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How do i anchor specific people using a GUI? (Im a beginner)

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imaA6D 39

5 years ago

I need help i am beginner scripter and sorry for bad English i just want it so when i put player name in text box like type their name in the box and press a button to anchor them

AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() game.Players.AnchorPlayer1.Text.Character.Head.Anchored = true game.Players.AnchorPlayer2.Text.Character.Head.Anchored = true game.Players.AnchorPlayer3.Text.Character.Head.Anchored = true game.Players.AnchorPlayer4.Text.Character.Head.Anchored = true game.Players.AnchorPlayer5.Text.Character.Head.Anchored = true game.Players.AnchorPlayer6.Text.Character.Head.Anchored = true end)

You could do: "game.players[game.Players.AnchorPlayer.Text].Character.Head.Anchored = true" Benbebop 1049 — 5y

... "AnchorPlayer.text.Character"? speedyfox66 237 — 5y

@Benbebop it does not work "game.Players[game.Players.AnchorPlayer1.Text].Character.Head.Anchored = true" imaA6D 39 — 5y

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Answered by

SoftlockedUnderZero 668

5 years ago

First of all, you do need some research because there's tons of easier ways to do that.

I'm will try to dissect this the best I can.

First of all, I would type up an event.

1AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() -- I'll use your's.
2 
3end)

Then I would need a source of text to identify the name. Note I am going to assume that you want the full username caps sensitive and that the source of the text comes from a textbox.

1AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() -- I'll use your's.
2    local text_1 = TextBox_1.Text;
3end)

Now that I have the name, I would want to find the player with that name using Service Players's function FindFirstChild. Your method may vary. If I find a player, it will activate the if statement scope.

1AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() -- I'll use your's.
2    local text_1 = TextBox_1.Text;
3    local Player_1 = game:GetService('Players'):FindFirstChild(text_1);
4    if Player_1 then -- checks if then value of variable Player_1 exists 
5 
6    end;
7end)

Now since if I get Player_1 then they will have properties of a Player Object. So that means I can safely index Character with no error.

1AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() -- I'll use your's.
2    local text_1 = TextBox_1.Text;
3    local Player_1 = game:GetService('Players'):FindFirstChild(text_1);
4    if Player_1 then -- checks if then value of variable Player_1 exists 
5        local char=Player_1.Character;
6    end;
7end)

Now to anchor all parts in a character, I would need a table of Instances (You can use GetDescendants on the character ) and combine it with a for loop to anchor whether its a BasePart or not.

01AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() -- I'll use your's.
02    local text_1 = TextBox_1.Text;
03    local Player_1 = game:GetService('Players'):FindFirstChild(text_1);
04    if Player_1 then -- checks if then value of variable Player_1 exists 
05        local char=Player_1.Character;
06        local gd_1=char:GetDescendants();
07        for _,v in pairs(gd_1)do -- note since GetDescendants returns an array, in this case, indexes from this table are unnecessary
08 
09        end;
10    end;
11end)

Now since not every Instance can not index Anchored without erroring, I would need an if statement and function IsA to check whether it's a BasePart (not just including Part, this also includes WedgePart etc) or not.

01AnchorButton.MouseButton1Click:connect(function() -- I'll use your's.
02    local text_1 = TextBox_1.Text;
03    local Player_1 = game:GetService('Players'):FindFirstChild(text_1);
04    if Player_1 then -- checks if then value of variable Player_1 exists 
05        local char=Player_1.Character;
06        local gd_1=char:GetDescendants();
07        for _,v in pairs(gd_1)do -- note since GetDescendants returns an array, in this case, indexes from this table are unnecessary
08            if v:IsA('BasePart')then
09                v.Anchored=true;
10            end;
11        end;
12    end;
13end)

And done.

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