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WaitForChild not working?

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clalexander 40
9 years ago

Okay, so pretty much...I have 2 scripts...

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01local girl = game.Workspace.Girl1
02local Sound = script.Sound:WaitForChild()
03script.Parent.Touched:connect(function()
04    Sound:Play()
05    girl.Arm2.Transparency = 0
06    girl.Arm1.Transparency = 0
07    girl.Head.Transparency = 0
08    girl.Dress.Transparency = 0
09    girl.Shoe1.Transparency = 0
10    girl.Shoe2.Transparency = 0
11    girl.Leg1.Transparency = 0
12    girl.Leg2.Transparency = 0
13    girl.Hair.Transparency = 0
14    girl.Head.Decal.Transparency = 0
15    wait(5)
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01local image = game.StarterGui.Jumpscare1.Image:WaitForChild()
02local Sound2 = script.Sound2:WaitForChild()
03local Sound3 = script.Sound3:WaitForChild()
04local Sound4 = script.Sound4:WaitForChild()
05script.Parent.Touched:connect(function()
06wait(2)
07    image.Visible = true
08    script.Sound2:Play()
09    wait(3)
10    image.Visible = false
11    Sound2:Stop()
12    Sound3:Play()
13    Sound4:Play()
14    wait(10)
15    Sound3:Stop()
16    Sound4:Stop()
17print("Jumpscare1 Part 2 of 2 success!")
18script.Disabled = true
19end)

Its for my halloween project, and for some reason WaitForChild never seems to pick up that the objects are there, so then it just waits for ever. The only error i'm getting in the output is "Argument 1 missing or nil" but its not missing OR nil...I'm really confused. I think you can tell what the scripts doing, but pretty much, a girl pops up behind the player, it plays a sound, then a few seconds pass and its gone again. That script is then disabled to prevent repeats... Then the second one triggers a jumpscare, sound, and then breathing and heartbeat noises. It is disabled as well.

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Answered by
ScriptFusion 210 Moderation Voter
9 years ago

Well first off, this part won't work,

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1local Sound = script.Sound:WaitForChild()

Because you are looking for something in script.Sound I think you are wanting it to wait for the sound, so that would be,

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01local girl = game.Workspace.Girl1
02local Sound = script:WaitForChild("Sound")
03script.Parent.Touched:connect(function()
04    Sound:Play()
05    girl.Arm2.Transparency = 0
06    girl.Arm1.Transparency = 0
07    girl.Head.Transparency = 0
08    girl.Dress.Transparency = 0
09    girl.Shoe1.Transparency = 0
10    girl.Shoe2.Transparency = 0
11    girl.Leg1.Transparency = 0
12    girl.Leg2.Transparency = 0
13    girl.Hair.Transparency = 0
14    girl.Head.Decal.Transparency = 0
15    wait(5)
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It fixed the first problem...the output printed it and everything, but the GUI never popped up like it was supposed to...Any idea why that part didn't work? clalexander 40 — 9y
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local image = game.StarterGui.Jumpscare1.Image:WaitForChild() local Sound2 = script.Sound2:WaitForChild() local Sound3 = script.Sound3:WaitForChild() local Sound4 = script.Sound4:WaitForChild() yet again, wrong way round for the :WaitForChild(""), could you accept my answer, please? ScriptFusion 210 — 9y
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