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Why is this GUI script that interacts with items in Workspace not working?

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The script is supposed to detect items in Workspace and change accordingly to them. However, the script does not work at all, and I have no idea why, as output didn't give me anything.

Can someone please help me? Here's the script:

local GameOn = game.ServerScriptService.MainGame:WaitForChild("Playing")

while wait(0.1) do
	if GameOn.Value == true then
		if game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Bomb") then
			if game.Workspace.Bomb:WaitForChild("Armed Bomb") then
				if game.Workspace.Bomb["Armed Bomb"].Armed.Value == true then
					script.Parent.Visible = true
					script.Parent.Start.Value = true
					script.Parent.Timer.Value = 60
				end
			elseif game.Workspace.Bomb:WaitForChild("Defused Bomb") then
				script.Parent.Visible = false
				script.Parent.Start.Value = false
				script.Parent.Timer.Value = 0
			end
		end
	end
end
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Inside the while loop, use FindFirstChild instead of WaitForChild

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Thanks! That fixed it!

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local GameOn = game.ServerScriptService.MainGame:WaitForChild("Playing")

while wait(0.1) do
    if GameOn.Value == true then
        if game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Bomb") then
            if game.Workspace.Bomb:FindFirstChild("Armed Bomb") then
                if game.Workspace.Bomb["Armed Bomb"].Armed.Value == true then
                    script.Parent.Visible = true
                    script.Parent.Start.Value = true
                    script.Parent.Timer.Value = 60
                end
            elseif game.Workspace.Bomb:FindFirstChild("Defused Bomb") then
                script.Parent.Visible = false
                script.Parent.Start.Value = false
                script.Parent.Timer.Value = 0
            end
        end
    end
end

Now let me tell you what's wrong with this script. You used WaitForChild. WaitForChild is a yield, or something that waits for something. So this won't work. But this can be easily replaced by FindFirstChild. FindFirstChild won't return nil if it finds something, so in true/false statement terms. It will return true if something is found.

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