Attempt to Index 'Nil' with Parent

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
#1

So I’m just trying viewport frames out and I wanted to clone the players character to the viewport frame but it keeps on saying attempt to index nil with 'Parent'.

Heres the code

	local ch = workspace:WaitForChild('5C_B')
	
	if ch ~= nil then
		ch:Clone().Parent = script.Parent.ViewportFrame
	end
1 Like
#2

FindFirstChild not WaitForChild

1 Like
#3

Still getting the erros (300000000characterlimit)

#4 
local playerToClone = "5C_B"

function CloneMe(char) --a function that clones a player
   char.Archivable = true
   local clone = char:Clone()
   char.Archivable = false
   return clone
end

local charClone = CloneMe(game.Players[playerToClone].Character) --connects function and defines "charClone" as the result of the function
charClone.Parent = script.Parent.ViewportFrame

Does this script work?

2 Likes
#5 
local ch = workspace:WaitForChild('5C_B')
local waiting = workspace:FindFirstChild(ch)
if not waiting then
		ch:Clone().Parent = script.Parent.ViewportFrame
	end

if “waiting” doesn’t work replace it with workspace:FindFirstChild(“5C_B”)

#6

What player’s character are you trying to clone into the ViewportFrame? Is it the local player? Also, instead of doing workspace:WaitForChild() with the player’s name, try getting the player object and checking if Player.Character is there before attempting to clone it. Here’s some example code for a LocalScript assuming you’d want to clone the local player:

local ViewportFrame = script.Parent.ViewportFrame
local function PutCharacterIntoViewport(Player,VPF)
	if Player.Character then
		Player.Character:Clone().Parent = VPF
	end
end

PutCharacterIntoViewport(game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer,ViewportFrame)