Why do I get this error? (Billboardgui script)
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local bg = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
bg.Parent = player.PlayerGui
bg.Adornee = character.Head
bg.Active = true
bg.AlwaysOnTop = true
bg.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
bg.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 2, 0)
local bgcopy = bg:Clone()
bgcopy.Parent = character.Head
local frame = Instance.new("Frame")
frame.Parent = bg
frame.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
frame.BackgroundTransparency = 1
frame.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.new(1, 1, 1)
frame.Active = true
local framecopy = frame:Clone()
framecopy.Parent = character.Head.BillboardGui
local text = Instance.new("TextLabel")
text.Parent = frame
text.Position = UDim2.new(0.25, 0, 0.25, 0)
text.Size = UDim2.new(.5, 0, .5, 0)
text.BackgroundTransparency = 1
text.Text = (player.NamePl.Value)
text.FontSize = "Size24"
text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255, 255,255)
text.Active = true
local textcopy = text:Clone()
textcopy.Parent = character.Head.BillboardGui.Frame
I keep getting this error
Players.Player1.PlayerGui.LocalScript:6: attempt to index local 'character' (a nil value)
-I'm new to this, fyi.
2 answers
Most likely it is caused by this script running before the Character loads (hence player.Character is nil and from there is your error). However, SlickPwner's solution is incorrect as Character is not a child, but a property, of a Player object.
Unfortunately I don't think there's a one-line solution to this, but here is what we can do:
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
while not player.Character do
wait()
end
local character = player.Character
We just wait for player.Character to not be nil (note that this solution doesn't work for children since accessing them would cause an error; since Character is a property accessing player.Character when the property is nil triggers no error)
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I would assume because you're not waiting for the Character. Try this:
local character = player:WaitForChild("Character")
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