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Why won't my script detect this ModuleScript function?

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ChipioIndustries 454

8 years ago

I'm making something quite confusing: a client script that calls a RemoteEvent that in turn calls a ModuleScript function. The client script and the RemoteEvent work fine, but once I introduce the line calling the ModuleScript function, it all breaks.

This is essentially what the ModuleScript is (some irrelevant parts have been omitted):

01local Convert={}
02 
03function Convert.CellToPosition(player,cell)
04    --This function does a bunch of math and returns a position
05end
06 
07function Convert.PositionToCell(player,position)
08    --This function does a bunch of math and returns a cell
09end
10 
11return Convert

This is how I call it from another script:

`1`	`--Assume player and cell are not nil`

`2`	`Convert.CellToPosition(player,cell)`

This is the error that I get: CellToPosition is not a valid member of ModuleScript

Any attempts of debugging the script have failed. Whenever I try to print something anywhere in the script, it doesn't appear.

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honeygold13843 136

8 years ago

You are attempting to access a child of a ModuleScript, not accessing the table it contains. In order to get the returned value from a ModuleScript, you have to require it.

`1`	`local` `Convert` `=` `require(ModuleScript)`

Duh, of course! *smacks forehead* Thanks so much! ChipioIndustries 454 — 8y

Why won't my script detect this ModuleScript function?

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