How come I can't access / change a player's camera mode in a local script?

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I'm just doing a test where when you click on a ClickDetector, your camera gets set into first person. When I click on it, nothing happens. Does it have something to do with the fact that it's a local script, or that it's parented to a ClickDetector in the workspace?

local players = game:GetService("Players");
local l_player = players.LocalPlayer;
local detector = script.Parent;

detector.MouseClick:Connect(function (player)
    l_player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson;
end)

[spring verge]

** You are now Level 2! **

[weak rampart]

yeah local scripts shouldnt be in workspace

put it in starterplayerscripts

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How would I access the ClickDetector thing?

From starterplayerscripts

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local detector = workspace["Interact With This"].ClickDetector

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workspace[“Default Stuff”][“Interact With This”].ClickDetector

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no WaitForChild(...)?

[weak rampart]

its not inside default stuff

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This is still really new to me

[weak rampart]

not needed

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oh right

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How come?

[weak rampart]

WaitForChild() is for when objects might not immediately be inside of workspace

in this case it would

[still trench]

What do you mean "not immediately inside of Workspace", ain't all objects that I put in, already in Workspace? Or do some get replicated later?

Cause I see WaitForChild("Something") and Workspace["Something"] often and i cant tell when to use which

[weak rampart]

workspace is usually fine to not use wait for child. If a script is adding an object to workspace then use waitforchild as its not guaranteed to be there

i mean you can use either one really

but waitforchild can return errors

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Ok so if I want to reference that "Interact With This" part, since it's in the Workspace, it don't matter?

[weak rampart]

it should be fine yeah. if you wanna be extra safe using waitforchild is fine. but its generally a bit uneccesary

[still trench]

One last question that I don't know how I forgot to ask : why can't local scripts be in Workspace?

[weak rampart]

in this instance

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for what i know workspace is what i was told a server side service and its purely for serverscripts. localscripts handle things on the client like startergui for example so should be used only for client side things

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** You are now Level 15! **

[still trench]

but if I want to set the player's camera to first person, I have to do it on the client side, right?

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there may be certain instances where local scripts run in workspace but ive never used it nor would i ever

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yeah

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okay

let me try some stuff and see if anything changes

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also

you dont need semi colons

im not sure why your using them like that

but its uneccesary

[still trench]

force of habit from other programming languages

[weak rampart]

fair

its not needed in lua though

and it helps us read code especially when its longer

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Alright

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let me know if you need anything else

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local players = game:GetService("Players")
local l_player = players.LocalPlayer
local detector = game:GetService("Workspace")["Interact With This"]

detector.MouseClick:Connect(function (player)
    l_player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
end)

I tried this, (apart from the fact that "Interact With This" isn't a ClickDetector), it tells me: 13:42:56.252 Interact With This is not a valid member of Workspace "Workspace" - Client - SetFP:3.

[weak rampart]

ah

try this

local detector = game:GetService("Workspace"):WaitForChild("Interact With This")

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"Interact With This" aint a ClickDetector

But whatevr

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oh lol

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Voila

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i didnt realise

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local players = game:GetService("Players")
local l_player = players.LocalPlayer
local click_part = game:GetService("Workspace"):WaitForChild("Interact With This")
local detector = click_part:WaitForChild("ClickDetector")

detector.MouseClick:Connect(function (player)
    l_player.CameraMode = Enum.CameraMode.LockFirstPerson
end)

Now it's good

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** You are now Level 3! **

[weak rampart]

i mean you could just make it a single variable but fair enough

i didnt read that it wasnt a click detector

my fault

[still trench]

nah you're good