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GUI not changing from local script?

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Hello! I am trying to make a thing where once you press E it switches the text from "Normal" to "Sword" but for some reason anything i do in a localscript relating to GUI's seem to not work.

Does anyone know why its not working?

Local Script: (In StarterPlayerScripts)

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local normalmoves = game.StarterGui.DefaultUI.Moves.NormalMoves:GetChildren()
local modetext = game.StarterGui.DefaultUI.Moves.Mode
local backpack = script.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Backpack")
mode = 1

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, busy)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E and mode == 1 then
	print("Player switched to sword mode")
		modetext.Text = "Sword" -- This code doesnt work
		mode = 2
elseif input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E and mode == 12 then
	print("Player switched to Normal mode")
	modetext.Text = "Normal" -- This code doesnt work
	mode = 1
end
end)

I don't understand why anything i do GUI's doesnt work in a localscript

Anonymous

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StarterGui is just a container. When a player joins, StarterGui will replicate its descendants into the PlayerGui which is in the PlayerObject.

So I see the problem on lines 2 and 3.

Instead of this:

local normalmoves = game.StarterGui.DefaultUI.Moves.NormalMoves:GetChildren()
local modetext = game.StarterGui.DefaultUI.Moves.Mode

Change it to this:

local playerGui = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui
local normalmoves = playerGui.DefaultUI.Moves.NormalMoves:GetChildren()
local modetext = playerGui.DefaultUI.Moves.Mode

You might have to add a wait before the LocalScript starts because the LocalScript runs quicker than the player's descendants are loaded.

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