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Why does this Billboard GUI work only for 1 person?

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iDarkGames 483 Game Jam Winner Moderation Voter
8 years ago 
lplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Players = game:GetService("Players")

Head = lplayer.Character.Head


bb = script.Parent
bbt = bb.TextLabel


function OnPlayerAdded(plr)

bb.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0,2,0)

bbt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
bbt.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,.5,0)
bbt.Font = "Legacy"
bbt.FontSize = "Size18"
bbt.TextWrapped = true  
bbt.TextColor3 = Color3.new(math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255)   

    bbt.Text = plr.Name
    bb.Parent = Head

end


for _,v in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
    OnPlayerAdded(v)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(OnPlayerAdded)

Whenever I start a server with 2+ players it only gives it to 1 or none of the 2 players, any ideas on why that's happening?

**** EDIT ****

Players = game:GetService("Players")
bbg = game.ReplicatedStorage.bbg -- Replace with correct path, of course


function OnPlayerAdded(plr)
    plr.CharacterAdded:connect(function(character)
            repeat wait() until plr.Character and plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart
    local Head = plr.Character.Head
    if Head:FindFirstChild("bbg") then
        return      
    else
    wait(1)
    local bb = bbg:Clone()
        local bbt = bb.TextLabel

    bb.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0,2,0)
    bb.Size = UDim2.new(8,0,1,0)
    bbt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
    bbt.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,.5,0)
    bbt.Font = "Legacy"
    bbt.FontSize = "Size18"
    bbt.TextWrapped = true  
    bbt.TextColor3 = Color3.new(math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255)   
wait()
    bbt.Text = plr.Name
    bb.Parent = Head
end
    end

)
for _,v in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
    wait()
OnPlayerAdded(v)
end

    end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(OnPlayerAdded)

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Answered by
Pyrondon 2089 Game Jam Winner Moderation Voter Community Moderator
8 years ago

This is happening because you're moving the billboardgui into the player, along with the script. There's only ever one instance of the billboardgui, so it will only give it to one player.

You could use :Clone() to make a new one each time:

lplayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer

Players = game:GetService("Players")

Head = lplayer.Character.Head

bbg = script.Parent

function OnPlayerAdded(plr)
    bb = bbg:Clone()
    bbt = bb.TextLabel

    bb.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0,2,0)

    bbt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
    bbt.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,.5,0)
    bbt.Font = "Legacy"
    bbt.FontSize = "Size18"
    bbt.TextWrapped = true  
    bbt.TextColor3 = Color3.new(math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255)   

    bbt.Text = plr.Name
    bb.Parent = Head
end


for _,v in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
    OnPlayerAdded(v)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(OnPlayerAdded)

EDIT: This should work fine, assuming it's a server script:

Players = game:GetService("Players")
bbg = game.ReplicatedStorage.bbg -- Replace with correct path, of course


function OnPlayerAdded(plr)
    repeat wait() until plr.Character
    local Head = plr.Character.Head

    bb = bbg:Clone()
    bbt = bb.TextLabel

    bb.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0,2,0)

    bbt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
    bbt.Position = UDim2.new(0,0,.5,0)
    bbt.Font = "Legacy"
    bbt.FontSize = "Size18"
    bbt.TextWrapped = true  
    bbt.TextColor3 = Color3.new(math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255,math.random(1,255)/255)   

    bbt.Text = plr.Name
    bb.Parent = Head
end


for _,v in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
    OnPlayerAdded(v)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(OnPlayerAdded)
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Also, you may want to put this in a server script, and put the billboardgui in one of the storages (and change line 7 to accommodate the change). Pyrondon 2089 — 8y
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It still works with only 1 with 1 player, when you try a simulation with 2 players it doesn't really appear any billboard gui even when you added :Clone() iDarkGames 483 — 8y
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Did you follow my recommendation in the previous comment? Pyrondon 2089 — 8y
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It displays for the players, but now when a player resets / dies it doens't show up more, should I set up a while true loop ? iDarkGames 483 — 8y
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After the Character dies it tells me this in the output "HumanoidRootPart is not a valid member of Model" iDarkGames 483 — 8y
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That's probably an issue with another script, as this script doesn't reference the HumanoidRootPart. And all you have to do is add a CharacterAdded event. Pyrondon 2089 — 8y
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