Hello! I'm trying to enable filtering to make sure my game can be opened again (ugh) as roblox has demanded it. The script below is supposed to make the button say 'close' and a gui frame appear when someone clicks on it, unfortunately it does not. All three print tests appear in output and nothing seems to affect anything else. Note: considering roblox has shut down the game, I can only test this in studio test mode, would this have an effect on it?

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function()
	if game.StarterGui.Customizer.CloseTab.Text == 'Open' then
		print("1")
		game.StarterGui.Customizer.CloseTab.Text = 'Close'
		print("2")
		game.StarterGui.Customizer.PositioningFrame.Visible = true
		print("3")
		game.StarterGui.Customizer.CloseTab.Text = 'Close'
	else
 		game.Workspace.CloseGUIEvent:FireServer()
	end
end)

Also tried with a remote event, also prints but won't work:

this is the script for the event

local event = Instance.new("RemoteEvent")
event.Name = "OpenGUIEvent"
event.Parent = game.Workspace
game.Workspace.OpenGUIEvent.OnServerEvent:connect(function()
	print("1")
	game.StarterGui.Customizer.PositioningFrame.Visible = true
	print("2")
end)

and the one that runs it

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function()
	if game.StarterGui.Customizer.CloseTab.Text == 'Open' then
		game.Workspace.OpenGUIEvent:FireServer()
	else
 		game.Workspace.CloseGUIEvent:FireServer()
	end
end)
AnonymousEdited

12 comments

0

This script worked fine when filteringenabled was off, I don't think getting it confused with playergui was the issue

Anonymous#
0

Oh it's definitely the issue, you used StarterGui instead of PlayerGui

Anonymous#
0

Yes because the text I'm trying to edit is inside StarterGUI and I can't access it from PlayerGui

Anonymous#
0

There's never been any sort of problem with accessing the starterGUI through 'game.StarterGui. etc

Anonymous#
0

PlayerGui is the best way/ standard method to use to access player the player's GUI - definitely go with PlayerGui - you'll have more success with it.

Anonymous#
0

Alright, I've literally no idea how to put something into PlayerGui

Anonymous#
1

If you're using a LocalScript, then you can access the PlayerGui by using "game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui"

Anonymous#
0

Also, events should be placed in ReplicatedStorage, not Workspace. [That's how it usually works]

Anonymous#
0

You are supposed to be using PlayerGUI because that is where the GUI your player is interacting with is located. The StarterGUI is where the GUI that is supposed to be replicated to all new players is located.

Anonymous#
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Putting events in workspace won't change how they work, I'm just trying to get it to function so I can neaten things up and put it in ReplicatedStorage once the script is sound

Anonymous#
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I've used PlayerGui now, it has literally no impact on the script. It still won't function

Anonymous#