Clone function isn't working | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 4:45 PM

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I have a remote event connect function in a localscript which clones a frame instance, but its not working

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Script fragment for reference:

local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit
local uic = unit.UICorner
local uis = unit.UIStroke
local img = unit.ImageLabel
local tex = unit.TextLabel
local usern = player.Name
local nickn = player.DisplayName
local gui = game:GetService("StarterGui").MenuGui.PlayerFrame

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(plr, voting)
    if voting == true then
        local i = unit:Clone()
        i.Parent = gui
        i.Name = usern
        i.TextLabel.Text = nickn
        i.Visible = true
    else
        gui:WaitForChild(usern):Destroy()
    end
end)```

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 4:53 PM

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maybe you need more nesting

long jasper Jul 15, 2025, 5:42 PM

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does the event ever reach the client?

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 6:44 PM

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long jasper does the event ever reach the client?

yes i print debugged it

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 6:45 PM

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south sleet maybe you need more nesting

maybe you need to stop hating on nests...

patent fractal Jul 15, 2025, 6:51 PM

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full bay Script fragment for reference: ```lua local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedSt...

show :fireclient() code

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 8:11 PM

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full bay yes i print debugged it

did u get it fixed?

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 9:19 PM

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full bay maybe you need to stop hating on nests...

ur right unreadable code is great

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 9:59 PM

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south sleet ur right unreadable code is great

its not my fault you cant read code unless its a literal lineof text on a whole script ;-;

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:00 PM

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sly citrus did u get it fixed?

nough

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:00 PM

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patent fractal show :fireclient() code

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, voting)
    game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon:FireAllClients(plr, voting)
end)```

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:01 PM

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full bay its not my fault you cant read code unless its a literal lineof text on a whole ...

i mean my code works and im not the one whos asking for help but isnt taking logical advice

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:06 PM

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south sleet i mean my code works and im not the one whos asking for help but isnt taking log...

if your code worked so well you'd have been able to fix mine without being so nestphobic

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also this is not the point rn im trying to solve a clone problem

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:07 PM

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full bay if your code worked so well you'd have been able to fix mine without being so ne...

im just trying to help people faster, if you come here 3x a day and ask for help and it takes me half an hour to figure out what your code should be doing thats time consuming evilcat

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:08 PM

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south sleet im just trying to help people faster, if you come here 3x a day and ask for help...

"help people faster" you tried to make me redo my script from scratch and a few hours later i found that by replacing a custom function with the things it had inside solved the problem, idk about that

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also now that i think about it no its not nesting more its in fact nesting less since i removed a layer which would be the custom function itself

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;-;

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anyways!

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"swame issue"

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do you realise

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earlier issue

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was solved

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by doing something totally unrelated

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😭

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:14 PM

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yk what solve your things yourself

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:15 PM

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south sleet yk what solve your things yourself

also i kinda do need the plr parameter...

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im making a player thingie like piggy so no shit i have to load all the info from the remote event

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:15 PM

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ITS A FUCKING LOCAL SCRIPT DO Players.LocalPlayer

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:15 PM

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no

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what i mean is

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all players

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so individually is plr parameter

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:16 PM

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loop through game.Players

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as if that wouldnt work

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:17 PM

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excuse me?

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wait...

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you mean like an actual loop

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:17 PM

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You just dont understand roblox game engine and your also not taking advice

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:17 PM

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the whole point of remote events is to avoid having to always reoccur to loops

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:17 PM

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Your like a patient for a doctor that is not taking his medicine the doctor gave him

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:17 PM

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full bay the whole point of remote events is to avoid having to always reoccur to loops

besides the whole client server communication thingie*

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:18 PM

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south sleet Your like a patient for a doctor that is not taking his medicine the doctor gave...

your spelling is hurting my eyes

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atleast you know how to spell nest you made sure about that 💜

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:19 PM

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your gonna quit coding in the next week anyway why am I even caring abt this

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:23 PM

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south sleet your gonna quit coding in the next week anyway why am I even caring abt this

yeah bc you flooding my thread not even being helpful "omg im gonna crashout" but then you stay all the time following me like a fly to the shit

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anywaysss

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so um my gui is still not working-

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:31 PM

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full bay yeah bc you flooding my thread not even being helpful "omg im gonna crashout" bu...

he is being helpful, suggesting u changes to do, etc

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:32 PM

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sly citrus he is being helpful, suggesting u changes to do, etc

the changes in question being removing plr parameter (didnt work, only made things worse) and to redo my script (afterwards i found there was a tiny isolate solution so i didnt even have to redo it all)

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also if yall wanna keep replying maybe do it otherwhere... i still need help with my gui and yall flooded the chatt

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local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit
local uic = unit.UICorner
local uis = unit.UIStroke
local img = unit.ImageLabel
local tex = unit.TextLabel
local usern = player.Name
local nickn = player.DisplayName
local gui = game:GetService("StarterGui").MenuGui.PlayerFrame

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(plr, voting)
    print("hai")
    if voting == true then
        local i = unit:Clone()
        i.Parent = gui
        i.Name = usern
        i.TextLabel.Text = nickn
        i.Visible = true
    else
        gui:WaitForChild(usern):Destroy()
    end
end)```

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anyways this is the script now

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and yes i did remove the plr parameter again and yes it didnt work 🙄

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:39 PM

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where u getting plr nd voting from

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:39 PM

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server

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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isnt it player

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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full bay Script fragment for reference: ```lua local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedSt...

is this local script

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?

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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vital depot is this local script

yes

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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full bay yes

u need to do

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.PlayerGui

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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oh

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i think i already did that but lemme retry!

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:40 PM

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full bay i think i already did that but lemme retry!

also where is ur pkayer

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player variable

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local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:41 PM

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yea i thought that also

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but wasnt sure, only been learnin 2 days

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:41 PM

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vital depot local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

no

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:41 PM

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sly citrus but wasnt sure, only been learnin 2 days

same

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:41 PM

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plr is the loaded player to display its name and avatar

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player is game:FindService("Players").LocalPlayer

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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what

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@proud falcon

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💔

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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plr is basically everyone pressing play so it clones it to display, like piggy

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player is the player client itself

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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im so lost

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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??

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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what are u sayin

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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sly citrus im so lost

dont listen bro

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idk what they talking about

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:42 PM

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what i did is

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:43 PM

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plr is just my variable name

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and i get the LocalPlayer

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:43 PM

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i ran a remoteevent from a client to a server

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:43 PM

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local plrs = game:GetService(“Players”)

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this is for all players

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:43 PM

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full bay i ran a remoteevent from a client to a server

then i put the info back to the client to display the name and avatar

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what i did with this is basically i can load anyone's info apart from just loading player client info

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:44 PM

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full bay player is game:FindService("Players").LocalPlayer

findservice returns nil if service is not initialised

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:44 PM

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vital depot local plrs = game:GetService(“Players”)

its :GetPlayers after that

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:44 PM

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oh shit

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yes ik i just forgot to change that from previous mistakes

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lemme try now!

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:44 PM

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wheres the error

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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... getservice doesnt make it work either

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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proud falcon its :GetPlayers after that

yea

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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show code

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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full bay Script fragment for reference: ```lua local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedSt...

is this it

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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proud falcon wheres the error

its a print proof error bc i print and print says its all fine

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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ok logic error

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:45 PM

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full bay ```lua local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit local uic = ...

this is

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:46 PM

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full bay ```lua local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit local uic = ...

actually no bc i did change startergui for playergui

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:46 PM

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full bay ```lua local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit local uic = ...

StarterGui not playergui

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bro

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:46 PM

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lemme recopypaste

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:46 PM

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ok

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:46 PM

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local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit
local uic = unit.UICorner
local uis = unit.UIStroke
local img = unit.ImageLabel
local tex = unit.TextLabel
local usern = player.Name
local nickn = player.DisplayName
local gui = player.PlayerGui

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(plr, voting)
    print("hai")
    if voting == true then
        local i = unit:Clone()
        i.Parent = gui
        i.Name = usern
        i.TextLabel.Text = nickn
        i.Visible = true
    else
        gui:WaitForChild(usern):Destroy()
    end
end)```

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:47 PM

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run this

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:47 PM

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proud falcon run this

am smart

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i figured it out

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:47 PM

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local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit
local uic = unit.UICorner
local uis = unit.UIStroke
local img = unit.ImageLabel
local tex = unit.TextLabel
local usern = player.Name
local nickn = player.DisplayName
local gui = player.PlayerGui

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(voting)
    if voting == true then
        local i = unit:Clone()
        i.Parent = gui
        i.Name = usern
        i.TextLabel.Text = nickn
        i.Visible = true
    else
        gui:WaitForChild(usern):Destroy()
    end
end)```

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also show serverside

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oh yes

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onclientevent does not fire client

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its a reference to which client needs firing

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youre probably using voting as plr

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there

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:48 PM

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what

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lemme print to prove what you saying

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nope its all well sorted out

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plr = Daparty75 (me) voting = true

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:49 PM

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-- Server

event:FireClient(game.Players.closurebased, "Hello world!") -- 1st param is an indicator to which client should receive the signal

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 PM

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full bay plr = Daparty75 (me) voting = true

ok why take client as a param

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if ur using

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fireallclients

vital depot Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 PM

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proud falcon fireallclients

i dont know sir

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 PM

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youre not using the client arg either

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 PM

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im firing to all clients each player's info so they all have the player's info

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 PM

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this uses ur local players nickname

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not the player you got from the event

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:50 PM

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so actually

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i didnt use plr

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my bad

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it still doesnt work but still lemme share it to yall

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:51 PM

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.Name too

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:51 PM

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local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit
local uic = unit.UICorner
local uis = unit.UIStroke
local img = unit.ImageLabel
local tex = unit.TextLabel
local gui = player.PlayerGui

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(plr, voting)
    print(plr, voting)
    if voting == true then
        local i = unit:Clone()
        i.Parent = gui
        i.Name = plr.Name
        i.TextLabel.Text = plr.DisplayName
        i.Visible = true
    else
        gui:WaitForChild(plr.Name):Destroy()
    end
end)```

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now i am actually using the parameter to load the info i want

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:51 PM

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can u send explorer image

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after you receive the event

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in your playergui

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:51 PM

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what

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:51 PM

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like

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here

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and go playergui

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send image

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:52 PM

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lemme see

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oh wait should i put it under menugui???

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:53 PM

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ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

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wait

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lol

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local unit = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerUnit
local uic = unit.UICorner
local uis = unit.UIStroke
local img = unit.ImageLabel
local tex = unit.TextLabel
local gui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PlayerIcon.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(plr, voting)
    print(plr, voting)
    if voting == true then
        local i = unit:Clone()
        i.Parent = gui
        print(i.Parent)
        i.Name = plr.Name
        i.TextLabel.Text = plr.DisplayName
        i.Visible = true
    else
        gui:WaitForChild(plr.Name):Destroy()
    end
end)```

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for instances that are generated during runtime you need to use waitforchild

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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OMG

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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if you dont, they are nil

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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YALL

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THE ERROR WAS MENUGUI NOT BEING THE PARENT

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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not our fault tho

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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well i mean

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thanks for trying to help

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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full bay

implies you parent it to nil

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you can parent frames n shi

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to playergui

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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yall kidna led me the right way tho

proud falcon Jul 15, 2025, 10:54 PM

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it wont show it

sly citrus Jul 15, 2025, 10:55 PM

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full bay yall kidna led me the right way tho

and u was sayin we aint helpin

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but all good

south sleet Jul 15, 2025, 10:55 PM

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i should have smelled the explorer obv

full bay Jul 15, 2025, 10:55 PM

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sly citrus and u was sayin we aint helpin

no i was talking about the nest thingie not about all

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if anything im the first one to believe people can help specially when those ai bros show up

#Clone function isn't working