GUI - Can not open GUI after closing it | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:02 PM

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Hi! This is probably an obvious mistake, but I am rather new to working with GUI. The way the script is meant to work is if you click on a part it opens up a gui (as if you are reading it). There is then a close button that allows you to close it. This part works, however, when you press the close button, you suddenly can't even click on any of the other parts nor open the guis. They all have click detectors, yet it doesn't give you the option to click on them, and when you click nothing happens. Here is my code below:
Code in the part with the click detector that opens the gui: (This is a regular script)


clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
    plr.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("henry").Enabled = true
end) ```
Code in the close button that closes the GUI: (This is a local script)
```local Button = script.Parent
local GUI = Button.Parent.Parent

Button.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
    if GUI.Enabled == true then
        GUI.Enabled = false
    else
        GUI.Enabled = true
    end
end)```

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:03 PM

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hybrid grail Hi! This is probably an obvious mistake, but I am rather new to working with GUI...

not the fix you're looking for, but your performance will be marginally better if you removed the if statement and replaced it with:

GUI.Enabled = not GUI.Enabled

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it does the exact same thing in this context while also being more readable

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:05 PM

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hybrid grail Hi! This is probably an obvious mistake, but I am rather new to working with GUI...

do each of the parts have their own scripts or are you using a generalized system to handle all parts simultaneously?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:06 PM

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verbal pilot do each of the parts have their own scripts or are you using a generalized syste...

each part has their own system

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:06 PM

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hybrid grail each part has their own system

do they all access the same GUI or is it like "Button 1 GUI", "Button 2 GUI", etc?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:06 PM

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the part script arbitartily is a script whereas the close script is arbitrarily a localscript, should I change it to make them both localscripts or scripts?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:06 PM

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verbal pilot do they all access the same GUI or is it like "Button 1 GUI", "Button 2 GUI", et...

They all access different guis

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:07 PM

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hybrid grail the part script arbitartily is a script whereas the close script is arbitrarily ...

make both local scripts

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you should be able to just copy and paste it over

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local clickdetector = script.parent.ClickDetector
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PGui = Player.PlayerGui
local Henry = PGui:WaitForChild("henry")

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
Henry.Enabled = true
end)

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:11 PM

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hmmm

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:11 PM

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verbal pilot local clickdetector = script.parent.ClickDetector local Player = game.Players.Lo...

@hybrid grail here's a more optimized approach that you could implement

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:11 PM

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copying it from a script to a localscript seemed to make it stop working

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:11 PM

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hybrid grail copying it from a script to a localscript seemed to make it stop working

I tried my best to fix that on my end with the revision

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:12 PM

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still isn't working as a local script

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:13 PM

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hybrid grail still isn't working as a local script

do you know how to open up roblox studios' output window?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:13 PM

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yes

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:13 PM

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what does the error say?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:13 PM

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When I click on it, nothing happens

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hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:14 PM

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no output or anything

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:14 PM

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oooh

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give it like 5 seconds

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when you load in

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I put a wait statement to avoid errors while the GUI was loading in

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:14 PM

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Still nothing

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I'll try making it a regular script just to see if it makes it work

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:15 PM

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I just changed it to be a wait statement

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try that

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:16 PM

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ok when I made it a regular script I get this as an error

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17:15:20.207 Workspace.ChestofDrawers.Drawer.Part.Script:3: attempt to index nil with 'PlayerGui' - Server - Script:3
17:15:20.207 Stack Begin - Studio
17:15:20.207 Script 'Workspace.ChestofDrawers.Drawer.Part.Script', Line 3 - Studio - Script:3

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(This is referring to the script)

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:16 PM

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hybrid grail ok when I made it a regular script I get this as an error

you cant make it a server script since it uses game.Players.LocalPlayer

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thats a local script exclusive

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:16 PM

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It still doesn't work when it's a local script

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it just doesn't give an error

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:17 PM

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hybrid grail it just doesn't give an error

you're using this one right?

local clickdetector = script.parent.ClickDetector
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PGui = Player.PlayerGui
local Henry = PGui:WaitForChild("henry")

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
Henry.Enabled = true
end)

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:18 PM

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Yes

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:19 PM

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local clickdetector = script.parent.ClickDetector
local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PGui = Player.PlayerGui
local Henry = PGui:WaitForChild("henry")

warn("Test 1")

clickdetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
warn("Test 2")
Henry.Enabled = true
end)

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:19 PM

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hybrid grail Yes

tell me if both, neither, or only one of those warn statements goes through to your output

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:20 PM

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verbal pilot tell me if both, neither, or only one of those warn statements goes through to y...

Neither

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:20 PM

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hybrid grail Neither

what was the name of your gui for the part you are using to test?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:21 PM

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verbal pilot what was the name of your gui for the part you are using to test?

It is "paper" because I was using the one easiest to get to but I changed it in the script before putting it in

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:22 PM

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hybrid grail It is "paper" because I was using the one easiest to get to but I changed it in ...

whenever you use WaitForChild or FindFirstChild you should always make sure to change the name of the object to the correct index (the objects name) otherwise it will never continue past that line

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:23 PM

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hybrid grail It is "paper" because I was using the one easiest to get to but I changed it in ...

basically just change "henry" to whatever it needs to be and then remove the warning statements

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:23 PM

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I did

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:23 PM

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hybrid grail I did

post a ss

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:24 PM

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verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:24 PM

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hybrid grail

does the click detector have the right name?

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I might have messed up the capitalizations

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:25 PM

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Yes

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:25 PM

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hybrid grail Yes

is the GUI just not opening?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:26 PM

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Yes

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The click detector seems to be working

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But neither of the warnings went through

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:27 PM

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are you joining in and then immediately clicking the part?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:27 PM

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No

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It takes about 5 seconds for me to walk there

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I can try waiting a little longer

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:27 PM

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the GUI is in this folder correct?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:27 PM

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Yes

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:28 PM

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both scripts are local scripts?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:28 PM

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Yes

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:28 PM

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idk whats wrong with it then

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is there a big red X or something that you have to click to close the GUI?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:29 PM

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Yes

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It seemed to stop working the second I made it a local script

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hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:29 PM

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even before I put in the new code

verbal pilot May 24, 2025, 9:29 PM

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idk what to do then

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:31 PM

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Huh

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OK

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I noticed something weird

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It only seems to not be able to open multiple times for some of them

dim wharf May 24, 2025, 9:38 PM

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solved?

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:38 PM

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no

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not yet

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:40 PM

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hybrid grail It only seems to not be able to open multiple times for some of them

There are 3 of these parts in close proximity to one another. I can click on each of them individually in seperate instances of the game, but as soon as I click on one of them, I can't click on any of the others (like the click detector just doesn't even work)

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This doesn't apply to the script on its own

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I have no idea how this is happening and makes zero sense

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:46 PM

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dim wharf solved?

It's not solved in case you want to take a crack at it

dim wharf May 24, 2025, 9:46 PM

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im thinking

hybrid grail May 24, 2025, 9:46 PM

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ok

serene sparrow May 24, 2025, 9:50 PM

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Local scripts don't run in workspace

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*The ones that you normally create don't

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