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Setting the parent of an object doesn't work?

Asked May 22, 2018186 views2 answers

So this is my code so far

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
game.ServerStorage.FE.ChangeParent:FireServer(game.ServerStorage.GUIs.Intro:Clone(),player.PlayerGui)	
end)

That script basically gives the GUI to the player and it's FE so yeah, that's why

local ChangeParent = game.ServerStorage.FE.ChangeParent

ChangeParent.OnServerEvent:connect(function(object,parent)
	object.Parent = parent
end)

This is the remote event and the thing for it and I get this error when I do

19:47:26.843 - Something unexpectedly tried to set the parent of trycode to Intro while trying to set the parent of trycode. Current parent is Players.

Can you help me? :)

AnonymousMay 22, 2018

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PLEASE READ THE WHOLE ANSWER PLEASE. THIS INCLUDES A FEW CHANGES IN YOUR HIERARCHY!

A minor mistake that you did is not include the player parameter. This is why the error states your username. The script thinks that your object is the player. Here is the revised part.

Another mistake that you have done is that you put your ChangeParent Remote Event in ServerStorage. This is a wrong thing to do because only the server can access the ServerStorage service. Put it in ReplicatedStorage so both the client and server can access it

Make sure the script below is a Local Script

local ChangeParent = game.ReplicatedStorage.FE.ChangeParent

ChangeParent.OnServerEvent:connect(function(player,object,parent)
    object.Parent = parent
end)

You did this part correctly Make sure the script below is a Server Script

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
	player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
	game.ReplicatedStorage.FE.ChangeParent:FireServer(
             game.ReplicatedStorage.GUIs.Intro:Clone(),
             player.PlayerGui
        )   
end)

AnonymousMay 22, 2018Permalink

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Why should the first script be a local script if it's a server event?

AnonymousMay 22, 2018#

Simple mistake here. The only problem that I can see is that you are using incorrect parameters for the OnServerEvent event. The first argument is always the player whose client is invoking the event. So your code should look something more like this:

local ChangeParent = game.ServerStorage.FE.ChangeParent

ChangeParent.OnServerEvent:connect(function(player, object, parent)
    object.Parent = parent
end)

As you can see, all I did was add the 'player' argument into the function. It should now work fine. If not or if you have any further questions let me know and I'll see what I can do. Hope this helps :)

AnonymousMay 22, 2018Edited May 22, 2018Permalink

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Clients don't invoke events they fire them.

AnonymousMay 22, 2018#

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