um im new to this server but ive been trying to find why this script isnt working

[wintry acorn]

im sure it has to do something with the gui but im just going to wait for answers

[thin relic]

that is a localscript therefore anything that is in that script will only be visible on your client unless you use remote events

this

local ClickDetector = workspace.Lobby.AbilityPlatform.ButtonStand.ClickDetector
```is not right for a localscript

you should look into client-server communication, FindFirstChild, WaitForChild, etc

[wintry acorn]

oh

thanks

[wintry acorn]

wouldnt the server script make it so that one player can open the gui for all the other players?

[thin relic]

if you want it to do that then you can

or you can fire to the client who clicked to open gui

or you can have

local ClickDetector = workspace.Lobby.AbilityPlatform.ButtonStand.ClickDetector
```on the client but with "WaitForChild" because that could fail

[wintry acorn]

i see

[thin relic]

it usually happens that instances have not loaded while scripts are running

[wintry acorn]

yeah, it's because i found a video that explained the misuse of waitforchild so i tried to stop using it

too frequently that is

[thin relic]

waitforchild is when you are not sure if the instance has loaded

findfirstchild is when it exists and you want to find the first child with that name

sometimes the name of a part is like "Value", "Name", etc and you need to use findfirstchild because of property conflicts

[wintry acorn]

thanks for the clarification

[thin relic]

you're welcome

[wintry acorn]

so i can use remote server [function(player)] and change it to a server-side script

[thin relic]

you can also have it on the client if you will not need anything to happen on the server

anything that would have to happen in all other clients

if it only opens a gui it can be on the client

[wintry acorn]

in this context it's supposed to be an ability ui where you can scroll and select so yeah i guess client makes sense

you can make remote servers on client right?

[thin relic]

remoteevents can both be used by client and server. but for the communication to be possible the event must exist on both parties (client and server)

usually remote events are placed into replicated storage

replicated means it exists on the server and on the client and they share the same thing

[wintry acorn]

yeah i do that, ai misinforms me sometimes because it's kinda outdated

tbh i need to stop relying on ai most of the time

[hexed stratus]

Is it a Script or a LocalScript

@wintry acorn ?

[wintry acorn]

local script, but i fixed it. it was because a silly reason

this was supposed to be off

[wintry acorn]

not sure why though

[rugged nebula]

** You are now Level 3! **

[hexed stratus]

Did you fix it with

• Bindable Method
• Remote Method
• etc (Optional)

[wintry acorn]

etc (by turning off ResetOnSpawn)

it just worked perfectly after that

[hexed stratus]

I didn't mean property, I mean on a Script

[wintry acorn]

oh then no changes were made if you meant that

the script stayed in starterplayer

[hexed stratus]

Then it's not gonna work

[hexed stratus]

I FOUND A REASON

[wintry acorn]

what

[timid harness]

you also the put "MouseClick"

[hexed stratus]

@wintry acorn You should use Bindable

Method

[wintry acorn]

what is bindable

[hexed stratus]

I mean RemoteEvent sorry
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwhPXyYKkwU&pp=ygUbcmVtb3RlIGV2ZW50cyByb2Jsb3ggc3R1ZGlv

[rugged nebula]

** You are now Level 9! **

[timid harness]

use "MouseButton1Click" not just "MouseClick"!

[wintry acorn]

mousebutton1click doesnt apply to clickdetectors

it only applies to textbuttons

[timid harness]

oh I just noticed he was using a clickdetector lol

[wintry acorn]

yeah

[wintry acorn]

also thank you though i never use remotes because i suck at using them correctly...

ill learn to use them

[hexed stratus]

Bro thought it was a TextButton/an ImageButton

[timid harness]

I thought it was a textbutton

[wintry acorn]

hahaha

[hexed stratus]

Oh ok

[wintry acorn]

do you want me to do this btw?

like that example

so it only replicates to client

it also talks about "InvokeServer()" which ive never heard of

[hexed stratus]

I mean you should learn OnClientEvent

[wintry acorn]

o

ill search it up on documentary

the ability ui is supposed to be connected to a clickdetector that the local script detects and opens the gui if the local player clicks

so it should only apply on the client side

[thin relic]

The issue was that he was referencing the GUI in a script outside of GUI and, whenever he respawned, the previous GUI would get destroyed because of the "ResetOnSpawn" making the other script reference nil

[hexed stratus]

@wintry acorn More
Use :Connect() instead of :Once()