Hello, for some reason the game is saying that my function is a nil value even though its defined. I'm using data store for the values my function changes. It was working fine but when I added another way to get said value it threw that error.

I'm sorry if I'm poorly explaining this. Okay, breakdown... Basically, the game has matches, when said matches are won they give the player who won the a value called "Skill Points", which is stored in data store. For some reason, when attempting to call the function that adds skill points, it gives me an error like this:

01:22:35.927 - ServerScriptService.MainScript:474: attempt to call global 'awardskillpoints' (a nil value)
01:22:35.929 - Stack Begin
01:22:35.929 - Script 'ServerScriptService.MainScript', Line 474
01:22:35.930 - Stack End

awardskillpoints is the name of my function, here is the script...

function awardskillpoints(player, skillpoints)
	if player ~= nil and skillpoints ~= nil and skillpointdebounce == false then
		skillpointdebounce = true
		local mydata = playerdata[player.userId]
		if mydata ~= nil then
			mydata.skillpoints = mydata.skillpoints + skillpoints
			local skillpointsvalue = player:FindFirstChild("Skill Points")
			if skillpointsvalue ~= nil then
				skillpointsvalue.Value = mydata.skillpoints
				delay(1.2, function ()
					skillpointdebounce = false
			end)
		end
	end
	end
end
end

when I call the function, I call it like this: "awardskillpoints(player, #ofpoints).

I always make sure player is defined wherever I call the function. Here is my win conditions.

	for _, player in pairs(players) do
		if player ~= nil then
			if matchresults == "KillerWins" and player == killer then
				awardskillpoints(player, 3)
				awardwin(player)
				awardxp(player, 100)
			elseif matchresults == "CiviliansWin" and player ~= killer and player ~= officer and player ~= subofficer then
				awardskillpoints(player, 4)
				awardwin(player)
				awardxp(player, 100)
			elseif matchresults == "OfficerWins" and player == officer then
				awardskillpoints(player, 4)
				awardwin(player)
				awardxp(player, 100)
			elseif matchresults == "SuvOfficerWins" and player == subofficer then
				awardskillpoints(player, 5)
				awardwin(player)
				awardxp(player, 100)
			elseif player == killer or player == officer or player == civilian or player == subofficer then
				awardxp(player, 50)
			else
				awardskillpoints(player, 0)
			end
		end
	end
end

the function works fine when ever its called within these parameters.

Here is where I'm trying to call the function.

-- Round end conditions.
-- Timer ends.
local localtimer = roundtimer
while localtimer > 0 do
	wait(1)
	localtimer = localtimer - 1
	timertag.Value = localtimer
	aliveplayers = {}
	killeralive = false
	officeralive = false
	subofficeralive = false
	civilianalive = false
	for _, player in pairs(players) do
		if player ~= nil then
			awardskillpoints(player, 1)
			local character = player.Character
			if character ~= nil then
				local alivetag = character:FindFirstChild("AliveTag")
				local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
				if alivetag ~= nil and humanoid ~= nil and humanoid.Health > 0 then
					awardskillpoints(player, 1)
					awardxp(player, 25)
					if player == killer then
						killeralive = true
					elseif player == officer then
					officeralive = true
					elseif player == subofficer then
						subofficeralive = true
					elseif player == civilian then
						civilianalive = true
					end
					table.insert(aliveplayers, player)
				end
				
			end
		end
	end
	-- if one player is alive, or killer is dead.
	if #aliveplayers <= 1 or killeralive == false then
		break
	end
end

I tried calling it twice here, one for players participation and one for if the players lived. each one gives me the error shown above.

I'm not sure why its doing this, and to my understanding this is all the script needed to be seen. player is defined where I want to add the function, and the number of skill points.

So how can I fix my script to allow me to call the function elsewhere besides where the game end conditions are?

I hope this question actually gets answered, a lot of mine don't lol.

Thanks in advance.

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