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My function seems not to return it's object, turns out nil, what's the problem?
Ok, first i call my function to return an object so i can clone it:
1 | local newActualPad = closeByCheck(currentPly):Clone() |
closeByCheck has to return me an object so i can clone it
01 | local closeByCheck = function(ply) |
02 | local part |
03 | print("closeByCheck") |
04 | local signal |
05 | signal = ply:FindFirstChild("Right Leg").Touched:connect(function(otherPart) |
06 | print("Touched") |
07 | print(otherPart.Parent) |
08 | if otherPart.Parent == game.Workspace.Grid then |
09 | print("Part is grid") |
10 | if (ply.HumanoidRootPart.Position - otherPart.Position).magnitude < startRange then |
11 | print("Part is close") |
12 | part = otherPart |
13 | print(part.Name) |
14 | end |
15 | end |
16 | signal:disconnect() |
17 |
18 | end) |
19 | return part |
20 | end |
When i run it, closeByCheck returns me nothing, and when the script is gonna clone, error, attempt to index a 'nil'
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It's most probably something with the 'if' at line 10, because if the if goes false then the part never gets defined, so it would return nil sigve10 94 — 9y
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A connection doesn't take time. Your code executes like this:
part = nil- start listening for a touched
return part
Since part (2.) is done immediately, your closeByCheck might as well be return nil.
You could wait until part is not nil, for example:
1 | repeat |
2 | wait() |
3 | until part |
4 | return part |
Though I'm not sure if a design that waits for a contact makes sense, since it could be a very long time before anything touches this.