I've made a script, but it isn't working..
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function(player)
local owner = "Player"
player = playerWhoClicked.Name
end)
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How do I find a player who clicked a ScreenGui button?
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Since I haven't actually seen a proper answer here, I'll do it.
Your problem is that you're trying to get a value of a variable that Does not exist.``playerWhoClicked` (If not defined in unshown code) is not a player. You can't get the name of a normal variable. If you are using a localscript (I hope you are) You should use the following code.
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
local owner = "Player"
player = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name
end)
Now if this code doesn't work (If you aren't using a LocalScript) You should do the following (Which may or may not work based on your parenting system)
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
local owner = "Player"
player = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Name
end)
Hope this helped! If so, accept!
~Chem
your best bet depending what your using a local script so if you did this
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local name= player.Name
-- if your looking for the physical form in workspace you can do this
local player2 = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(name)
-- and then what ever you wanted to do with it
end)
Note: Remember LocalPlayer can only be used in LocalScripts
First of all, every GUI uses local scripts which mean you can use game.Players.LocalPlayer. Then you just can do player = game.Players.LocalPlayer.
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
script.Parent.Button1Down:connect(function()
local owner = player.Name
end)
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Not entirely true.
You want to get the player who clicked a GUI Button. To do this, we use game.Players.LocalPlayer. This must be used in a LocalScript. We use the following code:
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
function onbuttonclick()
print(plr.Name + " clicked this GUI object!"
end
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(onbuttonclick)
Put this code inside a LocalScript in your TextButton or ImageButton.
Hope I helped!
-funnytevinn
First off, I've had this same problem. I fixed it by realizing you can't test some GUI functions inside of the Studio. To fix it use this code:
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function(player)
local owner = "YOURUSERNAMEGOESHERE"
player = playerWhoClicked.Name
end)
Once you put your user instead of Player save it, then try to play it live. Hope this helped!
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Instead of searching after the players name you can use Player.Character and it will directly connect to the players character in workspace.
Yes you could so thanks I could use that next time