Attempt to index nil with “Backpack”

[officer_PRO22 (officer)]

I would like to find out how to access the backpack in a script in ServerScriptService.

Its printing in output “player.Backpack or player.Character is nil.”

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local items = game.ReplicatedStorage.GearsShopTools

	for _, boughtItemsFolder in pairs(player:WaitForChild("BoughtItems"):GetChildren()) do
		local itemName = boughtItemsFolder.Name
		local itemToClone = items:FindFirstChild(itemName)

		if itemToClone then
			print("FOUND")

			if player.Backpack and player.Character then
				if not player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(itemName) and not player.Character:FindFirstChild(itemName) then
					print("gave items")
					local itemClone = itemToClone:Clone()
					itemClone.Parent = player.Backpack
				end
			else
				print("player.Backpack or player.Character is nil.")
			end
		end
	end
end)

[OfficialPogCat (POG_Cat)]

Try Letting it Yield a bit to load? Something like…

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
repeat task.wait() until game.Workspace:FindFirstChild(player.Name) ~= nil
local items = game.ReplicatedStorage.GearsShopTools

	for _, boughtItemsFolder in pairs(player:WaitForChild("BoughtItems"):GetChildren()) do
		local itemName = boughtItemsFolder.Name
		local itemToClone = items:FindFirstChild(itemName)

		if itemToClone then
			print("FOUND")

			if player.Backpack and player.Character then
				if not player.Backpack:FindFirstChild(itemName) and not player.Character:FindFirstChild(itemName) then
					print("gave items")
					local itemClone = itemToClone:Clone()
					itemClone.Parent = player.Backpack
				end
			else
				print("player.Backpack or player.Character is nil.")
			end
		end
	end
end)

[officer_PRO22 (officer)]

Thanks you so much! Its worked!