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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:
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
mouse.Move:Connect(function(target)
if mouse.Target == nil then
wait()
elseif mouse.Target.Parent.Name == player.Name then
print("Cannot select self")
elseif mouse.Target:IsA("MeshPart") or mouse.Target.Name == "Head" then
print("Found "..mouse.Target.Parent)
local box = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Objects.Select:Clone()
for i,v in next, mouse.Target.Parent:GetChildren() do
if v:IsA("MeshPart") or v.Name == "Head" then
box.Parent = v
end
end
end
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)
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local sb = Instance.new("SelectionBox",script.Parent)
mouse.Move:Connect(function()
local target = mouse.Target
if target then
local tPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(target.Parent)
sb.Adornee = tPlayer and tPlayer.Character or nil
-- You can test true / false when setting values:
-- if 'tPlayer' exists, then set to 'tPlayer.Character' or set to Nil
end
end)
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You cannot concatenate objects, you have to index the Name property.
print("Found "..mouse.Target.Parent.Name) --Line 10