Attempt to index nil with 'Clone'

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getting an error as stated above, "attempt to index nil with ‘Clone’

the thing i am trying to clone is a BoolValue inside of a folder in ReplicatedStorage:

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script inside of server script service:

local e = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Setup.ColourSet
local storage = game.ReplicatedStorage.Colours

e.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local colour = player.PlayerGui.Spinner.Background.Results.Text
	local item = storage:FindFirstChild(colour):Clone()
	item.Parent = player.Character
end)
2

Can you please show us the output?

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4

it means it isn’t able to find colour inside the folder so just add this:

if storage:FindFirstChild(colour) then
local colour = player.PlayerGui.Spinner.Background.Results.Text
local item = storage:FindFirstChild(colour):Clone()
item.Parent = player.Character
end

5

Would you mind doing this:

print(storage:FindFirstChild(color))

And see what it says?

6

this would just skip over it if it couldnt find it though wouldnt it?

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7

getting nothing in output, but still the colour is not being added

8

Can you print colour and show/tell us what it says

9

It might be the text not changing, make sure to click outside the textbox before finding the color

10

nothing is printed in output if i try to print the colour

11

what do you mean by ‘click’ ? im doing this in a script

12

but you’re typing the color inside a text box aren’t you?

13

Try this:

local e = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Setup.ColourSet

e.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local colour = player.PlayerGui.Spinner.Background.Results.Text
	local item = game.ReplicatedStorage.Colours:FindFirstChild(colour):Clone()
	item.Parent = player.Character
end)
14

no… the text is changed locally and it works fine, once it is changed i fire an event and pick it up on the server and then find the colour based on the text in the gui.

15

thats the problem, you change the text locally

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16

That’s the problem:

You have to change the text not locally or get the text locally. One way you can get the text locally is using a RemoteFuntion.
Example:

LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts

local e = game.ReplicatedStorage.GetColor
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
e.OnClientInvoke = function()
    return player.PlayerGui.Spinner.Background.Results.Text
end

Then in your script:


local e = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.Setup.ColourSet
local storage = game.ReplicatedStorage.Colours
local GetColor = game.ReplicatedStorage.GetColor

e.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local colour = GetColor:InvokeClient()
	local item = storage:FindFirstChild(colour):Clone()
	item.Parent = player.Character
end)
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17

if i dont change the text locally then it will change for everyone

18

send the text to the server with the remote

19

i’m getting the same error again

20

how would i do this? sorry i dont understand this much