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Code causing nil value error?

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9 years ago

im trying to change the mesh of a players sword using findfirstchild, but i recieved a nil value error for the local

local Dd = plr.Backpack:FindFirstChild("ClassicSword")
    Dd.Handle.Mesh.MeshId = "http://www.roblox.com/asset/?id=201941127"

Answered by

adark 5487

9 years ago

More than likely is that Dd is nil, and you're trying to access it anyway.

Try using WaitForChild instead:

local Dd = plr:WaitForChild("Backpack"):WaitForChild("ClassicSword")
    Dd.Handle.Mesh.MeshId = "rbxassetid://201941127"