Can I make GUI visible using server script?
this is my script:
1 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
local Part = script.Parent
01 | local function playerHasTool(player, toolName) |
02 | local tool = player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(toolName) or player.Character:FindFirstChild(toolName) |
03 | if tool then |
04 | return true |
05 | else |
06 | return false |
07 | end |
08 | end |
09 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 | Part.Touched:Connect(function(HIT) |
14 | local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(HIT.Parent) |
15 | local H = HIT.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") |
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ It is for making GUI visible when a player touches a part, if he has some tools in his backpack. it is NOT A LOCAL SCRIPT but a normal script that is inside the part which has to be touched. However, when the part is touched, the GUI doesn't appear.
Can I know why? Can someone pleeeeeasssssseeee help me?
2 answers
Quantum, the best way to do this is a RemoteEvent. Put in a RemoteEvent in ReplicatedStorage and name it "OnTouch".
Server Side:
1 | wait() |
2 | local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage") |
3 | local OnTouchEvent = RS:WaitForChild("OnTouch") |
4 | function onTouched(hit) |
5 | local plr = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) |
6 | if plr then |
7 | OnTouchEvent:FireClient(plr) |
8 | end |
9 | end |
Local Side (Put this under every frame that you want to be visible):
01 | wait() |
02 | local RS = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage') |
03 | local OnTouchEvent = RS:WaitForChild("OnTouch") |
04 | local Frame = script.Parent |
05 | OnTouchEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function() |
06 | if Frame.Visible == true then |
07 | Frame.Visible = false |
08 | end |
09 | if Frame.Visible == false then |
10 | Frame.Visible = true |
11 | end |
12 | end) |
if I helped, please accept this answer. If it didn't, please comment.
I finally got the answer, myself. In the respective guis I had issues with, I inserted a local script each, which directed them to become visible when the part was touched. Here, the part that had to be touched was mediterranean Avenue, so here is how my script was:
01 | local Part = script.Parent |
02 | local function playerHasTool(player, toolName) |
03 | local tool = player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(toolName) or player.Character:FindFirstChild(toolName) |
04 | if tool then |
05 | return true |
06 | else |
07 | return false |
08 | end |
09 | end |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 | local Gui = script.Parent |
14 | local Medpart = game.Workspace.MediterraneanAvenue |
15 |
I also got rid of the conditionals that had to deal with these guis in the server script, as I had already inserted a local script. It turns out that only local scripts can modify guis for local Players.
However, if you want a gui to appear to all the clients on the server, you can make use of remote events.
Hope this helps anyone in need in the future!