Selecting random players gives error?
Here's the script:
local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local players = game:GetService("Players")
function pickPLR()
local plrlist = players:GetChildren()
local selectedIndex = math.random(1,#plrlist)
local target = CFrame.new(158.5, 44.5, 77.5)
selectedIndex.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = target
end
while true do
wait(5)
pickPLR()
wait(50)
end
Now when I test this it tells me "Attempt to index local 'selectedIndex' (a number value)"
Can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong? The point of the script is to select a random player and teleport only that player to the target area.
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2 answers
Your problem is really simple, actually. In your code, selectedIndex is set to a number, not the player that was randomly chosen. To fix this, just use selextedIndex to index the table of players, so in this case plrlist.
The fixed code should look like this:
local repstorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local players = game:GetService("Players")
function pickPLR()
local plrlist = players:GetPlayers()
local selectedIndex = math.random(1,#plrlist)
local target = CFrame.new(158.5, 44.5, 77.5)
plrlist[selectedIndex].Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = target
end
while true do
wait(5)
pickPLR()
wait(50)
end
I also changed :GetChildren() to :GetPlayers()
You're trying to index a numbervalue, like it says. Not a player.
Use :GetPlayers() to create a table of all the players in your game, and then math.random that, like so.
function pickRandomPlayer()
local Players = game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayers()
local SELECTED_PERSON = Players[math.random(1, #Players)]
local TARGET = CFrame.new(158.5, 45.5, 77.5) --Note, don't spawn the player at the part's exact Y position, set it a few studs over. It'll get them stuck very often.
SELECTED_PERSON.Character:WaitForChild('HumanoidRootPart').CFrame = TARGET
return SELECTED_PERSON
end
while wait(5) do
pickRandomPlayer()
wait(50)
end
The reason this works is because GetPlayers, GetChildren, and GetDescendants return a table. Then, you can pick a random index out of all the players by picking randomly between 1, the first player, and #Players, the length of the table.
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