Running a remote Event from a button click in a gui

[runic void]

So im making a minesweeper type game and i want to call a remote event in order to start the game from a button press, but im not sure how to do this?

[mighty vapor]

once the button is clicked, im pretty sure you know how to do that

make sure you have a variable to the remote event

now do

RemoteEventVar:FireServer(arg, ...)

you dont need the "arg" but it depends on you.

[runic void]

i did all this and i got nothing back on the connection side

[jade coral]

** You are now Level 12! **

[runic void]

i thought i was doing it wrong

[mighty vapor]

did you call

RemoteEventVar.OnServerEvent:Connect(...) on the server side?

is this a

Client -> Server
or a
Server -> Client
or
Server -> Server
or
Client -> Client

im just assumping that this is a
Client -> Server

since its a gui

[runic void]

so in StartPlayerScripts i have this

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local RemoteEvents = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvents")
local startGameEvent = RemoteEvents:WaitForChild("StartGame")

local GameClientModule = require(ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("GameClientModule"))
local player = Players.LocalPlayer

startGameEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
    print("RemoteEvent StartGame received")
    GameClientModule.StartGame(player)
end)

[mighty vapor]

what about on how you fire it?

[runic void]

but i dont get that print statment

this

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local button = script.Parent

local gui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("SinglePlayerGui")

local startGameEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvents"):WaitForChild("StartGame")

button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
    local extraData = player:FindFirstChild("extraData")
    local playingGame = extraData and extraData:FindFirstChild("playingGame")

    if not playingGame then
        warn("Player is missing 'playingGame' BoolValue")
        return
    end

    if not playingGame.Value then
        gui.Enabled = false
        print("Starting game for", player.Name)
        startGameEvent:FireServer(player)
        playingGame.Value = true
    else
        print("Player already in game:", player.Name)
    end
end)

which is a local script inside startgui

[runic void]

this is also a local script

[runic void]

and on this one i get the print that it started the game

[mighty vapor]

oh ok now i see

[mighty vapor]

so are you firing a RemoteEvent or a BindableEvent?

[runic void]

RemoteEvent

[mighty vapor]

okay so, your actually doing it right, but your doing it wrong aswell.

Its a Client -> Client

Remote Events are supposed to be

Client -> Server
or a
Server -> Client

[runic void]

ohh right

[mighty vapor]

use a BindableEvent

[runic void]

i think its because i just changed it

it was a client to server before

[mighty vapor]

But use

:Fire and .Event

[runic void]

just change it?

ahh okay

[runic void]

so what is the difference between a bindable and remote?

[mighty vapor]

Bindable are for

Server -> Server
or
Client -> Client

Whilist Remote needs to be

Client -> Server
or a
Server -> Client

[runic void]

ahh right thank you

[mighty vapor]

np!

[rocky herald]

pls close the post if you fixed it

[solar radish]

onserverevent means client to server

it means you fired to server on a local script then your receiving it on a server script

[mighty vapor]

Yeah..?