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How do I fix a error for GUI "nil value" for a name?
So, I'm trying to make a GUI appear for one player. I had an idea to go into the player folder under explorer, find the players name who clicked the GUI, and open the GUI for them. I keep on getting a error. Any help?
local name = plr.Character.Name Button2.MouseButton1Down:connect(function() game.Players.name.PlayerGui.TrailGUI.Main.Visible = true end)
Error: Workspace.TrailGUI:151: attempt to index field 'Character' (a nil value)
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Perhaps the character hasn't loaded yet at runtime. You want to yield to make sure that the character exists before proceeding using CharacterAdded:Wait(). Also, what you've done on line 3 won't work because saying game.Players.name will look for a name property of game.Players, it won't look for the value of name.
Here's what you can do instead:
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local playerGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local trailGui = playerGui:WaitForChild("TrailGUI")
local main = trailGui:WaitForChild("Main")
Button2.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function() -- changed connect to Connect because connect is deprecated
main.Visible = true
end)
Hope this helps! :)
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Thank you soooo much! IPhoneDrew 9 — 5y