Argument 1 missing or nil

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#1

I am a developer, working on games that are very peculiar. I stumbled across this problem using TeleportAsync and it returns this: Argument 1 missing or nil. If anybody could help me with this issue, as I looked for solutions on other posts and I could not clearly understand what was going on.

Scripts down below

Client

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local pages = game:GetService("AssetService"):GetGamePlacesAsync()
local TeleportService = game:GetService("TeleportService")
local codeTable = string.split(script.Parent.Parent.code.Value,",")

local function ButtonClicked()
	if table.find(codeTable, script.Parent.Parent.EnterCode.Text) then
		while true do
			print("Works 1")
			for _,place in pairs(pages:GetCurrentPage()) do
				print("Works 2")
				print(place)
				if script.Parent.Parent.EnterCode.Text == tostring(place.Name) then
					print("Works 3")
					game.ReplicatedStorage.plrName.Value = plr.Name -- original plr.Name
					game.ReplicatedStorage.isFired.Value = true
					game.ReplicatedStorage.placeID.Value = tostring(place.PlaceId)
					-- TeleportService:TeleportAsync(place.PlaceId,{plr})
					print("Works 3.1")
				end
			end
			if pages.IsFinished then 
				break
			end
			pages:AdvanceToNextPageAsync()
		end
	else
		print("Code invalid.",codeTable)
	end
end


script.Parent.Parent.Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(ButtonClicked)

Server

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TeleportService = game:GetService("TeleportService")

while wait(0.5) do
	if ReplicatedStorage.isFired == false then

	else
		local plrName = ReplicatedStorage.plrName
		local placeID = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("placeID")
		local plr = Players:FindFirstChild(plrName.Value)
		TeleportService:TeleportAsync(tonumber(placeID.Value),{plr})
		wait(2)
		ReplicatedStorage.isFired.Value = false
		ReplicatedStorage.placeID.Value = ""
		plrName.Value = ""
	end

end

Thanks again for helping!

#2

since tonumber() returns nil when it is used on something that isn’t a number, placeID.Value probably isn’t a number. Perhaps print placeID.Value right before you run the teleport.

#3

But then it just returns “Unable to cast string to int64”?

#4

I’m pretty sure you only get “Unable to cast string to int64” when you try to set the value of an intvalue to a string. What line is causing it?

#5

I set the placeID value to an int, but it still says “Unable to cast string to int64”

#6

This line is causing it: ReplicatedStorage.placeID.Value = “”

#7

No, but I changed the values into tonumber()

#8

so you removed the line that sets the placeID value to a string and you’re still having the error?

#9

Yeah? It’s pretty weird as I had this for a long time and nobody could solve it. I can possibly give you the updated code and see what’s wrong?

#10

If you send the code ill try to run it in studio and fix it.

#11

Client

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local pages = game:GetService("AssetService"):GetGamePlacesAsync()
local TeleportService = game:GetService("TeleportService")
local codeTable = string.split(script.Parent.Parent.code.Value,",")

local function ButtonClicked()
	if table.find(codeTable, script.Parent.Parent.EnterCode.Text) then
		while true do
			print("Works 1")
			for _,place in pairs(pages:GetCurrentPage()) do
				print("Works 2")
				print(place)
				if script.Parent.Parent.EnterCode.Text == tostring(place.Name) then
					print("Works 3")
					game.ReplicatedStorage.plrName.Value = plr.Name -- original plr.Name
					game.ReplicatedStorage.isFired.Value = true
					game.ReplicatedStorage.placeID.Value = tonumber(place.PlaceId)
					-- TeleportService:TeleportAsync(place.PlaceId,{plr})
					print("Works 3.1")
				end
			end
			if pages.IsFinished then 
				break
			end
			pages:AdvanceToNextPageAsync()
		end
	else
		print("Code invalid.",codeTable)
	end
end


script.Parent.Parent.Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(ButtonClicked)

Server

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local TeleportService = game:GetService("TeleportService")

while wait(0.5) do
	if ReplicatedStorage.isFired == false then

	else
		local plrName = ReplicatedStorage.plrName
		local placeID = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("placeID")
		local plr = Players:FindFirstChild(plrName.Value)
		TeleportService:TeleportAsync(placeID.Value,{plr})
		wait(2)
		ReplicatedStorage.isFired.Value = false
		ReplicatedStorage.placeID.Value = 0
		plrName.Value = ""
	end
end
#12

I’ll be AFK for the time being, but if you fixed it please let me know!

The way I also made it was inputting text into a button

#13

So there are many problems with your scripts. Right off the bat I notice that you are changing values in replicated storage on the client. Since FilteringEnabled has become a thing, if you change something with a localscript only the client will see the change, the server and other players will be left uninfected. A simple solution would be to fire a remote event will the 1st parameter being the code that the player put in, and have the server do all the checks about whether to teleport or not.

#14

the way u are firing the event just doesnt make sense to me. it seems the problem is you are setting a value in replicated storage to true on the client side, the two problems with the code:

  • the server cant see any changes the client makes in the game explorer (this includes replicated storage)
  • when the server is checking if the event is fired its not even checking the value it should be:

server side:

if game.ReplicatedStorage.isFired.Value == false then

so my suggestion is go learn how to use remote events:

#15

It still returns the same error message, even with the remote event.

#16

It still returns the same error message, even with the remote event

#17

I have made some example code for your:

Client

local event = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").RequestTeleport

script.Parent.TeleportButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	event:FireServer(script.Parent.CodeBox.Text)
end)

Server

local event = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").RequestTeleport
local TeleportService = game:GetService("TeleportService")

local place = game.PlaceId

event.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, codeText)
	-- run checks to see if its a valid code
	TeleportService:TeleportAsync(place,{plr})
end)
#18

Super close, but now it returns “Unable to cast value to Object”

#19

which line in which script gives this error?

#20

Serversided script. ……… (filler)