Attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild'

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
#1

Hey, I’m having an issue where this will randomly work and sometimes it’ll randomly not work when I join the game, I have no idea what I’m doing wrong so I’ll provide the script below and the error (another note it works more frequently in studio, if not 100% of the time). Thanks for your time!

Error in-game:

image
image761×64 32.8 KB

Erroring on this line:
Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = respawn2.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)

Script:

local DataService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local DataStore = DataService:GetDataStore("data_01")

local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

local cpFolder = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Checkpoints")


game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local key = "player-" .. player.UserId

	local GetSave = DataStore:GetAsync(key) -- check for existing data 

	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"

	local hidden = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	hidden.Name = "hidden"

	local checkpoint = Instance.new("IntValue", leaderstats)
	checkpoint.Name = "Stage"

	local spawnpoint = Instance.new("IntValue", hidden)
	spawnpoint.Name = "SpawnPoint"

	if GetSave then
		checkpoint.Value = GetSave
		print("Data Loaded For " .. player.Name)
	else
		checkpoint.Value = 1
		print("New Data Created For " .. player.Name)
	end
		
	local Character = player.Character
	local respawn2 = cpFolder:WaitForChild(player.leaderstats.Stage.Value)
	Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = respawn2.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
	
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)

		repeat wait() until workspace:FindFirstChild(character.Name)
	
		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
		local respawn = cpFolder[player.hidden.SpawnPoint.Value]
		
		character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = respawn.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
	end)

end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
	local key = "player-" .. player.UserId
	
	DataStore:SetAsync(key, player.leaderstats.Stage.Value)
	
	print("Data Successfully Saved For " .. player.Name)
end)
#2

Add a CharacterAdded to wait for the character to load in.

local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

2 Likes
#4

did you use player.CharacterAdded?
The user would be like this:

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
character. HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = respawn.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
end)

Or you could use player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

#5

I already have the first one in there? I’ve also tried the second method and it doesn’t work.

#6

I’m confused what you mean how would the user be like that?

#7

What do you mean? What exactly doesn’t work, does is still throw the same error?

You’re defining the character as player.Character but the character likely hasn’t loaded in since you’re doing it on the server. The CharacterAdded event would fire once the character has fully loaded in, if it doesn’t exist prior.

So I would replace:
local Character = player.Character with local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

Moreover, you’re getting the error before the CharacterAdded event so it would be a problem defining your character.

#8

I didn’t realize the capitalization, bad on my part whoops.

#9

I just tested it again to make sure and I’m still getting the error.


game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local key = "player-" .. player.UserId

	local GetSave = DataStore:GetAsync(key) -- check for existing data 

	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"

	local hidden = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	hidden.Name = "hidden"

	local checkpoint = Instance.new("IntValue", leaderstats)
	checkpoint.Name = "Stage"

	local spawnpoint = Instance.new("IntValue", hidden)
	spawnpoint.Name = "SpawnPoint"

	if GetSave then
		checkpoint.Value = GetSave
		print("Data Loaded For " .. player.Name)
	else
		checkpoint.Value = 1
		print("New Data Created For " .. player.Name)
	end
		
	local character = player.Character
	local respawn2 = cpFolder:WaitForChild(player.leaderstats.Stage.Value)
	character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = respawn2.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
	
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)

		repeat wait() until workspace:FindFirstChild(character.Name)
	
		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)
		local respawn = cpFolder[player.hidden.SpawnPoint.Value]
		
		character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = respawn.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
	end)

end)

game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player)
#10

This should be

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local key = "player-" .. player.UserId

	local GetSave = DataStore:GetAsync(key) -- check for existing data 

	local leaderstats = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"

	local hidden = Instance.new("Folder", player)
	hidden.Name = "hidden"

	local checkpoint = Instance.new("IntValue", leaderstats)
	checkpoint.Name = "Stage"

	local spawnpoint = Instance.new("IntValue", hidden)
	spawnpoint.Name = "SpawnPoint"

	if GetSave then
		checkpoint.Value = GetSave
		print("Data Loaded For " .. player.Name)
	else
		checkpoint.Value = 1
		print("New Data Created For " .. player.Name)
	end
		
	local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	local respawn2 = cpFolder:WaitForChild(player.leaderstats.Stage.Value)
	character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = respawn2.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)

    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
         local respawn = cpFolder[player.hidden.SpawnPoint.Value]
	     char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart").CFrame = respawn.CFrame + Vector3.new(0,3,0)
    end)
end)
1 Like