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How to put a selection box around a player when selected?
I have a game and I want a selection box to appear when the mouse hovers over the player. This is the script I have so far:
01 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
02 | local mouse = player:GetMouse() |
03 |
04 | mouse.Move:Connect(function(target) |
05 | if mouse.Target == nil then |
06 | wait() |
07 | elseif mouse.Target.Parent.Name == player.Name then |
08 | print("Cannot select self") |
09 | elseif mouse.Target:IsA("MeshPart") or mouse.Target.Name == "Head" then |
10 | print("Found "..mouse.Target.Parent) |
11 | local box = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Objects.Select:Clone() |
12 | for i,v in next, mouse.Target.Parent:GetChildren() do |
13 | if v:IsA("MeshPart") or v.Name == "Head" then |
14 | box.Parent = v |
15 | end |
16 | end |
17 | end |
18 | end) |
It errors and says 10: attempt to concatenate field 'Parent' (a userdata value)
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Set the SelectionBox's Adornee to the player's Character Model. Also, you can shorten the detection of the player by using the:
Try this: (LocalScript in StarterCharacter)
01 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
02 | local mouse = player:GetMouse() |
03 |
04 | local sb = Instance.new("SelectionBox",script.Parent) |
05 |
06 | mouse.Move:Connect(function() |
07 | local target = mouse.Target |
08 | if target then |
09 | local tPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(target.Parent) |
10 |
11 | sb.Adornee = tPlayer and tPlayer.Character or nil |
12 | -- You can test true / false when setting values: |
13 | -- if 'tPlayer' exists, then set to 'tPlayer.Character' or set to Nil |
14 | end |
15 | end) |
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You cannot concatenate objects, you have to index the Name property.
1 | print("Found "..mouse.Target.Parent.Name) --Line 10 |