[Repost] How can I check if an user has something in his model located in Workspace?
Hello
I am currently trying to make a tracker for my Hunger Games group which is currently only obtainable with a morph giver thing.
With this tracker, I am trying to make it so I can use a GUI to get all status about the player (health, dead/alive, etc..).
However, I'm lost. I'm using a value that contains the text input here (http://prntscr.com/inu5y5) and I'm trying to get the script to locate the user in Workspace by using the text I put in the TextBox.
I've also tried using the PlayerAdded and CharacterAdded events, in vain.
Here is my script:
function onClick(noot)
local val = script.Parent.Parent.TextBox.Value.Value
local text = script.Parent.Parent.TextBox
val = text.Text
local tracker = game.Workspace.val:findFirstChild("Arm1")
if tracker == nil then
script.Parent.Parent.error.BackgroundTransparency = 0.5
script.Parent.Parent.error.TextTransparency = 0
end
end
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(onClick)
Arm1 is the tracker. Here's where's everything is located: http://prntscr.com/inu6qm
I'm not asking to be spoonfed, but I'm honestly lost. I'd appreciate some help so I can finally understand. Thanks!
1 answer
When you set a value instance's value to a variable, you cannot alter it through that variable. So instead of doing something like this:
local val = NumberValue.Value val = val + 5
You have to do something like this:
local val = NumberValue val.Value = val.Value + 5
As for searching for the character, you can use FindFirstChild. For example, you can do something like this using Players, and get the player's character through their Player:
local plr = game.Players:FindFirstChild(val.Value)
if plr and plr.Character and plr.Character:FindFirstChild("Arm1") then
--has tracker
else
--plr doesnt exist/player doesnt have tracker
end
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