Error attempt to index nil with Parent

[tawdry canopy]

The code works but when the player spawns it spams with attempt to index nil until you press the button to grab

Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.MobileButtons.Unstore.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(input, processed)

if target and not grabbedObject then
    grabbedObject = target
else
    DropObject()
end

end)

RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()

if grabbedObject then     
    
    local targetCF = workspace.CurrentCamera.CFrame * CFrame.new(0,0, -distance)
    
    Id.CFrame = targetCF
    local model = grabbedObject[1].Parent
    local orientation, size = model:GetBoundingBox()
    local ome = orientation - orientation.Position
    local NewPos = CFrame.new(Id.Position) * ome
    
    grabbedObject[1].Parent:PivotTo(NewPos)
    DragPosUpdate:FireServer(grabbedObject, NewPos)          
         HighlightObject(grabbedObject, true)
else 
    
    local ray = workspace.CurrentCamera:ViewportPointToRay(screenSize.X/2, screenSize.Y/1.62)
    local raycastParams = RaycastParams.new()
    raycastParams.FilterType = Enum.RaycastFilterType.Exclude
    raycastParams.FilterDescendantsInstances = player.Character:GetDescendants()
    local result = workspace:Raycast(ray.Origin, ray.Direction * MAX_DISTANCE, raycastParams)
    
    if result and result.Instance and result.Instance:IsDescendantOf(workspace.Draggable) and result.Instance.Parent:IsA("Model") then
        for _, descendant in pairs(result.Instance.Parent:GetDescendants()) do
            if descendant:IsA("BasePart") and not table.find(target, descendant) then
                
                table.insert(target, descendant);

[fallen current]

Here are the main issues in your script:
1. target isn’t initialized
You use table.find(target, descendant) and table.insert(target, descendant) before target is guaranteed to exist.
2. grabbedObject might be nil
You index grabbedObject[1] immediately when it’s set, which will error if grabbedObject wasn’t stored properly.

[tawdry canopy]

grabbedObject is nil yea that's the problem I have zero clue how to check if it's nil or not before tho because when I print after that if statement (if grabbedObject) it prints so the if statement worked however if I try to print the grabbedObject table (in the if statement) it prints nothing

So apparently grabbedObject exists but it's nothing somehow

[fallen current]

Initialize target and make sure grabbedObject is set safely with :waitforchild()

Or other methods

Holdup

Idk

[tawdry canopy]

Yea it's really weird I've never ever gotten an error with target which existed before I ever added grabs into it

So I'm almost certain target is fine because it's supposed to be nil sometimes if that makes sense but the way my code processes in my brain is that grabbedObject should completely ignore target if it's nil

[fallen current]

Why don’t you just use Roblox’s ‘drag detector’ item

It lets you drag stuff

[tawdry canopy]

...

That exists?

[fallen current]

yes

[tawdry canopy]

If you mean the dragattachment I gave up on that since I couldn't get it to work

[fallen current]

just make it a child of a part

[fallen current]

No no no, dragdetector

[tawdry canopy]

Oh I think I remember using that once actually I don't think it'll work bc I spawn the items in the game

Plus I'm grabbing stuff from the center of the screen so it works with mobile

Unless DragDetector can work with that?

[fallen current]

Pretty sure it does

It’s official Roblox