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How can I find the player in a global script?

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CardboardRocks 215 Moderation Voter
10 years ago

I have a script that changes the text of a gui when someone clicks a button. I want to make it so when one person clicks on the button, everyone sees the change. How can I do that in a global script?

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Answered by
DragonSkyye 517 Moderation Voter
10 years ago

You can only get LocalPlayer in a LocalScript

LocalScript:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
print(Player.Name)

Server-Side:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    print(Player.Name)
end)
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How can I get the player in a server-side script besides doing the player added? CardboardRocks 215 — 10y
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theres no way to do it without doing the player added ok. DragonSkyye 517 — 10y
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Answered by
RobloxHelper49 55
10 years ago

Simple really. Using Events you can return a local player without having to use a LocalScript.

gui = game.StarterGui.GuiNameHere -- The GUI
guiButton  = gui.TextButton -- The Button
guiText = gui.TextLabel

guiButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function(player)

guiText.Text =  "Hello World! 1337"

end)

Simple as that.

EDIT: Here is a edited version changing the GUI that would be inside a players PlayerGui by using Parameters.


guiButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function(player)

player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.guiText.Text  =  "Hello World! 1337"

end)
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This references the original starter gui though, don't we want to reference the player's playergui? CardboardRocks 215 — 10y
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You mentioned you wanted everyone to see the change. Best solution would be to put it in the StarterGui. RobloxHelper49 55 — 10y

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