What is the problem with this script code?
I made a frame that follows the player's mouse, and then tryed adding a line that changes the Text of the TextLabel found in the frame. It gives this error in Output : "11:49:32.735 - Players.Player.PlayerGui.Info.Info.TestScript:6: attempt to index local 'target' (a nil value) 11:49:32.736 - Stack Begin 11:49:32.737 - Script 'Players.Player.PlayerGui.Info.Info.TestScript', Line 6 11:49:32.738 - Stack End"
And it has the code :
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local target = mouse.Target
while true do
script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = "Name: " .. target.Name
wait(0.1)
end
1 answer
Your Problem
Scripts are read from top to bottom. When you define your 'target' variable, on line 3, outside of your while loop, on line 5, then it makes it so the target variable is static. It will never change from what it was when the script first read line 3.
So to fix? Define it inside of the while loop. Also, I'd suggest adding a conditional just in case you're not pointing at anything at times.
Code
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
while wait(0.1) do
local target = mouse.Target
if target ~= nil then
script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = "Name: " .. target.Name
else
script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = "Name: - - - -"
end
end
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