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Why is the gui's children deleting when doing into Playergui?

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DeveloperSolo 370 Moderation Voter
8 years ago

I'm doing a check to see if someone has a shirt, and if they do clone a gui into the players gui.

but whenever I move it, it deletes the children..

Code

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Items = {291002383,291002527,291002685,291003057,291004569,342437379}

local Owns = function()
    for i = 1, #Items do
        if game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):PlayerOwnsAsset(Player, tonumber(Items[i])) then
                local gui = script.Guis.gui
                local CGui = gui:Clone()
                CGui.Parent = Player.PlayerGui
                print(CGui.Parent)
            return true
        end
    end
    return false
end

11:28:07.711 - Something unexpectedly tried to set the parent of gui to NULL while trying to set the parent of gui. Current parent is PlayerGui.

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Answered by
User#6546 35
8 years ago

Replication

Roblox doesn't really like the LocalScripts trying to do stuff that it can't see. One of these issues is trying to parent new Instances from a LocalScript whilst replication is trying to work its way across the server. Result? Chaos.

You should try and wait a bit before moving the stuff into PlayerGui, so that it doesn't flip out. We had a similar problem when working with Valkyrie, so you're not alone. If FE isn't on, I would recommend using it, as it solves a lot of other issues and vulnerabilities when done properly, as well as encouraging good standards.

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Using a module script. ;) DeveloperSolo 370 — 8y
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It doesn't matter. A ModuleScript inherits the <environment> (used loosely) it's used from, and if that's a LocalScript then the ModuleScript is treated as a LocalScript. User#6546 35 — 8y
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How long should I wait then? DeveloperSolo 370 — 8y
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Not actually sure. c: User#6546 35 — 8y
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Our end solution for Valkyrie was to not move it to PlayerGui at all. We ended up with a weird solution for it. User#6546 35 — 8y
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Well, I need it in that on persons gui. What was the weird solution? DeveloperSolo 370 — 8y
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Not one that will work here. Where is script? User#6546 35 — 8y
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Well, the module script can't be moved or other scripts will break. I'll find another way. Weird that other guis work just fine moving but ok DeveloperSolo 370 — 8y
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