Attempt to index nil with 'Parent'

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#1

I don’t know why I’m reciving this error. Everything works in the LocalScript but it still returns it.

Error: 16:09:46.363 - Players.Jermartynojm.PlayerGui.PlayerList.CheckIfPlayerIsOnMobile:6: attempt to index nil with ‘Parent’

Local Script Inside GUI:

while true do
	repeat wait() until game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded
	local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
	local GuiService = game:GetService("GuiService")
	if UIS.TouchEnabled and not UIS.KeyboardEnabled and not UIS.MouseEnabled and not UIS.GamepadEnabled and not GuiService:IsTenFootInterface() then
		local GUI = script.Parent.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
		local Weapons = GUI:WaitForChild("Weapons")
		Weapons.OpenWeaponsInfo.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.3,0)
		local TurnInvisible = GUI:WaitForChild("TurnInvisible")
		TurnInvisible.TurnPlayerInvisible.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.5,0)
		local Inventory = GUI:WaitForChild("Inventory")
		Inventory.OpenInventory.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.5,0)
		local MobileModeSurvivalsCounter = GUI:WaitForChild("MobileModeSurvivalsCounter")
		MobileModeSurvivalsCounter.SurvivalsCounter.Visible = true
		local PlayerList = GUI:WaitForChild("PlayerList")
		PlayerList:Destroy()
	end
end

That’s it. I hope that somebody will help.

#2

It’s a LocalScript, right? You can get the PlayerGui from LocalPlayer;

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local GUI = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local Weapons = GUI:WaitForChild("Weapons")
local TurnInvisible = GUI:WaitForChild("TurnInvisible")
local Inventory = GUI:WaitForChild("Inventory")
local MobileModeSurvivalsCounter = GUI:WaitForChild("MobileModeSurvivalsCounter")
local PlayerList = GUI:WaitForChild("PlayerList")

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local GuiService = game:GetService("GuiService")


while true do
	repeat wait() until game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded
	
	if UIS.TouchEnabled and not UIS.KeyboardEnabled and not UIS.MouseEnabled and not UIS.GamepadEnabled and not GuiService:IsTenFootInterface() then
		
		Weapons.OpenWeaponsInfo.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.3,0)
		TurnInvisible.TurnPlayerInvisible.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.5,0)	
		Inventory.OpenInventory.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.5,0)
		MobileModeSurvivalsCounter.SurvivalsCounter.Visible = true
		PlayerList:Destroy()
	end
end

I also recommend you just assign variables outside of the for loop.

#3

Thanks for the help, but how will you fix this if I don’t want to use wait()?
Script to fix:

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local GUI = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local GuiService = game:GetService("GuiService")

local function GUI()
	if UIS.TouchEnabled and not UIS.KeyboardEnabled and not UIS.MouseEnabled and not UIS.GamepadEnabled and not GuiService:IsTenFootInterface() then
		local Weapons = GUI:WaitForChild("Weapons")
		Weapons.OpenWeaponsInfo.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.3,0)
		local TurnInvisible = GUI:WaitForChild("TurnInvisible")
		TurnInvisible.TurnPlayerInvisible.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.5,0)
		local Inventory = GUI:WaitForChild("Inventory")
		Inventory.OpenInventory.Position = UDim2.new(0.93,0,0.5,0)
		local MobileModeSurvivalsCounter = GUI:WaitForChild("MobileModeSurvivalsCounter")
		MobileModeSurvivalsCounter.SurvivalsCounter.Visible = true
		local PlayerList = GUI:WaitForChild("PlayerList")
		PlayerList:Destroy()
	end
end

plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(GUI)
#4

You can use game:GetService(“RunService”).RenderStepped
RenderStepped fires every frame rendered on the client.

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
    --code here
end)
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