I'm new to tables, please help.

[pseudo meadow]

So I am practicing on tables or arrays, I don't really know what they're called; anywho, why does the chosen player not get the sword?

Script:

local serverStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local plrs = game:GetService("Players")

local Sword = serverStorage:WaitForChild("Sword")

local waitListTable = {}

plrs.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
table.insert(waitListTable, plr)

print(waitListTable)

if #waitListTable == 3 then
    local imposterIndex = math.random(1, #waitListTable)
    local Imposter = waitListTable[imposterIndex]
    
    local clonedSword = Sword:Clone()
    local Backpack = Imposter:WaitForChild("Backpack")
    
    
    print(Imposter.Name.." is the Imposter!")
    
    clonedSword.Parent = Backpack
    
    --[[if Imposter == nil then
        print("he left")
    end]]
end

end)

[sick ferry]

Hmm maybe add a wait for the character to load before giving the

Sword

[fresh plinth]

are you testing alone?

[bleak sleet]

What does it print

if anything

[spiral elbow]

You're getting the index and the value a bit mixed up here.

ait

[bleak sleet]

Dont think so

[spiral elbow]

Wait

I might have misread lol

[pseudo meadow]

I'm using the server and client option to test

[inland fern]

** You are now Level 6! **

[bleak sleet]

What does it print

nothing?

[fresh plinth]

meaning?

[pseudo meadow]

it does print, it jsut does not give the sword, im guessing the backpack isnt loading quick enough

[pseudo meadow]

it chooses a player and gives a sword to it

[bleak sleet]

What does it print

ss now

[fresh plinth]

you are checking if there 3 people

[bleak sleet]

^

[fresh plinth]

but its only you

[spiral elbow]

Yeah, I don't see a problem here. When the third player joins, it should pick a random person and give them it

[pseudo meadow]

it prints the username of the player "is the imposter"

[bleak sleet]

So you got 3 people?

[pseudo meadow]

i guess its because the backpack does not load fast enough

[fresh plinth]

did you get 3 people or not

answer that

[pseudo meadow]

yes

[bleak sleet]

youre wait for childing it

[pseudo meadow]

there is

[bleak sleet]

so it does load

[fresh plinth]

oh

[pseudo meadow]

its just all me

[bleak sleet]

unless you get an warning

[fresh plinth]

what do you mean all you

[bleak sleet]

What exacly is tool?

[fresh plinth]

alt accounts?

[bleak sleet]

Are you sure its valid tool

[pseudo meadow]

yes i checked the name

[bleak sleet]

Show ss of output

to be safe

And ss of explorer

[pseudo meadow]

no just a feature roblox studio has to open a server and play at the same time multiple times

[bleak sleet]

with player backpack visible

[fresh plinth]

oh

[spiral elbow]

Less "not loading fast enough" and more loading too fast. Every time the player's character spawns, a new backpack object is created. Wait for the player character, and then add the tool to the backpack

[pseudo meadow]

ok so i wait for the player character to load?

[bleak sleet]

Not necessary

youre waiting for a child

So it shouldnt be a problem

can you screenshare rq

[sick ferry]

I alr said this xd I think it’s the prob

[pseudo meadow]

screenshot what

[pseudo meadow]

alright ill try

[spiral elbow]

Normally it wouldn't be a problem, but roblox is dumb and actually creates an initial backpack object, and then deletes it to spawn another when a character is created.

[bleak sleet]

screenshare

[bleak sleet]

Either way i do think at least 1 person is loaded by the time 3 load

[pseudo meadow]

i found this

[bleak sleet]

So if it was tested few times it must have at least selected loaded one once

[spiral elbow]

Oh true.

As long as it picks any of the other two, it would work in that case

[fresh plinth]

is imposter a team

[bleak sleet]

@pseudo meadow can you just screenshare in vc

[inland fern]

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[pseudo meadow]

to show what?

[bleak sleet]

everything

[sick ferry]

Dev guy just try it

The wait

[fresh plinth]

ss of explorer

[pseudo meadow]

Imposter.CharacterAdded:Wait()

oh it work now

local serverStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local plrs = game:GetService("Players")

local Sword = serverStorage:WaitForChild("Sword")

local waitListTable = {}

plrs.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
table.insert(waitListTable, plr)

print(waitListTable)

if #waitListTable == 3 then
    local imposterIndex = math.random(1, #waitListTable)
    local Imposter = waitListTable[imposterIndex]
    
    Imposter.CharacterAdded:Wait()
    
    local clonedSword = Sword:Clone()
    local Backpack = Imposter:WaitForChild("Backpack")
    
    print(Imposter.Name.." is the Imposter!")
    
    clonedSword.Parent = Backpack
end

end)

[bleak sleet]

how.

[pseudo meadow]

i added the wait

[sick ferry]

Exactly

[pseudo meadow]

to character added

[sick ferry]

lol

[bleak sleet]

How the hell does that change anything huh

[sick ferry]

It was adding sword

[bleak sleet]

Youre waiting for backpack either way

[sick ferry]

Way to quick

[pseudo meadow]

i think it waits for the character to load then it checks for the backpack

[bleak sleet]

It waits for backpack either way

[pseudo meadow]

idk erik is the proffessional here i just followed what he said

[sick ferry]

Yes but roblox is ed

And still fs it up

[pseudo meadow]

well anyways thanks

[sick ferry]

Yes

[spiral elbow]

This is true, but it'll always find a backpack. It just won't always find the right backpack.

[bleak sleet]

welp at least it works

how? idk

[sick ferry]

lol

[inland fern]

** You are now Level 1! **

[pseudo meadow]

if the logic is always going to be like this idk how im going to become decent at coding

anyways thanks cya

[sick ferry]

It’s just a safety check

You’ll learn more and more

That u struggle

[spiral elbow]

Well. When a player object is created, an initial backpack object is created with it. BUT, whenever a new character is created, a new backpack object is created and the old one is deleted. That means that when you check for the backpack on a player join, it'll find the initial backpack that gets immediately deleted upon the character's spawn unless you make sure it does otherwise

BUT, there is problem with the solution he just put

[sick ferry]

Type shi

[spiral elbow]

If he just does player.CharacterAdded:Wait(), this won't work outside of studio's environment.

It's currently working because all three players are being added in before any characters are, but since in an actual game at least two of those characters are already in, player.CharacterAdded:Wait() will stop the script if it picks either of those two initial characters, since it'll be waiting for a new character.

@pseudo meadow
change

Imposter.CharacterAdded:Wait()

to

local character = Imposter.Character or Imposter.CharacterAdded:Wait()

To avoid the problem I stated above