"Attempt to index local 'char'(a nil value)" Error?

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7 years ago

Whenever I test this script in Roblox Studio, it works fine. But when I open the client log in the developer console on the actual game, I get this error -

player.secretboy6.PlayerGui.LocalScript:3: attempt to index local 'char' (a nil value)

-and the script fails to work. How do I fix this?

01local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
02local char = player.Character
03local torso = char:WaitForChild("Torso")
04 
05 
06Pos = Instance.new("Folder",script.Parent.Parent)
07Pos.Name = "Position"
08 
09XPos = Instance.new("IntValue",Pos)
10XPos.Name = "XPos"
11 
12YPos = Instance.new("IntValue",Pos)
13YPos.Name = "YPos"
14 
15ZPos = Instance.new("IntValue",Pos)
16ZPos.Name = "ZPos"
17 
18while 1==1 do
19    X = torso.Position.X
20    Y = torso.Position.Y
21    Z = torso.Position.Z
22    wait()
23    XPos.Value = X
24    YPos.Value = Y
25    ZPos.Value = Z
26end
27 
28a = nil
29function Jay()
30    local X = script.Parent.Parent.Position.XPos.Value
31    local Y = script.Parent.Parent.Position.YPos.Value
32    local Z = script.Parent.Parent.Position.ZPos.Value
33 
34    if a == nil or a == true then  
35        if X >= -5 and X <= 5 then
36            if Y >= 2 and Y<= 10 then
37                if Z >= 190 and Z <= 202 then
38                    for i=1, 0.5, -0.1 do
39                        script.Parent.Parent.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.PressFTo.TextTransparency = i
40                        wait()
41                    end
42                    a = false
43                    script.Parent.ScreenGui.chatFrame.FirstConversation.Disabled = false
44                end
45            end
46        end
47    end
48 
49    if a == false then
50        if not(X >= -5 and X <= 5) or not(Z >= 190 and Z <= 202) then
51            for i=0.5, 1, 0.1 do
52                script.Parent.Parent.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.PressFTo.TextTransparency = i
53                wait()
54            end
55            a = true
56            script.Parent.ScreenGui.chatFrame.FirstConversation.Disabled = true
57        end
58    end
59    ---------------------------
60end
61 
62XPos.Changed:connect(Jay)
63YPos.Changed:connect(Jay)
64ZPos.Changed:connect(Jay)
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Players.secretboy6.PlayerGui.LocalScript:3: attempt to index local 'char' (a nil value) secretboy6 68 — 7y

Change char to player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait(). Sometimes the character hasn't loaded yet in an actual client to server environment, so when the script tries to locate the character, it errors. CharacterAdded:Wait() will yield for that event if the player.Character is nil. PreciseLogic 271 — 7y

"Attempt to index local 'char'(a nil value)" Error?

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