PlayersAdded not working

[timber garden]

I have very simple code thats not working

local Sticks = {
    WoodenStick = game.ReplicatedStorage.Sticks.WoodStick
}


game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
    local backpack = plr.Backpack
    if not backpack then
        warn('Backpack not found for: ', plr.Name)
    end
    
    local WoodenStickClone = game.ReplicatedStorage.Sticks.WoodStick:Clone()
    WoodenStickClone.Name = 'WoodStick'
    WoodenStickClone.Parent = backpack
end)```

this is my server code

and its not working

at all

[mortal mountain]

** You are now Level 1! **

[timber garden]

nothing

i used print to check if PlayerAdded function works and it worked

but my main function doesnt

pls help

i tried to found some help on forums but nothing helped

[vast bane]

Backpack probably doesn’t exist

U gotta wait for it

WaitForChild

Lmk if solved @timber garden and mark as solved

Also why make table to not even reference it

Probably not the problem tho

[timber garden]

I did when created a clone

[timber garden]

Already tried

Oh yeah nvm I didn’t use it bc I was experimenting

[brittle narwhal]

sometimes a player can join before the playeradded can even detect they joined, i recommend adding a loop before it that loops through every player

[vast bane]

he said playeradded function works so

[brittle narwhal]

ah

mb