"Attempt to index nil with PlayerGui"

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#1

Hi! In my ProximityPromt script, I can’t seem to index the PlayerGui.
What’s wrong?
Thanks!
(not the full script, it’s what this is being used for. the other stuff in unimportant towards this error.)

THIS IS A SERVER SCRIPT

workspace.feedbacknPC.Torso.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
	local ui = plr.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Feedback", 15)
	ui.MainFrame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(0.344, 0, 0.673, 0), "Out", "Quart", .5, true) --0.673
end)

Full script (just my proximityprompt things)



wait(5)

workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Turn On Fossit"
workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Turn On Fossit"
wait()
workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.FossitPart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
	workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
		
	--- turn on
		if  workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText == "Turn On Fossit" then
			wait()
	print("Someone has turned on the fossit.")
		workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.FossitPart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Turn Off Fossit"
			wait()
		---turn off
		elseif  workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText == "Turn Off Fossit" then
			wait()
			print("Someone has turned off the fossit.")
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.FossitPart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Turn On Fossit"
			wait()
		end
	
end)
------------------------------------------SINK2--------------------------------------------------
	workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.FossitPart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
	workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
		--- turn on
		if  workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText == "Turn On Fossit" then
			wait()
			print("Someone has turned on the fossit.")
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.FossitPart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Turn Off Fossit"
			wait()
			---turn off
		elseif  workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText == "Turn Off Fossit" then
			wait()
			print("Someone has turned off the fossit.")
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.FossitPart.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
			workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink2.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.ActionText = "Turn On Fossit"
			wait()
		end

end)

workspace.City.Cafe.Cafe.Sink1.ProxPart.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
	
end)
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
workspace.e.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
	for i = 1,1000 do
	plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
		workspace.f.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = ("returned true turns out you NOT STINKI")
		wait()
		if plr == nil then
			workspace.f.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = ("lol returned nil noob bad scripting")
			break
		
		end
		end
end)

workspace.feedbacknPC.Torso.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
	local ui = plr.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Feedback", 15)
	ui.MainFrame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(0.344, 0, 0.673, 0), "Out", "Quart", .5, true) --0.673
end)

Thanks for any help!

#2

Wouldn’t it be

local ui = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Feedback", 15)

As the it is “player” in the parameter, rather than “plr”?

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#3 
	plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

If you looked in the full script, it was previously defined.

#4

This is a server script though, you can’t index localPlayer in a Server script.

#5

If this is all a ServerScript, then you cannot do local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer. LocalPlayer can only be obtained from a LocalScript.

#6

How can I index the PlayerGui then through the prox. prompt?

#7

change into

workspace.feedbacknPC.Torso.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
	local ui = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Feedback", 15)
	ui.MainFrame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(0.344, 0, 0.673, 0), "Out", "Quart", .5, true) --0.673
end)

the reason why is mentioned already

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#8

You can obtain the Player through the functions parameters. As I mentioned before, or you can look at what @hestolemyrice posted above.

#9

I’m pretty sure you can’t access playergui in a server script, since that’s what many have told me. Try using remote events.

#10

you can, you only can’t access player scripts

#11

Interesting. Still, wouldn’t it make sense for the client to handle playergui instead of the server? The server should be where you do critical tasks, instead of using up server resources.

Edit: Here’s a post about it, actually.

#12

Thanks, But now it only completes the tween once.
.

Take a close look at the position

#13

You might need to change everything into a local script

#14

but you cant find if a proximityprompt is triggered locally, it has to be server sided, right?

#15

The reason why it only does once is most likely because the script only runs 1 time

#16 
workspace.feedbacknPC.Torso.ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
print("triggered")
	local ui = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Feedback", 15)
	ui.MainFrame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(0.344, 0, 0.673, 0), "Out", "Quart", .5, true) --0.673
end)

I need to see if it prints

#17

You can detect if a proximityprompt fires on server or client or both

#18

image

#19

lemme see the video too like i need to see the output and you triggering it at the same time

#20