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How to get only one player in a GUI and not all?

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So I'm having a problem where I want ONLY the person who touched a pad to see a GUI, the problem is that I think the i,v in pairs is taking all players, even despite me using the PlayerGui. How can I get around this? LocalScript: 

local debounce = false
local function popup()
	if not debounce then
		debounce = true
		game.Workspace.BackroomsSound:Stop()
		for i,v in pairs (game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
			local Frame = v.PlayerGui.LevelChanges.PipeDreams		
			local Text = Frame.text
			Frame.Visible = true
			wait(5)
		while true do
			script.Parent.BackgroundTransparency = script.Parent.BackgroundTransparency + 0.05
			wait(0.05)
			if 	script.Parent.BackgroundTransparency >= 1 then 
				break
			end
		end
			script.Parent.text.TextTransparency = 1
			game.Workspace.BackroomsSound:Play()
			wait(1)
			debounce = false
		end
	end
end

game.Workspace.pad1.Touched:Connect(popup)
Anonymous

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You can check if the player touching the pad is LocalPlayer (keep in mind that LocalPlayer only exists in local scripts, so don’t attempt this on server scripts).

You should also replace the loop with TweenService, as it is smoother and does not create unnecessary burdens.

Lastly, try not using wait(), but if you must, use task.wait(), it is an “improved” version of wait().

So something like this:

local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local TweenService = game:GetService('TweenService')

local debounce = false
local localPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer

workspace.pad1.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if localPlayer.Name == hit.Parent.Name and not debounce then
		debounce = true

		local Frame = localPlayer.PlayerGui.LevelChanges.PipeDreams
		workspace.BackroomsSound:Stop()
		Frame.Visible = true
		task.wait(5)
		TweenService:Create(script.Parent, TweenInfo.new(), {BackgroundTransparency = 1}):Play()
		script.Parent.text.TextTransparency = 1
		workspace.BackroomsSound:Play()

		task.wait(1)
		debounce = false
	end
end)
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