How could I increase a player's leaderstat if "1" is a child of this model?

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#1

I need this script to detect when the model has a child named “1”, and if it does, increase the player’s leaderstat by 2. Currently the player’s leaderstat is not going up and tbh I have no idea why. I have moved the script around a bit but nothing works like I said.
Here is my code so far:

while true do  --this duplicates a model (ignore it)
	local original = game.Workspace.NoobStuff["Noob Printer 1"][" "]
	local copy = original:Clone()
	copy.Parent = original.Parent
	copy.Name = "1"
	copy.Head.Anchored = false
	copy.HumanoidRootPart.Anchored = false
	copy["Left Arm"].Anchored = false
	copy["Left Leg"].Anchored = false
	copy["Right Arm"].Anchored = false
	copy["Right Leg"].Anchored = false
	copy.Torso.Anchored = false
	copy.Head.CanCollide = false
	copy.HumanoidRootPart.CanCollide = false
	copy["Left Arm"].CanCollide = false
	copy["Left Leg"].CanCollide = false
	copy["Right Arm"].CanCollide = false
	copy["Right Leg"].CanCollide = false
	copy.Torso.CanCollide = false
	copy:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(CFrame.new(-201.718, 46.177, 248.476))
	
	wait(3)
end
--this part is what I need help on
workspace.NoobStuff["Noob Printer 1"]:FindFirstChild("1")(function(player)
	local give = player.leaderstats.Friends
	give.Value += 2
	end)
#2

Pretty sure FindFirstChild can’t be connected to a function. Try this instead:

if workspace.NoobStuff[“Noob Printer”]:FindFirstChild(“1”) then
-- The rest of your code
end
#3

i thought this is what you wanted me to use? so I tried it and got nothing

if workspace.NoobStuff["Noob Printer 1"]:FindFirstChild("1") then
	function givefriend(player)
		local give = player.leaderstats.Friends
		give.Value += 2
	end
end
#4

You’re putting the code in the function, you’d have to call the function.

What you’re doing:

if 1 then
function myfunction()
Code
end
end

You’re putting it in the function. Remove the function “part” like this:

if too lazy to write then
local give = too lazy still
give.Value += 1
end

Basically just visualize this:

**DELETE THIS** function givefriend(player)
		**KEEP THIS** local give = player.leaderstats.Friends
		**KEEP THIS** give.Value += 2
	***DELETE THIS** end
#5

so when i put the code in, the player.leaderstats.friends is erroring because player isn’t said as a local or function or anything, what should I do?

#6

Could you provide the error (or rephrase what you said) so I could better understand what’s going on w the error.

For example:

attempt to index nil with ‘char limit’
#7

there is not an error but when I type the code in, it underlines “player” in red and says that it is an unknown global

#8

Ah I see, here you’re using a player parameter (which for future reference, FindFirstChild does NOT return the player object the only main event you’d get the player object from is the PlayerAdded event).

A little more detailed explanation of what went wrong:

Basically, you were trying to get the Player object via a connection to a FindFirstChild event (which doesn’t exist because it’s a function). So you were trying to find a model named “1”. The FindFirstChild function does return (or “gives back”) the child if it finds it; so, that means that it would return the model “1” if it found it and NOT the player object.

If this is in a server script (hopefully because if you’re saving leaderstat values it should be on the server), just use the PlayerAdded event like so:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
-- stuff
end

If it’s in a LocalScript, just reference the player (local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer).

#9

alright so you want me to to

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local give = player.leaderstats.Friends
	give.Value += 2
end

I am not very good at scripting so it’s a bit confusing

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#10

Is the script a server script (like not in StarterGui or StarterPlayerScript or StarterCharacterScripts) or is it a local script?

Added a bit extra content in my previous paragraph that may or may not help you understand what went wrong (might be too confusing and if it is then I’m sorry :sweat_smile:).

#11

it is a server script inside of a model

#12

Alright so yeah keep what you just wrote then.

Then run it ofc to test it.

#13

I did and nothing happened
eeeeeeeeeeeeee

#14

Oh wow okay there is a lot to tackle (I’m slowly discovering the errors 1 by 1).

Okay, so the while true loop is constantly running (not letting all the code after it run). So, just add a task.spawn() function so everything else can run like so:

task.spawn(function()
while true do
your code
end
end)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
that code you wrote
end
EXTRA

I would recommend wrapping the PlayerAdded event after you finish defining your variables but yeah

Hopefully there are no other little setbacks in your og code

#15

hey uh sorry to say this but I gotta go if I can I will respond later but most likely not, I thank you for you help and I am really sorry

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#16

It’s alright, take your time. :slight_smile:

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