Attempt to index nil issue

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So I have this section in my script and for some reason the first time this runs it’s fine, but the next turn this runs I get this error “attempt to index nil with ‘Value’” and not really sure why.

actionEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,action,target)
	local battleName = player.Character:FindFirstChild("In Battle").Value --gets the battle from their In Battle tag
	if action == "Attack" then
		activeBattles[battleName].playersInBattle[player.Name].action = "Attack"
		activeBattles[battleName].playersInBattle[player.Name].target = target.Name
		startTurn(battleName)
	elseif action == "Flee" then --makes the player leave the battle and if there's no more players then removes/deletes it
		module.battleLeave(player,battleName)
		leftBattleEvent:FireClient(player)
	end	
end)

I do use :Destroy() on In Battle however it only happens after this runs so I’m not sure what’s nil

2

Can you tell me which line of code causes the error?

3

The 2nd line

local battleName = player.Character:FindFirstChild("In Battle").Value
4

Ah that makes it clear, normal character models doesn’t have In Battle object unless you instance it inside the model. What’s the class name of In Battle?

6

Are you deleting the Value? if so it is trying to get a value of a deleted object, so it’s nil

7

Maybe add this in a folder of the player?

8

I do delete it once the player leaves the battle, but then I create another one whenever they’re in battle again looking in the players character model while running I can clearly see that it’s there so it shouldn’t be nil :s I’ve even tried doing workspace[player.Name]:FindFirstChild("In Battle").Value but I don’t think that did it anything lol

9

Maybe you are creating the stringvalue on the client, if so create the stringvalue on the server