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How do I fix error: attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'?

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4 years ago

01-- Define variables
02 
03local Replicated = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
04 
05local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
06 
07local MapsFolder = ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Maps")
08 
09local Status = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Status")
10 
11local GameLength = 500
12 
13local reward = 50
14 
15-- Game loop
16 
17while true do
18 
19end
20 
21    Status.Value = "Waiting for enough players"
22 
23    repeat wait(1) until game.Players.NumPlayers >= 2
24 
25    Status.Value = "Intermission"
26 
27    wait(10)
28 
29    local plrs = {}
30 
31    for i, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
32        if player then
33            table.insert(plrs,player) -- Add each player into plrs table
34        end
35    end
36 
37    wait(2)
38 
39    local AvailableMaps = MapsFolder:GetChildren()
40 
41    local ChosenMap =AvailableMaps[math.random(1,#AvailableMaps)]
42 
43    Status.Value = ChosenMap.Name.." Chosen"
44 
45    local ClonedMap = ChosenMap:Clone()
46    CloneMap.Parent = workspace 
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Answered by

ew_001 58

4 years ago

You did not give us the line hwere the error is, but i found it myself.

On line 9, ReplicatedStorage is not a valid varible, but Replicated is. Try to replace ReplicatedStorage with Replicated, as that is how you have written the varibles.

I hope this helps!

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