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Problems finding LocalPlayer? [UNANSWERED]

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Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
Character = Player.Character
gui = script.Parent.Text:Clone()

while true do
	magnitude = (script.Parent.Position - Character.Torso.Position).magnitude
	if gui.Parent == nil and magnitude < 20 then
		gui.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui
	elseif magnitude >= 20 then
		gui.Parent = nil
	end
	wait(0.5)
end

This script should sense when a player is close enough to a certain object to trigger an event. However, it only works when I delete it and paste it again. After a character dies, the gui doesn't show up until I delete and paste it again. Why does it do this?

EDIT: Hierarchy

Part
	Script (this script)
	Text (ScreenGui)
		Stuff inside Text, irrelevant

EDIT2: New script

Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
repeat
	wait()
until Player.Character
Character = Player.Character
gui = script.Parent.Text:Clone()

while true do
	magnitude = (script.Parent.Position - Character.Torso.Position).magnitude
	if gui.Parent == nil and magnitude < 20 then
		gui.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui
	elseif magnitude >= 20 then
		gui.Parent = nil
	end
	print("it just ran")
	wait(0.5)
end

The gui still doesn't show up upon respawning until I delete and paste. However, the script does run because "it just ran" is printed in the Output. Why does it skip the if statements?

AnonymousEdited

2 comments

0

Whats the hierarchy? Use a code block with tabbing to show it.

Anonymous#
0

It worked for me with a trivial adjustment - LocalScripts won't run (online) when not in the Player.

Anonymous#

1 answer

✓ Accepted answer

LocalScripts won't run in Worksapce

LocalScripts will only run as a descendant of the Character or the Player online -- not childs of random parts in the workspace.

That said, this worked perfectly for me.

Here is the exact code that I ran.

Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
repeat
    wait()
until Player.Character
Character = Player.Character

part = workspace.Part;


gui = game.ReplicatedStorage.TextLabel:Clone()

while true do
    magnitude = (part.Position - Character.Torso.Position).magnitude
    if gui.Parent == nil and magnitude < 20 then
        gui.Parent = Player.PlayerGui
    elseif magnitude >= 20 then
        gui.Parent = nil
    end
    print(magnitude, gui.Parent)
    wait(0.5)
end

Character Must Load

LocalScripts run almost immediately upon readying the player for a spawn.

That means it happens before the Character is actually loaded. If you print(Character) I would expect you to see nil.

You have to wait for the Character to be loaded. You could use CharacterAdded, though I distrust it in this because it's possible the Character would load first.

The simplest solution is a simple repeat until loop:

Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
repeat
	wait()
until Player.Character
Character = Player.Character
AnonymousEdited Permalink

2 comments

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Still doesn't work, but I'm probably doing it wrong. Where should this script be located? In the ScreenGui?

Anonymous#
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He didn't give you a copy-paste script, if you look at it, you'll notice that he put a different path to the part than what you would want to put, and also assumes a TextLabel is in ReplicatedStorage.

Anonymous#

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