Attempt to index local error, fix? [ SOLVED ]

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8 years ago

Edited 8 years ago

I am making a game and I keep getting this error:

11:31:09.326 - Workspace.GameScript:10: attempt to index local 'map' (a number value) 11:31:09.330 - Stack Begin 11:31:09.332 - Script 'Workspace.GameScript', Line 10 - global chosemap 11:31:09.369 - Script 'Workspace.GameScript', Line 21 11:31:09.371 - Stack End

Here is the script:

01local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
02local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
03Status = ReplicatedStorage.Status
04 
05local chosenmap = script.MapChosen.Value
06local maps = ServerStorage.Maps:GetChildren()
07 
08function chosemap()
09    local map = math.random(1,#maps)
10    local cmap = map:Clone()
11    cmap.Parent = workspace
12    chosenmap = cmap.Name
13end
14 
15while true do
16 
17    for i = 5,0,-1 do
18    Status.Value = i
19    wait(1)
20end
21 chosemap()
22  Status.Value = "Selecting Map...."
23  wait(2)
24  Status.Value = "Selected Map: " .. chosenmap 
25    wait(60)
26    end
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I've been making scripts like this for a while and I have no IDEA why this is happening, I fixed it before but I forgot ;-;

You're not picking the map correctly

math.random returns a number, not a Instance. To do what you want you want to index a table with this method. So line 6 should be local map = maps[math.random(1,#maps)]

01local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
02local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
03Status = ReplicatedStorage.Status
04 
05local chosenmap = script.MapChosen.Value
06local maps = ServerStorage.Maps:GetChildren()
07 
08function chosemap()
09    local map = maps[math.random(1,#maps)]
10    local cmap = map:Clone()
11    cmap.Parent = workspace
12    chosenmap = cmap.Name
13end
14 
15while true do
16 
17    for i = 5,0,-1 do
18        Status.Value = i
19        wait(1)
20    end
21 
22    chosemap()
23    Status.Value = "Selecting Map...."
24    wait(2)
25    Status.Value = "Selected Map: " .. chosenmap 
26    wait(60)
27end
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Attempt to index local error, fix? [ SOLVED ]

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You're not picking the map correctly

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