Can't parent a tool to the players backpack

[distant tulip]

I am not really sure why this happens. I think it makes sense, but it just doesn't work. I tried the local player. It parents with everything else fine except the backpack. This is probably super simple, and I am just overthinking it, but I can't figure it out.

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



local plr = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local GameGui = PlayerGui:WaitForChild("GameGui")
local Frame = GameGui.Frame
print(Frame)
local Silly = Frame.Silly
print(Silly)
local leaderstats = plr:WaitForChild("leaderstats")

local Clicker = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Clicker")

local statsModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.modules.leaderstats)

local function clickMoney()
    local money = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Money")
    local sillyClone = Silly:Clone()
    sillyClone.Parent = Frame
    print(sillyClone)
    --[[local random1 = math.random(1, 99)
    local random2 = math.random(1, 99)
    print(random1)
    print(random2)
    local pos1 = UDim2.new(random1, random2)
    local pos2 = UDim2.new(random2, random1)]]
    sillyClone.Position = UDim2.new(0.276, 0, 0.433, 0)
    sillyClone.Visible = true
    money.Value += 1
    print("money")
    task.wait(1)
    --sillyClone:Destroy()
    
end

local function giveClicker(player)
    local clickerClone = Clicker:Clone()
    local Backpack = player:WaitForChild("Backpack")
    print(Backpack)
    clickerClone.Parent = Backpack
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    giveClicker(player)
end)

print("guh")```

[fallen blaze]

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[amber monolith]

Is that a localscript or script

[distant tulip]

Local, I tried using in a server but it didnt work also

[bitter narwhal]

ik everyone ask stupid ahh questions like im about to but are you parenting a tool?

[distant tulip]

Yeah

its a tool

[amber monolith]

Players PlayerAdded only words on a script

[bitter narwhal]

oh ok

[amber monolith]

Works*

[bitter narwhal]

yeah server only

you can do like

[amber monolith]

You are using Players.LocalPlayer which is a local and Players.PlayerAdded is a server

[bitter narwhal]

local player = game.Player.LocalPlayer
local Char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

[amber monolith]

Also it might fail if you parent a tool in a localscript

[bitter narwhal]

yes

[distant tulip]

Ive put it in a server script but it also doesnt work

[bitter narwhal]

if you want to parent stuff to the players backpack do it on the server on the client it wont really work right

[distant tulip]

Its originally in replicated storage, then I try to clone it and parent it into the backpack

[bitter narwhal]

go to workspace properties i might be way off but there is a thing i forgot the name let me look

this

idk if thats the issue but in the past ive tried to do stuff like parent or move things and its just gone its not even where it should be like it does not exist in the game disabling this will fix that but might cause lag on a full game so if it does not fix it then turn it back on

[distant tulip]

It didn't, I really don't know why it won't parent

[bitter narwhal]

any errors or warnings from the script?

[distant tulip]

No, it just doesnt parent

it just ceases to exist

[bitter narwhal]

if not add print statment at the end of each function see if they function is running fully if it does not print anything on a function then thats your problem

[distant tulip]

It can parent to the player fine

but when I do the backpack it just stops working

My codes seems fine

    local clickerClone = Clicker:Clone()
    local Backpack = player:WaitForChild("Backpack")
    print(Backpack)
    print(Backpack)
    clickerClone.Parent = player
end

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    giveClicker(player)
end)```

[bitter narwhal]

im lowk ngl confused on what you mean so your just trying to parent the tool to players backpack?

[fallen blaze]

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[amber monolith]

Try print backpack parent

[distant tulip]

yeah

[bitter narwhal]

in here abve then end in the function do Print("Worked") or something

[amber monolith]

Does backpack.Parent print your name

[bitter narwhal]

see if the print runs

[distant tulip]

Yeah

[distant tulip]

It didn't

[amber monolith]

U are cloning to player??

[distant tulip]

Not sure why though

[amber monolith]

Change to player.backpack

[distant tulip]

Doesnt work

[fallen blaze]

** You are now Level 2! **

[bitter narwhal]

then its something wrong with that code

[distant tulip]

the tool gests vaporised

[amber monolith]

clickerClone.Parent = player in ur script

[bitter narwhal]

move the print up each line until it priints once it does the line of code under is your problem

[distant tulip]

yeah I was checking if it would parent to the player

and it did

[amber monolith]

But not clone to backpack?

[distant tulip]

yeah

[amber monolith]

clickerClone is a tool right?

[distant tulip]

yeah

[bitter narwhal]

move this out of the function at the top of your script

like move it to the top

could be its not getting the backpack in time

[distant tulip]

Turns out I needed to wait till the character was loaded in first

Thanks for the help

[wind atlas]

Only parent using server scripts because if you do so on the client it won't parent on the server meaning it may never happen. The way I do it is I make a remote event that gets fired to give the item, which is how I make shops and crap