Attemped to index with nil "PlayerGui"

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#1

So I have this gun script and I want the ammo GUI to pop up when the player quips the gun but I get this error:

Players.ForgottenDogYT.Backpack.Ak.Server:32: attempt to index nil with ‘PlayerGui’

This is the script where it errors:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local Ammo = 40

local reloading = false

local Tool = script.Parent

local Handle = Tool.Handle

local MouseEvent = Tool.MouseEvent

local FirePointObject = Handle.GunFirePoint

local FastCast = require(Tool.FastCastRedux)

local FireSound = Handle.Fire

local ImpactParticle = Handle.ImpactParticle

local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")

local table = require(Tool.FastCastRedux.Table)

local PartCacheModule = require(Tool.PartCache)

local AmountGui = Player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("AmmoGui")

local CanFire = true -- Used for a cooldown.

local RNG = Random.new() -- Set up a randomizer.

local TAU = math.pi * 2 -- Set up mathematical constant Tau (pi * 2)

FastCast.DebugLogging = DEBUG

FastCast.VisualizeCasts = DEBUG

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--AmmoStuff

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()

AmountGui.AmmoFrame.Visible = true

AmountGui.AmmoFrame.AmmoAmount.Text = Ammo

end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()

AmountGui.AmmoFrame.Visible = false

end)
#2

Is this a server or local script? game.Players.LocalPlayer doesn’t work in Server Scripts.

#3

Its a server script. I didnt know that. How can I get the player then?

#4

You must do this in a local script. To get the player, include this in your local script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
#5

As you cannot use LocalPlayer to get the player, since it is from the server, you have to use GetPlayerFromCharacter.

local Ammo = 40
local reloading = false

local Tool = script.Parent
local Handle = Tool.Handle
local MouseEvent = Tool.MouseEvent
local FirePointObject = Handle.GunFirePoint

local FastCast = require(Tool.FastCastRedux)
local FireSound = Handle.Fire
local ImpactParticle = Handle.ImpactParticle
local Debris = game:GetService("Debris")

local table = require(Tool.FastCastRedux.Table)
local PartCacheModule = require(Tool.PartCache)
local CanFire = true

local RNG = Random.new()
local TAU = math.pi * 2
FastCast.DebugLogging = DEBUG
FastCast.VisualizeCasts = DEBUG

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--AmmoStuff

local Player = nil
local AmountGui = nil

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
    Player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(Tool.Parent)
    if Player then
        AmountGui = Player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("AmmoGui")
        AmountGui.AmmoFrame.Visible = true
        AmountGui.AmmoFrame.AmmoAmount.Text = Ammo
    end
end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
    if AmountGui then AmountGui.AmmoFrame.Visible = false end
end)
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#6

how would i connect the gui to the server script? the server script is the one that subtracts the bullet by 1?

#7

it worked to show the gui but how can i add it for other parts of my script? because i have this:

if Ammo >= 1 and not reloading then

and this:

local function reload()
	if reloading then return end
	CanFire = false
	Handle.Reload:Play()
	reloading = true
	wait(3)
	Ammo = 30
	reloading = false
	CanFire = true
end

and the subtractor:

Ammo -= 1