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Character light wont enable?
I have this script, well it's a LocalScript. It is in a GUI where it should toggle a PointLight I have placed in the characters torso to Enable and Disable but it does nothing. Like just nothing happens and no output errors either I'm lost, any help?
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = player:WaitForChild("Character")
local but = script.Parent
local light = Instance.new("PointLight", char.UpperTorso)
local ison = but.ison
ison.Value = false
light.Name = "Charlight"
light.Enabled = false
light.Range = 12
light.Brightness = 1.5
but.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
if ison.Value == false then
light.Enabled = true
ison.Value = true
elseif ison.Value == true then
light.Enabled = false
ison.Value = false
end
end)
Any help is appreciated :)
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Put a print after line two, and say if it prints theCJarmy7 1293 — 8y
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No print, I suppose it's not finding the Character? CrispyBrix 113 — 8y
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Your problem is that the function WaitForChild will yield the script until a child of the particular object is added with the given name. The Character I assume you are referring to is not a child of the player object, but rather a property.
To wait until the character is loaded, you could do something like this (assuming variable player is defined):
if not player.Character then
player.CharacterAdded:wait()
end
local character = player.Character
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function onRespawn(Character)
if (Character:findFirstChild("Torso") ~= nil) then
light = Instance.new("PointLight")
light.Parent = Character.Torso
light.Range = 12
end
if (Character:findFirstChild("Torso") == nil) then
end
end
game.Workspace.ChildAdded:connect(onRespawn)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:connect(function(character)
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 0
end)
end)