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Filtering enabled script cant find a gui in player gui thats in startergui why is that?

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5 years ago

This works find in studio but doesnt in game. I jsut got into filtering enabled and im confused, I followed the wiki and follow youtube videos but it doesnt make sense as to why this isnt working.

This is the script I put in start character (its a local script) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

workspace.button5.ClickDetector.MouseClick:connect(function() local ReplicatedStorage = game:WaitForChild("ReplicatedStorage")

ReplicatedStorage.Open:invokeServer()

end)








This is the second script thats in server script service ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ReplicatedStorage = game:WaitForChild("ReplicatedStorage")






local function gui(player)




    player.PlayerGui.ok.Frame.Visible = true

end

ReplicatedStorage.Open.OnServerInvoke = gui

Now in studio it works, but in game it doesnt, It says that it isnt a member of the player Gui, I even tried printing the gui in game using the devleoper tab and it wouldnt print it. When I did a WaitForChild() command for the gui, it said "possible for infinite" which is saying it may go on forever waiting, which it does because it doesnt work.

No, don't handle GUI coding on the server. User#19524 175 — 5y

What do you mean? TheOwlFromSaturn 26 — 5y

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User#19524 175

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

Problem	Solution
You're using a `RemoteFunction` and not returning anything	Use a `RemoteEvent` instead
You're modifying PlayerGui from the server	Modify from client instead
You're handling `MouseClick` on the client	Handle on the server

Final product

-- LocalScript under ok.Frame

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local OpenGui = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Open")

OpenGui.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
    script.Parent.Visible = true
end)

………

-- Server Script under button5

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local OpenGui = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Open")

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
    OpenGui:FireClient(plr)
end)

On a side note:

You should never guess on which remote you should use. Use a `RemoteFunction` if you want to return something, such as the price of a car in game. Use a `RemoteEvent` if you want to do something such as spawning a car.

But why handle the MouseClick on the server? It'll just cause input lag, and since all it's doing is opening a gui, it can all be client sided. Dog2puppy 168 — 5y

No. http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=API:Class/ClickDetector User#19524 175 — 5y

Filtering enabled script cant find a gui in player gui thats in startergui why is that?

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Final product

On a side note:

You should never guess on which remote you should use. Use a RemoteFunction if you want to return something, such as the price of a car in game. Use a RemoteEvent if you want to do something such as spawning a car.

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You should never guess on which remote you should use. Use a `RemoteFunction` if you want to return something, such as the price of a car in game. Use a `RemoteEvent` if you want to do something such as spawning a car.