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How do I make a GUI visible from clicking on a cloned model?

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So I have a placement system that clones a model in ReplicatedStorage that you can then place. I would like when the player hovers over the item and clicks, a GUI appears.

I have this LocalScript in StarterGui.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local edit = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Edit")

mouse.Button1Down:connect(function()
if mouse.Target ~= nil and mouse.Target.Name == "Base" then
	edit.Visible = true
	end
end)

When I just have the model in Workspace without the clone/placement, it works fine. But once I clone the model, it doesn't work.

I'm not entirely sure how to fix this... any help will be appreciated.

Anonymous

5 comments

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This code is generic enough that I can't see any reason why it wouldn't work on a Clone of the original 'Base' model. Are you sure 'Base' is getting cloned as well?

Anonymous#
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Yes, it is being cloned. It only happens after it's placed, so I was thinking when your moving the model to place using the mouse, it is not properly being disconnected or something. Is there a way to further check this?

Anonymous#
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If it's in the workspace, it's in the workspace. You can try various print statements inside your LocalScript to see what mouse.Target is, or use the variable watch pane in Studio to a similar effect.

Anonymous#
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Alright, I found the issue. It appears there was a part on the surface the model was being placed on that was causing it. Thanks anyway for your quick responses!

Anonymous#
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Where is the "Edit"? I think that It can't find the child as it's in StarterGui when you told the script to find it in game.

Anonymous#

1 answer

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local edit = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Edit")

MouseButton1Down:connect(function() -- You made an error, this was 'mouse.Button1down' when it should have been as-is.
if mouse.Target ~= nil and mouse.Target.Name == "Base" then
    edit.Visible = true -- You should either use a frame, or UDIM2.

    end

end)
AnonymousPermalink

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  1. Your first statement is incorrect; his original code for line 5 was correct. 2. All GUI objects, except ScreenGuis, have a Visible property, so that's not his problem either. 3. UDim2 changes the properties of the GUI (Position and Size), so how would that have the GUI turn "invisible?"
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