.Parent.Parent.Spawn2.Location:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local team1 = game:GetService("Teams"):WaitForChild("Assault")
local team2 = game:GetService("Teams"):WaitForChild("Defend")
-- Setup
for _, v in pairs(script.Parent:GetDescendants()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then v.Anchored = true v.CanCollide = false end
end
for _, v in pairs(script.Parent.Location:GetDescendants()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then
v.Transparency = 1
v.CanCollide = false
v.Anchored = true
end
end
-- Main
game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
for i, v in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetChildren()) do
if i < 1 then
plr.Team = team1
elseif i > 1 then
plr.Team = team2
end
end
if plr.Team == team1 then
plr.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = root.CFrame
elseif plr.Team == team2 then
plr.Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = root2.CFrame
end
end)
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.
game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
for i, v in pairs(game:GetService("Players"):GetChildren()) do
if i < 1 then
plr.Team = team1
elseif i > 1 then
plr.Team = team2
end
end
local character = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
if plr.Team == team1 then
character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = root.CFrame
elseif plr.Team == team2 then
character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = root2.CFrame
end
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.
plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
plr.Team == team1 then
plr.Character:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(root.CFrame)
elseif plr.Team == team2 then
plr.Character:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(root2.CFrame)
end
end