GUI Button upon click returns a nil upvalue, why?
This script also works in a separate place, I'm just attempting to recreate the place for testing.
Upon the click of the button, an error that reads "attempted to index upvalue MyCharacter, which is a nil value" appears. The button has the localscript below and a brickcolor value. I think it's just a path error on my part or something, I'm not sure. Still newer to scripting. Thanks!
local MyCharacter = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
local x = script.Parent.PantColor.Value
script.Parent.MouseButton1Down:connect(function()
MyCharacter["LowerTorso"].BrickColor = x
MyCharacter["RightUpperLeg"].BrickColor = x
MyCharacter["RightLowerLeg"].BrickColor = x
MyCharacter["RightFoot"].BrickColor = x
MyCharacter["LeftUpperLeg"].BrickColor = x
MyCharacter["LeftLowerLeg"].BrickColor = x
MyCharacter["LeftFoot"].BrickColor = x
end)
1 answer
The Character doesn't exist yet
Patience is a virtue
The Character belonging to the player is likely not to exist at script init outside of a Studio test. You can fix this by waiting for the Character to exist
local MyPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer; local MyCharacter = MyPlayer.Character or MyPlayer.CharacterAdded:wait()
This works by using short circuit evaluation, and waiting for the Character to exist if it doesn't exist yet.
In the event that it's in a place which won't reset when the character resets, you can keep the Character instance fresh by sticking this in alongside
MyPlayer.CharacterAdded:connect(function(c) MyCharacter = c end)
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