This is just a repost from the scripters forum, but don't worry the few things that got tagged don't have any relevance to the problem
So basically, I have an inventory system saved as a table with tables inside of it, like categories for different items. Like one would be hats, or cosmetics, weapons, taunts, potions, etc. I'm currently making the inventory gui and trying to make the different categories appear when you select them in a drop down bar in the inventory gui. I'm getting an error that says the table is nil. The actual inventory isn't nil, but the categories inside of it that are also tables are nil.
-- the script inside of the drop down menu, inside the button that says cosmetics
-- also the reason this is so buggy and random is because I was trying to debug it for a while
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
--fetching tables
local datastore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore(player.UserId)
local pInv = datastore:GetAsync(player.UserId.."_inventory")
if not pInv or pInv == nil then
local pInv = module.getInventory()
print("doingok1")
repeat wait() until pInv ~= nil
print("doingok2")
datastore:SetAsync(player.UserId.."_inventory", pInv)
end
print("doingok3")
--local pFolder = module.tableFind(pInv,'Cosmetics','yNC9d8aym')
local pFolder = pInv
print("doingok4")
-- creating visuals
for pos,value in pairs(pFolder.Cosmetics) do -- the error, says "bad argument to pairs, table expected, got nil"
-- pos: name or place of the value
-- value: value of the pos
local visualC = thisFolder.main.CloneItem:Clone()
visualC.Parent = thisFolder.main
thisFolder.main.LastPos.Value = thisFolder.main.LastPos.Value + 1
if thisFolder.main.LastPos.Value == 4 then
thisFolder.main.LastRow.Value = thisFolder.main.LastRow.Value + 1
thisFolder.main.LastPos.Value = 0
# #e######v###################Dim2.new(0,125 * thisFolder.main.LastPos.Value + 25,0,105 * thisFolder.main.LastRow.Value + 5)
local indexValue = game.ServerStorage.inventoryIndex(value.indexPos.category)
indexValue = indexValue(value.indexPos.iName)
visualC.ItemName.Text = indexValue.iName.Value
visualC.ItemImage.Image = indexValue.Image.Value
visualC.indexPos.Value = indexValue
end
end)
And for those of you that want to know, here's the module that returns a new inventory for players that don't have one
function module.getInventory(object)
local inv = {
Loadouts = {
Garry = {
Weapon = 'Stock';
Cosmetic1 = nil;
Cosmetic2 = nil;
Outfit = nil;
Ammount = 1;
};--Garry
Ivy = {
Weapon = 'Stock';
Cosmetic1 = nil;
Cosmetic2 = nil;
Outfit = nil;
Ammount = 1;
};--Ivy
Trainer = {
Weapon = 'Stock';
Cosmetic1 = nil;
Cosmetic2 = nil;
Outfit = nil;
Ammount = 1;
};--Trainer
}; --Loadouts
Cosmetics = {
PremiumHat = {
Quality = {
q1## #C######### q2 = "None";
}; -- Rarity, and what effect it has if mythical.
indexPos = {category = 'Cosmetics',iName = 'PremiumHat'};
Ammount = 1;
Archivable = false; -- can't trade, sell, or craft ( added later )
}; -- Hat you get for becoming premium, given because the player has bought early access ( will be removed later )
};
Taunts = {
FakeDeath = {
indexPos = {category = 'Taunts',iName = 'FakeDeath'};
Ammount = 1;
Archivable = false;
};
};
Potions = {
FlamePotion = {
indexPos = {category = 'Potions',iName = 'FlamePotion'};
Amount = 1;
Archivable = false;
};
};
Equipment = {
EnergyDrink = {
indexPos = {category = 'Equipment',iName = 'FlamePotion'};
Amount = 1;
Archivable = false;
};
};
Other = {
};
}--Inventory
if object == "None" or object == nil then
return inv
else
return inv(object)
end
end
######(edited - 00:25 11/6/17 for formatting)