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How would I go about stopping an error that says "attempt to call a string value"?

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Platinum_Falling 5
2 years ago

So I've been trying to make this shouting simulator game with a friend of mine and we both seem stumped (yet again) with this error. Note that this script is a server script and not a local or module

These are the pieces of code in question;

local function shout(points,shout,plr)
    addPoints(points,plr)

    local chr = plr.Character

    local sound = chr:WaitForChild("Head"):WaitForChild("Shout")

    sound.SoundId = shout
    sound:Play()
end


rs.Events.Shouted.Event:Connect(function(points,shout,plr)

    print(points)
    print(shout)
    print(plr)

    shout(points,shout,plr) -- This line is where the error comes from
end)


game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(chr)

        local shoutSound = Instance.new("Sound")
        shoutSound.Name = "Shout"
        shoutSound.Parent = chr:WaitForChild("Head")
    end)
end)

It says the error is on line 40 of the code (which I have specified in the code blocks) and I'm not sure where it's coming from.

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Answered by
TGazza 1336 Moderation Voter
2 years ago
Edited 2 years ago

Change your code to the following....

local function shout(points,shoutID,plr)
    addPoints(points,plr)

    local chr = plr.Character

    local sound = chr:WaitForChild("Head"):WaitForChild("Shout")

    sound.SoundId = shoutID
    sound:Play()
end

-- .......

rs.Events.Shouted.Event:Connect(function(points,myshout,plr) -- this was the real place where the type mismatch was occurring since you was using the same namespace as the function shout()!

    print(points)
    print(myshout)
    print(plr)

    shout(points,myshout,plr) -- This line is where the error comes from
end)

Explain: You've declared a function named shout, but then you use a variable named exactly the same.

The error you're getting is exactly what it says, "trying to call a string value" aka your string you declared in your shouted event. Lua thinks you're trying to call that string as if it's a function, but we know it's not. It's just a string!

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