Why is the error "attempt to index a nil value" showing up?
Script's located inside a NPC's torso and meant to get replaced by any players that touches him/her. It says there's an error on line 3 when I clearly see none. I'd like to know why the error keeps popping up in the output. Script:
script.Parent.Touched:connect(function(P)
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(P.Parent.Name) then
P.Parent:Clone().Name = "Player"
game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Player").PrimaryPart.Position = Vector3.new(CFrame.new(script.Parent.Position))
script:Clone().Parent = game.Workspace:FindFirstChild("Player").PrimaryPart
script.Parent.Parent:Destroy()
end
end)
1 answer
By default, character models have Archivable set to false. This means that they can't be cloned, resulting in it returning nil when you try to clone it, so all you should need to do is set Archivable to true before cloning.
As well as this, when you use FindFirstChild in workspace for a player, it will not necessarily be the model you have cloned if there is something else called player. Instead, a better practice would be to make a variable for the cloned character and edit it through that variable. For example:
local debounce = true
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) and debounce then
debounce = false
hit.Parent.Archivable = true
local clone = hit.Parent:Clone()
clone.Name = "Player"
clone.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = script.Parent.CFrame
clone.Parent = workspace
script:Clone().Parent = clone.HumanoidRootPart
wait(5)
debounce = true
end
end)
I've also added a debounce so you don't completely break your game.