Help with Money Per Kill

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#1

so, my tower defense script detects if its a certain tower thats killing the target, and if it is, it gives you money. although, an error saying “attempt to index nil with ‘died’”, any help?

		if newTower.Name == "Mercenary" then
			target:FindFirstChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
				player.leaderstats.Money.Value += 1000 --an absurd amount of money for debugging
			end)
		end
#2

where do you get the target argument from because it might not have a humanoid

#3

It is a character.

charlimit

#4

hmm well maybe u can try making a custom death detector by making a boolvalue called Dead in the zombie/enemy character and then a script

local candie = true

while wait() do
	if script.Parent.Humanoid.Health < 1 then
		if candie == true then
			candie = false
		script.Parent.Dead.Value = true
		script.Enabled = false
		print("died")
		end
	else

	end


end
#5

then just instead do

	if newTower.Name == "Mercenary" then
			target:FindFirstChild("Humanoid").Dead.Changed(function()
				player.leaderstats.Money.Value += 1000 --an absurd amount of money for debugging
			end)
		end
#6

The error message “attempt to index nil with ‘died’” suggests that at the time your script tries to connect to the Died event, it’s attempting to access a nil value.

Let’s break down the possible culprits:

  1. The target might not have a child named “Humanoid”. If target:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") returns nil, it means there’s no child with that name.
  2. The Humanoid might not have a ‘Died’ event. This is less likely because Roblox’s Humanoid objects typically do have a Died event.

This code ensures that there’s a child named “Humanoid” and this child is actually of type “Humanoid”. :point_down:t2:

if newTower.Name == "Mercenary" then
    local humanoid = target:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    
    if humanoid and humanoid:IsA("Humanoid") then
        humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
            player.leaderstats.Money.Value += 1000
        end)
    end
end
#7

the death detector script errors out “attempt to index nil with “humanoid””

#8

hmm strange with me it always worked fine, maybe the characters are being created late, do they even have a humanoid because in tds they dont always use those

#9

thx! this method worked for me.

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