Get player who clicked SurfaceGui?

Hey, I'm trying to get the name of the player who has clicked on a Button on a Surface Gui.

Basically when the player clicks on the 'Collect' button I just need their name so I can edit their stats etc... But that part is irrelevant, the main problem is, I can't just use a LocalScript because when the player click 'Collect' it needs to update the Cash value that is displayed in the SurfaceGui so all other players can see that the Cash has been taken.

Any idea of a workaround?

To change the stats from the client to the server you need a remote event, the event also has a parameter for the player going to and from the server.

Local Script

local remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("CollectMoney")

workspace.Part.SurfaceGui.TextButton.Activated:Connect(function()
	remote:FireServer()
end)

Server Script

local remote = Instance.new("RemoteEvent")
remote.Name = "CollectMoney"
remote.Parent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local stat = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats"):WaitForChild("CashValueNameHere")
	stat.Value = stat.Value + 100 -- Number Value Here
end)

The idea is you create a RemoteEvent which can then allow the Server and Client to communicate. When the button is clicked, the remote will tell the server to change the money / point system value of the player.

For the above example, the surface gui would be under a part named "Part" in the workspace with a TextButton under the gui. Everytime the button is clicked, the player would gain 100 of the applicable stat, where the stat would be found under a folder / model in the player named "leaderstats"

In order to get the player who clicked a SurfaceGui, you need to place the SurfaceGui in their PlayerGui. You can do it in two ways:

1. Use a LocalScript to create the SurfaceGui, handle the click event locally, and use RemoteEvents to notify the server when the button is clicked

2. Use a server script to create the SurfaceGui in the player's PlayerGui, set its Adornee to the part it should be displayed on. That way you know which player clicked the gui.

Example (server):

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local gui = game.ServerStorage.Gui:Clone()
	gui.Parent = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
	gui.Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		--now you can use the plr variable
	end)
end)