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attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'?

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so i am trying to make an aot game so im making a tips and tricks menu where if you stand next to a character a gui will show and if you press a button it will show some tips and tricks. but i got an error saying attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild' it is a normal script that is enabling the playergui if that helps

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui").Tips.Enabled = true
	end
end)
Anonymous

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You can't use game.Players.LocalPlayer because your script are a Script (ServerScript).

Use the service Players to find the player that touch the part with :GetPlayerFromCharacter()

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local Player = game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	if Player then
		Player:WaitForChild('PlayerGui'):WaitForChild('Tips').Enabled = true
	end
end)
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thank you it worked

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You shouldn't drop the Humanoid filter.

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