Attempt To index nil with name?

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#1

i am tryna make mute command and i keep getting this error

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
		local plr = game.Players:FindFirstChild(script.Parent.Parent.PlayerName.Text)
		
		local MuteModule = require(game.Workspace.Infinite.Main.Commands.Moderating.Mute)
		
		MuteModule.Execute("coolman21627", plr)
end)

button script

local module = {
	CommandName = "Mute",
	Description = "stops a player from talking.",
	CanUseOn = "Player"
}

function module.Execute(AdminName, Player)
	local ChatService = require(
		game:GetService("ServerScriptService")
		:WaitForChild("ChatServiceRunner")
		:WaitForChild("ChatService")
	)

	local Channel = ChatService:GetChannel("All")
	for _, speakerName in ipairs(Channel:GetSpeakerList()) do
		Channel:MuteSpeaker(Player)
	end
end

return module

module

#2

Can you send a screenshot of the error. And at which script of this is it failing?

#3

this is the
error:
Workspace.Infinite.Main.Commands.Moderating.Mute:16: attempt to index nil with ‘Name’ - Server - Mute:16

but if i make either script have name it gives me the error

#5

here script
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#6

Playername.Text isnt a valid member of player, instead it’s simply just player.Name

#7

thats the textbox name though i so idk

#8

Oh, text box name, show me where the local script is located.

#9

its a server script because of require cos idk if local works with require

#12

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#13

Module is in workspace aswell idk if that breaks it

#14

That isn’t the way to get the player, if the text is the player’s username it won’t get the player, use game.Players.LocalPlayer instead.

#15

server script that wont work… idk

#16

Then use player added and get the plr parameter.

#17

its an admin panel it isnt supposed to affect the player who is an admin

#18 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
if plr.Name == "coolman21627" then
		local MuteModule = require(game.Workspace.Infinite.Main.Commands.Moderating.Mute)
MuteModule.Execute("coolman21627", plr)
end
end)

Just a simple if statement and you’re good to go!

#19

ill just redo it but idk why it wont work

#20

Don’t put the module script in workspace, put it in serverscriptservice! It’s quite unsafe in workspace and exploiters can easily exploit with that.

#21

That’s not true, it doesn’t really make a difference.

As far as the rest of this thread goes, it’s because Player is nil. Possibly @coolman21627 didn’t type the full player name with the correct capitalization.