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Why won't my player.Name thing work?

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WelpNathan 307 Moderation Voter
10 years ago

This is in a normal script

Script:-

local textButton = script.Parent

textButton.MouseButton1Down:connect(function(player)
    print ("I got clicked by " ..player.Name)
end)

Error:-

Workspace.Part.SurfaceGui.Frame.TextButton.Script:4: attempt to index local 'player' (a number value)
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Script 'Workspace.Part.SurfaceGui.Frame.TextButton.Script', Line 4
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What I am trying to do is when the text box is clicked(which is in a surfacegui) it will print that the box was clicked by the player.

Any help please? :)

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Answered by
KOTwarrior 150
10 years ago

What you're trying to do isn't correct. Before I continue, I'd suggest looking at the > Adornee < property of SurfaceGuis. First off, keep the SurfaceGui in StarterGui and put this in the GUI (localscript):

script.Parent.Adornee = Workspace.Part;
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer;
script.Parent.Frame.TextButton.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
print'I got clicked by '..plr.Name;
end);
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Great answer. Thanks! WelpNathan 307 — 10y
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Answered by
SlickPwner 534 Moderation Voter
10 years ago

Your problem is that the MouseButton1Down function does not return the player.

Therefore you have to access the player's name from the LocalPlayer.

local textButton = script.Parent
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

textButton.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
    print ("I got clicked by " ..player.Name)
end)
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Hm, diddn't work.. WelpNathan 307 — 10y
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Yeah, I didn't realize it was in a SurfaceGui. However it still should work, as long as it is in a LocalScript. Either way, someone else answered your question. SlickPwner 534 — 10y

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