Argument 1 missing or nil

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#1

what does Argument 1 missing or nil mean? Because i keep getting this error and sometimes it would work and sometimes it wouldn’t.

TradeRemotes.secondConfirmation.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, value, itemName, object, requesterName)
	local trader = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(requesterName) -- Error here
end)
#2

requesterName is missing or nil

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#3

Print your arguments. It’s likely one is missing on the client side.

#4

Check these things:

  1. You are really firing that argument;

  2. the argument isn’t nil;

  3. in the client side you fire the same arguments you have in the server script except for the player one;

  4. the value you search in the players service exists, to do this add an if like this:

     if game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(requesterName) then
     local trader = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(requesterName)
 end

This will create the variable only if it finds the argument in the players service

If nothing helps try to print the value and see what it really is

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#5

Could you please tell us the value of requesterName or how you get the value?

#6

so requesterName is this

local requesterName
Remotes.ConfirmTrade.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(name)
	requesterName = name
end)
#7

it printed nil for both but im not sure why

#8

Can you send the script of the client firing the event?

Also, is name a string? Remember that you need to fire the player argument too from the server

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#9

He use a OnServerEvent which mean he doesn’t need to send the player argument

#10

This is onClientEvent, so he should fire it

#11

i figured out the problem It was nil but i just made a new variable. Thanks for your help everyone

#12

Yes but he had the issue on OnServerEvent

#13

Anyway he found the problem, everything’s fine

#14

Yes but if he fires the requester name from the client which sends a value fired from the server he needs to fire the player argument on the server