Error appears even if no one touched the brick?
Hi guys
So i have a brick,that makes a gui appear.There are no errors in the script,and when the server starts this happens in the output:
16:53:25.182 - Workspace.Buildings.islands.Lobby.Stall.Touchy.Script:3: attempt to index local 'plr' (a nil value)
It keeps appearing until my error logger cannot take it anymore and says:
16:53:25.294 - HTTP 429 (HTTP/1.1 429 TOO MANY REQUESTS)
What is going on?heres the script
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
plr.PlayerGui.MainMenu.Visible = true
plr.PlayerGui.Note.Visible = true
end)
it says that it is attempting to index a local plr(a nil value) even if there were no errors in the script.what does this mean?Please help
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2 answers
That's because plr doesn't exist. If the brick is not part of a character, then GetPlayerFromCharacter will return nil, so plr will be nil, which is causing your problem. The code on line 3 should fix your problem. It ends the function if player is nil.
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if plr == nil then return end
plr.PlayerGui.MainMenu.Visible = true
plr.PlayerGui.Note.Visible = true
end)
Upon the game starting, the first thing your Part touches is the baseplate. What you're lacking of is a humanoid check (people usually use this to check for players touching a part). The error pops because baseplate does not consist of PlayerGui yet you try to set the value of a non existent setting. Here's what you should do
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
--I Suggest you adding a debounce here else it will over print
humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid then
local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
plr.PlayerGui.MainMenu.Visible = true
plr.PlayerGui.Note.Visible = true
end
end)