Attempt to index nil :(

[opal reef]

i want to make an iftouched thats basically an "escape"

script:
**local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local Player = game:GetService("Players")

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
if plr.Team == game.Teams:WaitForChild("Prisoner") then
plr.Team = game.Teams:WaitForChild("Criminal")
elseif plr.Team.Name == "Criminal" then
CollectionService:AddTag(plr,"Guilty")
end
end)**

error:
Workspace.MapElements.Arrestability Thing.Script:8: attempt to index nil with 'Team' - Server - Script:8

help please!

[arctic shadow]

local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local Player = game:GetService("Players")


script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
    if plr.Team == game.Teams:WaitForChild("Prisoner") then
       plr.Team = game.Teams:WaitForChild("Criminal")
    elseif plr.Team.Name == "Criminal" then
        CollectionService:AddTag(plr,"Guilty")
    end
end)```

plr is nil

local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")
local teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local Player = game:GetService("Players")


script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    local plr = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
    if not plr then return end
    if plr.Team == game.Teams:WaitForChild("Prisoner") then
       plr.Team = game.Teams:WaitForChild("Criminal")
    elseif plr.Team.Name == "Criminal" then
        CollectionService:AddTag(plr,"Guilty")
    end
end)```

[opal reef]

i have absolutely no freaking idea how that fixed it, and i would have never gotten that myself, but thanks for the fix!

also, this script is definetly quite ineffient at best lol, too bad!

[mint sphinx]

if not plr then return end

the local player just sees if in the players there is an actual player, if it is just continue and if not just ends the function

[arctic shadow]

" index nil with Team " means you're trying to reach plr.Team when plr = nil.

"if not plr then return end" is the same as "if plr == nil then return end"

so you're just checking if the player exists or not, if it doesnt then we stop the function, very simple

[opal reef]

oh yeah, youre right

that makes total sense

i get it now

[arctic shadow]

Great, good luck with your game