Attempt to index nil with 'Parent

[A1_97 (Menendez)]

Im trying to make a damage to my gun but whenever i miss it gives me a error

i have tried alot of things trying to fix this issue but nothing is working

heres an piece of the code

function DamageCast()
	local humanoid = mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	
	if not humanoid then
		return nil
	end
	
	
	if humanoid then
		humanoid.Health = humanoid.Health - math.random(40,55)
		
		
	else
		return
	end
	
end

[Ionely_traveler]

That would mean the parent of the mouse target does not exist. This is possibly because your mouse is not hitting anything at the moment to fix this here’s a modified version of your script:

function DamageCast()
        if mouse.Target then
           local humanoid = mouse.Target.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") 
        end

	
	if not humanoid then
		return nil
	end
	
	
	if humanoid then
		humanoid.Health = humanoid.Health - math.random(40,55)
		
		
	else
		return
	end
	
end

[A1_97 (Menendez)]

It did work but when i shoot at an humanoid sometimes it doesn’t even damage or it damages annother humanoid im not aiming at!

[R_obotz]

Is this a localscript? You can’t deal damage through a local script.

[A1_97 (Menendez)]

what should i add here

[keremMCT (Pepsi_Cat)]

fyi dont do any of that casting on local scripts OR EVEN DAMAGE THE HUMANOID ON CLIENT. you should connect the mouse data to a remote event and let the server do the raycasting etc.

[keremMCT (Pepsi_Cat)]

Also if you raycast using mouse target itself anyone can just damage by just looking by a wall and clicking on the player. Lots of errors on this one.

[A1_97 (Menendez)]

So i should use raycast on my gun?

[keremMCT (Pepsi_Cat)]

Ofc ofc. Also drop the client stuff. Do everything that doesnt include getting input in server scripts