Argument 1 or missing nil?

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#1

Im making a teleport pad that if you step on it, it makes a loading screen. when i tried this i got an error, which was “Argument 1 or missing nil” im not the greatest at programming. help would be awesome

How it fires

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(prt)
	if prt.Parent:FindFirstChild('Humanoid') then
game.ReplicatedFirst.load:FireClient()
	end	
	end)

What it fires

Tween=game:GetService("TweenService")
game.ReplicatedFirst.load.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()

script.Parent.FrameLoad.Visible = true
Tween:Create(script.Parent.FrameLoad,TweenInfo.new(1),{BackgroundTransparency = 0}):Play()
Tween:Create(script.Parent.FrameLoad.TextLabel,TweenInfo.new(1),{TextTransparency = 0}):Play()
wait(1)
Tween:Create(script.Parent.FrameLoad.TextLabelt,TweenInfo.new(3),{TextTransparency = 0}):Play()
end)
#2

:FireClient() requires you to put in a player peramater. You can do this by the following. You could also use :FireAllClients(), which would effect all players, but I don’t think thats what you want to use here.

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(prt)
	if prt.Parent:FindFirstChild('Humanoid') == nil then
		return --Stops the function if there is no humanoid
	end
	local player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(prt.Parent) --Finds to see if the character is a player
	if player == nil then
		return --Stops the function if the character is not a player's character
	end
	game.ReplicatedFirst.load:FireClient(player) --You need to put in a specific player when using :FireClient()
end)

Also, added “t” by misteak at the end of .TextLabel on last line

Tween:Create(script.Parent.FrameLoad.TextLabel,TweenInfo.new(3),{TextTransparency = 0}):Play()
end)

I hope this helps!

#3

t was meant to be there because it was another textlabel

#4

My misteak! Did the first part work for you though?

#5

just tested it but it doesnt seem to make the loading screen appear

#6

Here’s the thing, when you fire client, the client might not recieve the message for several reasons.

#7

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#8

On the server script, you need to wait for a response, and sometimes it requires multiple pings.

local function fire()
   remote:FireClient() remote.OnServerEvent:Wait() return "ok"
end
 local ping
repeat ping = fire() until ping == "ok"

When the client’s script loads, they’ll recieve the signal for sure if they have a good connection Edit: this example was wrong and doesn’t work lol but a coroutine with this function would properly hook the connection

#9

May i ask, why is the event in replicatedfirst? Also in every FireClient, a player argument is needed.

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(__TOUCHED)
    local __PLAYER = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(__TOUCHED.Parent)
      if __PLAYER ~= nil then
          game.ReplicatedFirst.load:FireClient(__PLAYER)
      end
end)
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#10

What this does is that if the player exists, stop the function. This doesn’t really make sense it should be like this.

local player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(prt.Parent)
if player then
	game.ReplicatedFirst.load:FireClient(player)
end
#11

Sorry! I forgot the == nil part.

#12

i forgot were to put remotes, but i just said screw it and put it in replicatedfirst

#13

Events should always be in replicatedstorage.
BindableEvents in ServerStorage.

#14

i just tested this and it worked, thank you!

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