Expected identifier

[dense prism]

For some reason I'm getting this error saying "Expected identifier when parsing expression, got 'local' in my code for making something as simple as a dash system. I've been looking at it for a solid 2 hours now not knowing what to do.

[ivory lantern]

try putting whatever is in isonground in the if statement

replace whatever is in isonground with the isonground in the if statement maybe

[dense prism]

it didn't work bc the local line w the problem is still identifying isOnGround so I can't put it in the if statement I just tried it thanks for the suggestion tho I didn't think about that

[ivory lantern]

can you screenshot the error

[tulip willow]

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[dense prism]

its at the top

in that ss im hovering over the error and its more zoomed out so you can see pretty much the whole thing but the line covered by the error is in the ss I first sent if you need to see that too

[ivory lantern]

you did "if humanoid.floormaterial ~= air and humanoid.floormaterial ~= water then"?

[dense prism]

?

the only if in there is the one covered by the error in the second ss but that says if isOnGround then

if thats what you meant

[ivory lantern]

can you make it a code block?

also wat i meant is to replace the if statement with "if humanoid.floormaterial ~= air and humanoid.floormaterial ~= water then"

[dense prism]

ohhh ok

and i dont know how to make a code block im still VERY new to this stuff

sorry

[ivory lantern]

np

[dense prism]

I tried replacing the if statement and the same error is still in the same spot im going to try to go through the code again and look for a missing parenthesis or something because I think it might be a syntax error

[ivory lantern]

code block is like this:
`Lua `

wait

no

nvm

[ivory lantern]

just copy and paste it

[dense prism]

huh

[ivory lantern]

the code

[dense prism]

I did copy and paste your suggested if statement and its still the same error

[ivory lantern]

copy and paste your script so i can see it lol

[dense prism]

it says the message is too long

do you want the whole script or just a part

[ivory lantern]

the if statement part

[dense prism]

if humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Water then

[ivory lantern]

what error do you get for that one

[dense prism]

its not that line its the one above it

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[dense prism]

its local isOnGround = humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Water

[ivory lantern]

maybe remove this one then

or comment it out

see if it works

[dense prism]

and the error is expected identifier when parsing expression, got 'local'

I can't because its defining the isOnGround variable

so everything else gets an error

[ivory lantern]

i dont think you can put that kinda stuff in a variable

[ivory lantern]

can you copy and paste this part?

[dense prism]

local isOnGround = humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Water

        if humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Water then


        if moveDirection == Vector3.new(0,0,0) then -- if player is not currently moving/walking
            dashDirection = HRP.Position + Vector3.new(lookVector.X, 0, lookVector.Z)
        else -- if player are currently moving/walking
            dashDirection = HRP.Position + Vector3.new(moveDirection.X, 0, moveDirection.Z)
        end

        -- using bodygyro to rotate player to the dash direction smoothly
        local bodyGyro = Instance.new("BodyGyro")
        bodyGyro.Parent = HRP
        bodyGyro.MaxTorque = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
        bodyGyro.D = 0 -- D is the dampening
        bodyGyro.P = 500000 -- P is aggressiveness
        bodyGyro.CFrame = CFrame.lookAt(HRP.Position, dashDirection) -- Making player look at the dash direction

        local attachment = Instance.new("Attachment")
        attachment.Parent = HRP

        -- now using VectorForce to move player forward
        local vectorForce = Instance.new("VectorForce")
        vectorForce.Parent = HRP
        -- VectorForce need attachment to tell where is player looking at
        vectorForce.Attachment0 = attachment
        vectorForce.Force = Vector3.new(0,0,minusVelocity) -- now it will move player forward as the settings

        loadedAnimation:Play() -- play the dash animation
        humanoid.AutoRotate = false -- prevent player to rotate by themselves

        wait(duration)

        humanoid.AutoRotate = true

        vectorForce:Destroy()
        bodyGyro:Destroy()
        attachment:Destroy()

        wait(duration) --- give some time before stopping the dash animation
        loadedAnimation:Stop()

    end

the "local" in the very first line is the one w the error

[ivory lantern]

ok so, remove the line defining the isonground statement

or make it a boolean

if humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Air and humanoid.FloorMaterial ~= Enum.Material.Water then
isongrond = true

else
isonground = false

you can do something like that

[dense prism]

you wanna see something funny

same problem same spot

dog wtf is wrong

im just gonna look the whole script over again and try to see if its just a missing parenthesis or something

[ivory lantern]

can you screenshot it

[dense prism]

its line 33 the very first "local"

holy shit

I fixed it