Why won't the property 'visible' work on my gui?
I was making a Team GUI for my friend, but when I try testing it, the confirm button won't show visible when I select a team. Why is this? Scripts below:
LocalScript for the RemoteEvent:
local teamRE = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("teamRE") -- Remote Event
local civilianColour = "White"
local swatColour = "Really black"
local tpdColour = "Lapis"
local stColour = "Really red"
local teamGUI = script.Parent.Parent
local mainFrame = teamGUI.MainFrame
local confirmBtn = mainFrame.confirmBtn
local visibilityBtn = mainFrame.visibilityBtn
local teamsFrame = mainFrame.TeamsFrame
local civilianLbl = teamsFrame.civilianLbl
local stLbl = teamsFrame.stLbl
local swatLbl = teamsFrame.swatLbl
local tpdLbl = teamsFrame.tpdLbl
confirmBtn.Visible = false
if mainFrame.Visible == false then
mainFrame.Visible = true
confirmBtn.Visible = false
end
civilianLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(civilianColour))
end)
stLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(stColour))
end)
swatLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(swatColour))
end)
tpdLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(tpdColour))
end)
Server Side script for Remote Event:
local teamRE = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("teamRE")
local confirmBtn = game:GetService("StarterGui").teamGUI.MainFrame.confirmBtn
teamRE.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, TeamColor)
plr.TeamColor = TeamColor
if confirmBtn.Visible == false then
confirmBtn.Visible = true
end
end)
If you can help, please do! :) Thanks for response!
1 answer
Two fundamental problems here:
The StarterGui isn't the actual interface players see, it is only a container of the content which is cloned to a player when they join or respawn. Changing the StarterGui affects the interface only for players that join the server after the change, not players currently in the game.
The content of StarterGui is cloned to each player but this content is local. This means it exists only for that player. It can not be referenced by the server.
The fix for this is to simply reuse the remote. You can call FireClient on the remote to notify the player to make the change locally:
local teamRE = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("teamRE") -- Remote Event
local civilianColour = "White"
local swatColour = "Really black"
local tpdColour = "Lapis"
local stColour = "Really red"
local teamGUI = script.Parent.Parent
local mainFrame = teamGUI.MainFrame
local confirmBtn = mainFrame.confirmBtn
local visibilityBtn = mainFrame.visibilityBtn
local teamsFrame = mainFrame.TeamsFrame
local civilianLbl = teamsFrame.civilianLbl
local stLbl = teamsFrame.stLbl
local swatLbl = teamsFrame.swatLbl
local tpdLbl = teamsFrame.tpdLbl
confirmBtn.Visible = false
if mainFrame.Visible == false then
mainFrame.Visible = true
confirmBtn.Visible = false
end
civilianLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(civilianColour))
end)
stLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(stColour))
end)
swatLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(swatColour))
end)
tpdLbl.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(plr)
teamRE:FireServer(BrickColor.new(tpdColour))
end)
-- Get our client to listen for the server
teamRE.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(target)
if target == "ChangeConfirmButton" the
if confirmBtn.Visible == false then
confirmBtn.Visible = true
end
end
end)
local teamRE = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("teamRE")
teamRE.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, TeamColor)
plr.TeamColor = TeamColor
teamRE:FireClient(plr, "ChangeConfirmButton")
if confirmBtn.Visible == false then
confirmBtn.Visible = true
end
end)
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