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"attempt to index a nil value"?

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been trying to figure this out for some time now, i think it has something to do with the player? the problem is line 11 up to line 24 (so the player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors")._______ = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)

local skin = script.Parent.Value.Value
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

	if skin == 1 then brickcolor = ("Pastel brown") end
	if skin == 2 then brickcolor = ("Nougat") end
	if skin == 3 then brickcolor = ("Dirt brown") end
	if skin == 4 then brickcolor = ("Tawny") end
	if player:FindFirstChild("Body Colors") == nil then
		local bc = Instance.new("BodyColors")
		bc.Name = "Body Colors"
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").HeadColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LeftFootColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LeftHandColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LeftLowerArmColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LeftLowerLegCoolor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LeftUpperArmColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LeftUpperLegColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").LowerTorsoColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").RightFootColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").RightHandColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").RightLowerArmColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").RightLowerLegColor= BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").RightUpperArmColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
player.Character:FindFirstChild("Body Colors").UpperTorsoColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)
	
end
Anonymous

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is this the entire script?

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You'll probably know that if the program is throwing an exception like that, it means something you're trying to index doesn't exist.

In your case, I'd imagine you're trying to find "Body Colors" under the player's character before it's had time to load.

The simple fix is to swap out FindFirstChild() for WaitForChild().

As a side note, you may want to create a variable for Body Colours so your code looks a little bit neater...

local bodyColors = player.Character:WaitForChild("Body Colors")

... and then use that when referencing specific body parts:

bodyColors.HeadColor = BrickColor.new(brickcolor)

Hope that helps.

AnonymousPermalink

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yeah that worked but its still not changing skin tone (ill probably do this myself). thank you my boy

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Line 1: ...Value.Value ?

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