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My button wont find the input of my textbox?

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5 years ago

Ok so basicly im trying to make it so when I click a button it checks the text in a textbox then searches that inside my players backpack and clones the tool with the text in the text box. ex. TextBox text says "BasicAxe" then I click the button and it looks for something called that in my player backpack and clones it so I have two.

If you need more info on what stuff is or looks like i'll respond with the info.

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NinjaMandalorian 252

5 years ago

To do this via a local GUI, you must use the server so that you have the tool for all clients/server.

You will need a localscript, RemoteEvent in replicatedStorage, and a script in serverScriptService.

The localscript should look like this:

1local textbox = script.Parent.Parent.TextBox -- Location of textbox
2 
3 
4script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() --On click
5    local toolName = textbox.Text --Takes string of text box
6    game.ReplicatedStorage.cloneGear:FireServer(toolName) -- Fire event called "cloneGear"
7end)

This is the server side script

1game.ReplicatedStorage.cloneGear.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, toolName)
2    local tool = plr.Backpack:FindFirstChild(toolName)
3    if tool ~= nil then
4        local newTool = tool:Clone()
5        newTool.Parent = plr.Backpack
6    end
7 
8end)

To change it to search in server storage, change the 2nd line of server side, changing it to

`1`	`\|Location\|:FindFirstChild(toolName).`

Hope this helps :)

Where does the localscript go? I didnt pick that up. RowanStrohmYT 2 — 5y

nvm RowanStrohmYT 2 — 5y

My button wont find the input of my textbox?

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