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fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:24 AM

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I have The Problem with the following. i get this error and i cant fix it "ReplicatedStorage.PlayerNameUIModule:4: attempt to index nil with 'Character' - Server - PlayerNameUIModule:4"

local PlayerNameUIModule = {}

function PlayerNameUIModule:init(player)
   local Character = player.Character <----- **Error here**
   local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

   local BillboardGui = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
   BillboardGui.Adornee = HumanoidRootPart
   BillboardGui.Parent = Character
   BillboardGui.Size = UDim2.new(0, 100, 0, 25)
   BillboardGui.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
   BillboardGui.MaxDistance = 30
   BillboardGui.AlwaysOnTop = true

   BillboardGui.Name = "PlayerNameBillboard"

   local TextLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
   TextLabel.SizeConstraint = Enum.SizeConstraint.RelativeXY
   TextLabel.Parent = BillboardGui
   TextLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
   TextLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
   TextLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.new(1, 1, 1)
   TextLabel.TextScaled = true
   TextLabel.Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold
   TextLabel.Text = player.Name
end

return PlayerNameUIModule

and i got this LocalScript in StarterCharacterScript

-- LocalScript
local PlayerNameUIModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameUIModule"))
local LocalPlayer = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local function onCharacterAdded(character)
   PlayerNameUIModule:init(LocalPlayer)
end

LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded)

i can refrence the Character in the localscript but not in the module in ReplicatedStorage

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:29 AM

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Seems like the localplayer isint going trough

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So this is a server and module script?

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:32 AM

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hard galleon So this is a server and module script?

yeah, my goal is, that everyplayer has a billboard over there head that shows the name of the player, that why i need to get the player nane, and the billboard is created inside the character

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:34 AM

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Try to replace the module script second line: playernameUI:init() to playerbameui.init()

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Since the : adds a self argument

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:36 AM

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nah didnt help

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:41 AM

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Hm

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Okay so 2 things

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1 its easier to just premake a billboardgui and put in the script and copy that

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:44 AM

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why do you do game.players.Localplayer

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when its in startercharacter you can just do script.parent

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but when I test it theres no error

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so its bc of your game

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it takes a while to load the character

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:45 AM

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2 when you rewuire it the player is not defined yet

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:47 AM

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sleek cipher when its in startercharacter you can just do script.parent

so you copied my code 1/1 and it worked ?
`
-- LocalScript

local PlayerNameUIModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameUIModule"))
local LocalPlayer = script.parent

local function onCharacterAdded(character)
PlayerNameUIModule.init(LocalPlayer)
end

LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded)
`

`local PlayerNameUIModule = {}

function PlayerNameUIModule.init(player)
local Character = player.Character
local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local BillboardGui = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
BillboardGui.Adornee = HumanoidRootPart
BillboardGui.Parent = Character
BillboardGui.Size = UDim2.new(0, 100, 0, 25)
BillboardGui.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
BillboardGui.MaxDistance = 30
BillboardGui.AlwaysOnTop = true

BillboardGui.Name = "PlayerNameBillboard"

local TextLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
TextLabel.SizeConstraint = Enum.SizeConstraint.RelativeXY
TextLabel.Parent = BillboardGui
TextLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
TextLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
TextLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.new(1, 1, 1)
TextLabel.TextScaled = true
TextLabel.Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold
TextLabel.Text = player.Name

end

return PlayerNameUIModule
`

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:47 AM

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I did copy it

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but nothing happens

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but no error

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Im checking

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function PlayerNameUIModule:Init(player)
    
    local Character = player.Character 
        local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

    local BillboardGui = Instance.new("BillboardGui")
    BillboardGui.Adornee = HumanoidRootPart
    BillboardGui.Parent = Character
    BillboardGui.Size = UDim2.new(0, 100, 0, 25)
    BillboardGui.StudsOffset = Vector3.new(0, 3, 0)
    BillboardGui.MaxDistance = 30
    BillboardGui.AlwaysOnTop = true

    BillboardGui.Name = "PlayerNameBillboard"

    local TextLabel = Instance.new("TextLabel")
    TextLabel.SizeConstraint = Enum.SizeConstraint.RelativeXY
    TextLabel.Parent = BillboardGui
    TextLabel.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 1, 0)
    TextLabel.BackgroundTransparency = 1
    TextLabel.TextColor3 = Color3.new(1, 1, 1)
    TextLabel.TextScaled = true
    TextLabel.Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold
    TextLabel.Text = player.Name
end

return PlayerNameUIModule```

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local PlayerService = game:GetService("Players")
local PlayerNameUIModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameUIModule"))
local char = script.Parent
local player = PlayerService:GetPlayerFromCharacter(char)


local function onCharacterAdded(character)
    
    PlayerNameUIModule:Init(player)
    
end


if char then
    
    onCharacterAdded(char)
    
end```

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done

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:53 AM

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fringe badge so you copied my code 1/1 and it worked ? ` -- LocalScript local PlayerNameUIMo...

No he just means remove the module, its allot easier

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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so player service?

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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And make it in startercharacter

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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no the module is ok

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if he wanna practice

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not really needed

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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hard galleon And make it in startercharacter

nah i like my modules

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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True

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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but its better to read

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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Fsir

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:54 AM

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fringe badge so player service?

so

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you get the player

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with playerservice

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you do ```
local player = PlayerService:GetPlayerFromCharacter(char)````

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sometimes characteradded doesnt work

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so u just do if char then

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its the same

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:55 AM

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sleek cipher sometimes characteradded doesnt work

Thats also why its better to put it in startercharacter

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:56 AM

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yea

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thats why script.parent

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:56 AM

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sleek cipher with playerservice

i dont get it, sometimes you take the player like i did with :WaitForChild(Character)
and sometimes you do the playerservice

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:56 AM

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and not local bla bla

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:56 AM

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fringe badge i dont get it, sometimes you take the player like i did with :WaitForChild(Chara...

thats the way I did

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but

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idk how to explain

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:56 AM

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hard galleon Thats also why its better to put it in startercharacter

yeah but then other player couldn see the name

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:57 AM

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fringe badge yeah but then other player couldn see the name

Not if its a server script

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:57 AM

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fringe badge yeah but then other player couldn see the name

client

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server

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no nametag

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you have to do it with remote

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:58 AM

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Remotevents are really good

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:58 AM

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true.

i basicly just use module.

1 localScript
1 ServerScript in serverservice
and the rest is just remotes and module

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:58 AM

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Modules are really amazing

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 9:58 AM

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looks better i thing

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:59 AM

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but theyre also needed for bigger projects

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also because of memory leak

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 9:59 AM

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No

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All you need is 1 serverscript and if you want 1 module

sleek cipher Jul 19, 2025, 9:59 AM

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for the nametag?

hard galleon Jul 19, 2025, 10:00 AM

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Yeah

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But it StarterCharacter

fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 10:16 AM

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hard galleon But it StarterCharacter

ok i got it with the remoteevent

olive needleBOT Jul 19, 2025, 10:16 AM

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fringe badge Jul 19, 2025, 10:16 AM

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sleek cipher for the nametag?

everyplayer can see each name

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i dont even need a localscript

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