How do I instance a frame into a billboard gui and make it visible?
Hello again,
So i'm new to scripting/coding but im trying to learn instancing. So, I wanted to try out instancing a BillboardGui into a part, then instance a frame into BillboardGui. But when it instances the both things, the frame wont be visible! And no, I dont mean the property Visible. I checked the output also, but no errors . Please help me, thanks ;) . Here is the script I have:
script.Parent.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
script.Parent.Parent.Anchored = false
Instance.new("BillboardGui", game.Workspace.Tree.Wood)
wait()
Instance.new("Frame", game.Workspace.Tree.Wood.BillboardGui)
end)
EDIT: Here are some images:
https://imgur.com/TGp0zpX - Explorer showing that they are instanced. https://imgur.com/PPYaMr4 - Properties showing that it's visible. https://imgur.com/GVYZJ6A - Game showing that you can't see the frame. https://imgur.com/meREzVk - Output, error is one of the plugins.
1 answer
Hello!
In the script, you forgot to set the BillboardGui and Frame's Size properties.
To fix this, add a line of code and 2 variables before the instancing of the BillboardGui and Frame and...
script.Parent.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
script.Parent.Parent.Anchored = false
GUI = Instance.new("BillboardGui", game.Workspace.Tree.Wood) -- GUI is the variable.
wait()
local Frame = Instance.new("Frame", game.Workspace.Tree.Wood.BillboardGui) -- Added a variable before instancing of Frame.
GUI.Size = UDim2.new(0,300,0,300) -- You can change the size if you want.
Frame.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,0) -- You can change the size if you want.
end)
BOOM. For a simplier code:
script.Parent.MouseClick:Connect(function() -- The script's parent is already the ClickDetector.
script.Parent.Parent.Anchored = false
local GUI = Instance.new("BillboardGui", script.Parent.Parent) -- The ClickDetector's parent is the Wood part.
-- The wait() function isn't necessary.
local Frame = Instance.new("Frame", GUI) --Sets the new frame instance's parent to the BillboardGui in no time.
GUI.Size = UDim2.new(0,300,0,300)
Frame.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,0)
end)
-- Remove all the comments (text colored in green) or leave them if you want.
For more about UDim2, see: http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=UDim2
For more about Variables, see: http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=Variable
Hopefully this answer helped!