Why won't the server detect my GUI?

Asked Aug 1, 2017183 views1 answers

```
function RemoteEvents.PurchaseCrate.OnServerInvoke(player, cost)
	local playergui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
	local unbox = playergui:WaitForChild('Unbox'):WaitForChild('UnboxFrame')
end
```

Whenever I play, it says "playergui:WaitForChild('Unbox')" is an infinite yield even though it is clearly a member of my PlayerGui, help is appreciated!

AnonymousAug 1, 2017

1 answer

The reason the server isn't finding your GUI is that children of PlayerGui are generally not replicated to the server. Any code that attempts to access / manipulate a user's interface should be run in a local script.

AnonymousAug 1, 2017Edited Aug 1, 2017Permalink

2 comments

I am running a part of it in server for anti-exploiting remoteevents

AnonymousAug 1, 2017#

In that case, do everything to do with the GUI on the client, then use a RemoteEvent/Function to send a message to do stuff on the server.

AnonymousAug 2, 2017#

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