Why won't this place?
My tool that places a shield doesn't work. The output shows no relative error whatsoever. It works in Studio, but not the in game. I have tried switching it from a script, to a localscript, but that only caused irrelevant errors (ServerStorage is not a valid member of DataModel(game)). Here is my code:
tool = script.Parent
db = true
r = 0
angle = 0
eq = false
player = tool.Parent.Parent
tool.Equipped:connect(function(mouse)
eq = true
mouse.Icon = "rbxasset://textures\\GunCursor.png"
mouse.Button1Down:connect(function()
if db and eq then
db = false
tool.Name = "[Shield; " .. angle .. "; Recharging]"
mouse.Icon = "rbxasset://textures\\GunWaitCursor.png"
local torso = tool.Parent:FindFirstChild("Torso")
local shield = game.ServerStorage.Shield:Clone()
shield.Parent = game.Workspace
shield.Name = "Shield" .. r
r = r + 1
shield:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(CFrame.new(torso.CFrame.x, torso.CFrame.y - 3, torso.CFrame.z + 3) * CFrame.Angles(0, angle, 0) )
game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(shield.Name), 60)
wait(120)
db = true
tool.Name = "[Shield; ".. angle .. "; Ready]"
mouse.Icon = "rbxaset://textures\\GunCursor.png"
end
mouse.KeyDown:connect(function(key)
if key == "r" and db then
if angle == 0 then
angle = 90
elseif angle == 90 then
angle = 180
elseif angle == 180 then
angle = 0
end
tool.Name = "[Shield; " .. angle .. "; Ready]"
end
end)
end)
end)
tool.Unequipped:connect(function()
eq = false
end)
Please help. (As far as I know,) There is absolutely no reason for it to not work.
1 answer
It works in studio because when you test something out there, you are both the server and the client.
In online mode, tools should use localscripts. Thus, the errors you got were not irrelevant, but an explanation of what you need to change.
ex, you got the error "ServerStorage is not a valid member of DataModel". This is because the clients don't receive ServerStorage. You need to move the Shield to ReplicatedStorage and have your script be a localscript and have it access the shield from ReplicatedStorage.
Notably, if you have FilteringEnabled, your script will need to be separated into a LocalScript and a Script with a RemoteEvent. The LocalScript would tell the Script when the player wants to activate a shield; the Shield would make sure that player is allowed to do that and - if so - activate the shield for that player. In this case, it's fine to keep the Shield in ServerStorage.