Game not finding Value, even tho it gets found by :GetChildren()

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#1

I feel stupid asking this, cause i should know it, but somehow my game is finding “nil” instead of the value, which even gets listed. Is there something wrong with my “Arguments”?

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EventsFolder = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("Events")
local VotingFolder = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("Voting")

local plrVoted = EventsFolder:FindFirstChild("PlayerVoted")

plrVoted.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(userId, Argument)
	if Argument == "Votes1" or "Votes2" or "Votes3" then
		print(Argument, userId)
		warn(VotingFolder:GetChildren())
		warn(VotingFolder:FindFirstChild(Argument)) --wont find me the argument
	else return
	end
end)
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#2

if Argument == "Votes1" or "Votes2" or "Votes3" then is not a valid condition.
You must use Argument == for every single or
if Argument == "Votes1" or Argument == "Votes2" or Argument == "Votes3" then

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#3

i used that, but while i used that, the argument did NOT go through that “filter”

#4

yep, even tho i have a print after that if argument… my code wont go further (the code provided is all of the code). Thats quite weird

#5

Is the Argument’s data type a string?

#6

yes, the argument thats getting sent is completely the same as in the code i have provided; here is the one line which sends the event, to prove nothing should be wrong

plrVoted:FireServer(player.UserId, "Votes1")
#7

Try looping through a folder and finding the instance this way.

#8

I think problem here is in FindFirstChild(“”)
Use this instead

local EventsFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Events")
local VotingFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Voting")
local plrVoted = EventsFolder:WaitForChild("PlayerVoted")

And this in warning:

warn(VotingFolder:WaitForChild(Argument))
#9

Full script if you want:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EventsFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Events")
local VotingFolder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Voting")

local plrVoted = EventsFolder:WaitForChild("PlayerVoted")

plrVoted.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(userId, Argument)
	if Argument == "Votes1" or "Votes2" or "Votes3" then
		print(Argument, userId)
		warn(VotingFolder:GetChildren())
		warn(VotingFolder:WaitForChild(Argument)) --wont find me the argument
	else return
	end
end)
#10

I think first parameter must be the player

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#11

The script is printing, which means that statement works and the problem is not in the parameters.

#12

and that does not print the argument, instead its saying
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#13

Please implement these solutions:

(the first argument of OnServerEvent is always the player who fired it):

(that’s not how or works):

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#14

i have accidentally misread that, sorry

#15

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