#How do i use remote events in Roblox Studio?

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raw rune
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So i have a screen gui that says "Wheat: 0" and then whenever a remote event is fired it's supposed to increase it by 1 everytime. The issue is I can't get the remote event to fire, and I don't know if i used it in the right context

The wheat is in workspace.wheat

The remote event is in Replicated Storage

The gui is in StarterGui

this code is from the wheat object:

`local wheat = script.Parent

local position = wheat.Position
local rotation = wheat.Orientation

local rep = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local fireEvent = rep.CollectedWheat

wheat.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then
fireEvent:FireServer()
end
end)`

disclaimer: I removed a lot of code for better context because everything else is working perfectly aside from the FireServer()

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oops that didn't copy paste properly

hollow ice
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looks like you're using :FireServer instead of :FireClient(player)

raw rune
hollow ice
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:FireServer() goes from client to server. this means that the client can tell the server about something.
:FireAllClients() goes from the server to ALL players.
:FireClient(player) goes from the server to ONLY player.

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you might want to keep the player reference if you want to fire the event to the player

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wheat.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.parent)
    if player then
        fireEvent:FireClient(player)
    end
end)
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in lua, nil is considered false when you use it inside an if statement.

raw rune
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`local label = script.Parent

local rep = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local remoteEvent = rep.CollectedWheat

local wheat = 0

remoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
print("server fired successfully")
end)`

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this is the script inside my gui label

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it doesn't print, i assume i'm missing parameters

hollow ice
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is this on the server or the client?

raw rune
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i'm just checking if it receives the server fire, but idk how to work with remote events sorry

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this is client i think, under StarterGui-ScreenGui-TextLabel-Script

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that's the hierarchy

hollow ice
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should it be OnClientEvent?

raw rune
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Oh let me try that, thanks

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"OnClientEvent can only be used on the client"

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do i move the gui elsewhere?

hollow ice
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is that an error?

raw rune
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yes

hollow ice
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are you sure this script is on the client?

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and not the server

raw rune
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i'm not sure. if i make it a localscript will it be client-side?

hollow ice
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yes

raw rune
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oh

hollow ice
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localscripts are client side only

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scripts are server side

raw rune
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okay thank you i'll go fix that

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it printed this time, thank you so much

hollow ice
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np

raw rune
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i'm new to multiplayer coding so i'm still learning client-server interactions