Why am I getting this error? It says 'Local Player' (a nil value)

when my player touches this gun he should get it, and it works perfectly in Roblox studio but when I try it in an actual Roblox server I get this error

Workspace.Part.Script5: attempt to index field 'Local Player' (a nil value)

this is my code

local object = game.ServerStorage.Pistol local CloneObject = object:Clone()

local function onTouch(hit) CloneObject.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Backpack print('hi') end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouch)

This isn't in a LocalScript. You can only access the local player from a Local Script.

Also, you cannot put this code in a local script as you index the ServerStorage and that is only accessible to the server, if FE is on.

Put this in a Script

local object = game.ServerStorage.Pistol
local CloneObject = object:Clone()

local function onTouch(hit)
	local player = nil
	for _,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers())do
		if v and v.Character and v.Character:IsAncestorOf(hit)then
			player = v
			break
		end
	end
	if not player then return end
	CloneObject.Parent = player.Backpack
	print('hi')
end

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(onTouch)

EDIT: Fixed it there.

Scripts are global sided, and that's why there's no Local Player (except being in Roblox Studio)

You can try this:

local GUN_NAME = "Pistol"
local OBJECT_TO_CLONE = game.ServerStorage:findFirstChild(GUN_NAME)

function touch(part)
if game.Players:findFirstChild(part.Parent.Name) then
local player = game.Players:findFirstChild(part.Parent.Name)
if player:findFirstChild("Backpack") then
local CLONED_OBJECT = OBJECT_TO_CLONE:Clone()
CLONED_OBJECT.Parent = player.Backpack
end
end
end
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(touch)

You are trying to get player with LocalPlayer which can only be used on Client's Scripts.

Try this instead, and I cleaned up some code:

local object = game.ServerStorage.Pistol

local function onTouch(hit)
	local Player = game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name)
	object:Clone().Parent = Player.Backpack
	print('hi')
end

script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouch)