What is this mouse.Target bug?
I have a simple function within a script that goes as follows:
mouse.Button2Down:connect(function()
if on and mouse.Target:findFirstChild("Runner") then
mouse.Target:Remove()
end
end)
Yet every once in a while the Output tells me there was an error because mouse.Target didn't exist. I can't consistently reproduce the problem and I don't know why it happens. I even tried adding "and mouse.Target" to the if statement and I still got the error. It's like it's removing it before the if statement passes or something. Any ideas?
1 answer
mouse.Target can become nil.
If you point your mouse at the sky for example, mouse.Target is nil. A very simple fix would be an if statement that checks if mouse.Target ~= nil.
--Local Script
mouse.Button2Down:connect(function()
if mouse.Target then
if on and mouse.Target:FindFirstChild("Runner") then
mouse.Target:Remove()
end
end
end)
You could also set the mouse Target as a variable,
--Local Script
mouse.Button2Down:connect(function()
local Target = mouse.Target
if Target then
if on and Target:FindFirstChild("Runner") then
Target:Remove()
end
end
end)
Few More Optional Changes
You're using Remove() as opposed to Destroy(). If you're not trying to re-access, or bring back, the Target, I would suggest using the Destroy function, as it's more efficient.
Here's a link to an article about this that's really interesting and goes into much more detail about this.
Here would be the final script,
--Local Script
mouse.Button2Down:connect(function()
local Target = mouse.Target
if Target then
if on and Target:FindFirstChild("Runner") then
Target:Destroy()
end
end
end)
I hope I helped.
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