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How do you fix the errors in my script that displays a text above character's head?
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local charac = player.Character
local billboardthing = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
billboardthing.Enabled = true
billboardthing.Name = "thingy"
billboardthing.Parent = player.Character.Head
aq = "Antique"
local txtkk = Instance.new("TextLabel")
txtkk.Parent = game.player.charac.Head.thingy
txtkk.Name = "label"
txtkk.Font = "Antique"
txtkk.Text = "sample text"
txtkk.BackgroundTransparency = 1
txtkk.TextSize = "30"
It ain't displaying "sample text " above my character's head.
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where is this script and what type of script is it? User#5423 17 — 5y
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A LocalScript and it's in Workspaace. Apewlice 0 — 5y
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local scripts do not run in the workspace only under the players character model. User#5423 17 — 5y
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Well for starters you made three simple mistakes.
- You set the TextLabel's parent incorrectly
txtkk.Parent = game.player.charac.Head.thingy -- fixed version txtkk.Parent = charac.Head.thingy
- You set the Font property incorrectly.
txtkk.Font = "Antique" -- fixed version txtkk.Font = Enum.Font.Antique
and 3. (not really a mistake, but still worth mentioning) You set the FontSize using a string value.
txtkk.TextSize = "30" -- fixed version txtkk.TextSize = 30
But even after these fixes, it doesn't show up, that is because you forgot to set the size of the TextLabel and the BillboardGui. (You also should've set a StudOffset to make the label show properly)
Here is a fixed version of your script.
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local charac = player.Character
local billboardthing = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
billboardthing.Enabled = true
billboardthing.Name = "thingy"
billboardthing.Parent = charac.Head
billboardthing.Size = UDim2.new(0,100,0,50)
billboardthing.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0,2,0)
aq = "Antique"
local txtkk = Instance.new("TextLabel")
txtkk.Parent = charac.Head.thingy
txtkk.Name = "label"
txtkk.Font = Enum.Font.Antique
txtkk.Text = "sample text"
txtkk.BackgroundTransparency = 1
txtkk.TextSize = 30
txtkk.Size = UDim2.new(1,0,1,0)
EDIT: Also make sure to put the script in StarterGui,StarterPack,StarterPlayerScripts,or StarterCharacterScripts