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PointLight is not a valid member of Part?

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percyjackson149 5
8 years ago

So, I'm making a light the will follow the day/night cycle. Turns on at 6 AM, turns off at 6 PM. However, whenever it reaches 6 PM, the code will stop and say the following:

22:09:47.594 - Pointlight is not a valid member of Part 22:09:47.595 - Script 'ServerScriptService.Script', Line 12 22:09:47.596 - Stack End

lightPart = game.Workspace.LightPart
minutesAfterMidnight = 0
while true do
    minutesAfterMidnight = minutesAfterMidnight + 10
    game.Lighting:SetMinutesAfterMidnight(minutesAfterMidnight)
    wait(.1)

    if game.Lighting:GetMinutesAfterMidnight() == 18 * 60 then
        lightPart.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
        lightPart.Pointlight.Enabled = true
    end
    if game.Lighting:GetMinutesAfterMidnight() == 6 * 60 then
        lightPart.Material = Enum.Material.Plastic
        lightPart.PointLight.Enabled = false
    end
end

It says line 12, but in this block of code, it's line 10. I don't see anywhere where this error could have occurred. Help is appreciated. Thanks.

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I don't know why people are downvoting this question. If anything, they should be updating it since you're actually getting the time and setting it correctly. Something that can not be stressed enough is Lua is case sensitive meaning Pointlight may not exist but PointLight does. M39a9am3R 3210 — 8y

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Answered by
Ben1925 25
8 years ago

I believe you forgot to capitalize the L in your PointLight on Line 10 :D

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That is the error, but I proposed a way to make the script slightly better :P yoshi8080 445 — 8y
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Yes, but my goal was to fix the error in the first place, so, yay? xD Ben1925 25 — 8y
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Man, capitalization gets me every time. Thanks! percyjackson149 5 — 8y
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Answered by
yoshi8080 445 Moderation Voter
8 years ago

I Don't know if this solves your problem, but

lightPart = game.Workspace:WaitForChild('LightPart') -- Used a better method, than just 'workspace.LightPart' which is 'WaitForChild' which waits until the object is found
Light = lightPart:WaitForChild('PointLight') -- Used to wait until PointLight is found
minutesAfterMidnight = 0
while true do
    minutesAfterMidnight = minutesAfterMidnight + 10
    game.Lighting:SetMinutesAfterMidnight(minutesAfterMidnight)
    wait(.1)

    if game.Lighting:GetMinutesAfterMidnight() == 18 * 60 then
        lightPart.Material = Enum.Material.Neon
      Light.Enabled = true
    end
    if game.Lighting:GetMinutesAfterMidnight() == 6 * 60 then
        lightPart.Material = Enum.Material.Plastic
        Light.Enabled = false
    end
end

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