attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'?
I'm making a death animations script and upon testing, the error
Workspace.Character.DeathAnims:4:attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'
appears in the output
01 | local char = script.Parent |
02 | local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid") |
03 | local backUpChar = char:Clone() |
04 | backUpChar:WaitForChild("DeathAnims"):Destroy() |
05 |
06 | hum.Died:Connect(function() |
07 | local deathPos = char.HumanoidRootPart.Position |
08 | local deathOri = char.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation |
09 | local bac = backUpChar:Clone() |
10 | local destme = char |
11 | script.Parent = bac.Humanoid |
12 | destme:Destroy() |
13 | bac.Parent = workspace |
14 | bac.HumanoidRootPart.Position = deathPos |
15 | bac.HumanoidRootPart.Orientation = deathOri |
3 answers
Ooh this is good example of Roblox properties messing with people.
Characters automatically come with their Archivable property off, which means it cannot be cloned without turning the property back on first. All you need to do to fix up your script is: before your WaitForChild line which errors, set char.Archivable to true.
If you wanna know more about the property there is more on the dev wiki here.
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I recommend using Find First Child
1 | backUpChar:FindFirstChild("DeathAnims"):Destroy() |
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I have had this same type of problem, I did some research and found out that "WaitForChild()" has a "TimeOut" feature meaning you can set how long you want is to wait for:
the "10" represents however long you want it
1 | WaitForChild("Name To Search For", 10) |