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BillboardGui not showing up in PlayerGui?

Asked Apr 9, 20181,200 views2 answers

I am making a sandbox game in roblox, one where anyone can make their own obby. I have a Billboard Gui in StarterGUI that shows up whenever someone clicks an object. When i click the object, it says that BillboardGUI is not a valid member of PlayerGui. The game works perfectly when i test it in studio, but not when i play it in Roblox Player. I have no idea what's going on, could someone please help me?

Edit:

The script that i was using was in the part that was clicked, and this is the script:

part = script.Parent.Parent

part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(function(player)
	local billboard = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("BillboardGui")
	billboard.Adornee = part
	if billboard.Enabled == true then
		billboard.Enabled = false
	else
		billboard.Enabled = true
	end
end)

AnonymousApr 9, 2018Edited Apr 9, 2018

1 comment

What is the script you are using?

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

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It's usually because you didn't wait for the BillboardGui to "exist". You see, scripts start even earlier before some things even exist (load into the game). Use a WaitForChild().

For example, like this:

local starterGui = script.Parent
local billBoardGui = starterGui:WaitForChild("BillboardGui")
-- the rest of the code goes here, use the "billBoardGui" variable. Or whatever you called it.
billBoardGui:Destroy() -- this will wait for the BillboardGui to load or exist, then destroy the BillboardGui. An example..

Edit:

Try this.

part = script.Parent.Parent
part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(function(player)
    local playerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
    local billboard = playerGui:WaitForChild("BillboardGui")
    billboard.Parent = part
    if billboard.Enabled == true then
        billboard.Enabled = false
    else
        billboard.Enabled = true
    end
end)

Though, I think this may only work once.

AnonymousApr 9, 2018Edited Apr 9, 2018Permalink

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the script i was using needed to go in the part that was being clicked.

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

sry i probably should have said that before

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

Then do that. I was just saying that you needed to use WaitForChild()

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

now it says "Infinite yield possible on 'player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("BillboardGui")' "

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

i edited the script in the question

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

Did you set the Parent of the billboard to the part?

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

no, i just need to set the adornee of the billboard to that part.

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

with the script you suggested, it still says the same error message.

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

Oh, well I guess I don't quite know.. Sorry D:

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

I'll try using a regular ScreenGui instead of BillboardGUI.

AnonymousApr 9, 2018#

Thanks for trying!

AnonymousApr 11, 2018#

Tiny edit on Xrp200's code:

part = script.Parent.Parent
part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(function(player)
    local playerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
    local billboard = playerGui:WaitForChild("BillboardGui", 50)
    billboard.Parent = part
    if billboard.Enabled == true then
        billboard.Enabled = false
    else
        billboard.Enabled = true
    end
end)

We have no specified the time argument of WaitForChild. With no argument, it waits a super tiny amount of time. With this instead, it waits for it for a long time (50 secs). In the case it's not working, try this:

part = script.Parent.Parent
part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(function(player)
    local playerGui = player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
    local billboard = playerGui:FindFirstChild("BillboardGui", 50)
    if billboard == nil then
        local billboard = playerGui:WaitForChild("BillboardGui", 50)
    end
    billboard.Parent = part
    if billboard.Enabled == true then
        billboard.Enabled = false
    else
        billboard.Enabled = true
    end
end)

This other code will check if the billboard exists. If it doesn't, it will wait until it is created for more time(50 secs).

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