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Why does this keydown script return output with "attempt to call a nil value"?
I put this code into a local script in Start Pack
Player = script.Parent.Parent
mouse = Player:GetMouse()
function onKeyDown(key)
key = key:lower()
if key == "z" then
TestHouse = game.Lighting.House:clone()
TestHouse.parent = game.Workspace
end
end
mouse.KeyDown:connect(PressedZ)
Its supposed to detect that I pressed Z and then clone game.lighting.House
But when I press Z the output returns with "attempt to call a nil value" in red.
Any thoughts as to why this doesn't work?
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Are you sure all your paths are correct? And instead of using Player = script.Parent.Parent, use Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer to ensure you get the player. Sublimus 992 — 8y
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Don't use KeyDown, don't use Lighting as storage, and don't define the player by spamming .Parent.Parent. All of these things make your code ugly. User#11440 120 — 8y
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At line 12, the function PressedZ isn't written beforehand in the script. Try replacing that with "mouse.KeyDown:connect(onKeyDown)"
Also, I think the nil value is from line 8, where you try to set the parent of the house to Workspace. You put in "parent", when the property is named Parent. (CaSE SEnSITiVe!)
Player = game:GetService('Players').LocalPlayer
mouse = Player:GetMouse()
function onKeyDown(key)
key = key:lower()
if key == "z" then
TestHouse = game.Lighting.House:clone()
TestHouse.Parent = game.Workspace
end
end
mouse.KeyDown:connect(onKeyDown)
(Side note, KeyDown is now deprecated. UserInputService is a better choice.)
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