Attempting to make an image appear on touch

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1

Forgive my idiocy here, as I am a new scripter. I want to make the frame and the image label visible when you touch the part. I’m fairly new to scripting.
The code below gives me this error when I click play. It makes no sense to me as I’ve already defined part as the parent of the script.
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function CheckTouched()
local part = script.Parent
local frameInGui = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.Frame
local imageInGui = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.ImageLabel
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local plrChar = plr.Character
local humanoid = plrChar:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	if humanoid then
		frameInGui.Visible = true
		imageInGui.Visible = true
	end
end
part.Touched:Connect(CheckTouched)
2

Are you sure that the part is the parent of the script?

3

You are setting the part inside of function. Try to set the local part outside of that function. The code will be looking like this:

local part = script.Parent
function CheckTouched()
    local frameInGui = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.Frame
    local imageInGui = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.ImageLabel
    local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    local plrChar = plr.Character
    local humanoid = plrChar:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	if humanoid then 
    	frameInGui.Visible = true
    	imageInGui.Visible = true
  	end
end
part.Touched:Connect(CheckTouched)
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4

Still makes 0 sense to me haha! Thanks!

5

That code still won’t work properly. They’re editing it in StarterGui not PlayerGui; which means the Player will not see the change.

@LuaIsGarb it should look like:

local part = script.Parent
function CheckTouched(hit)
    if not game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then return end -- if it isn't a player do nothing
    local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) ~= plr then return end -- if the player isn't the local player do nothing
    local frameInGui = plr.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.Frame
    local imageInGui = plr.PlayerGui .ScreenGui.ImageLabel
    local plrChar = plr.Character
    local humanoid = plrChar:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    if humanoid then 
        frameInGui.Visible = true
    	imageInGui.Visible = true
    end
end
part.Touched:Connect(CheckTouched)

This should work.

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6

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It will keep forum more clean. Thanks!

7

Yeah, using @MegaBorecYT’s code gave me this. image

8

The error is unrelated to their code; it’s because you’re attempting to use LocalPlayer in a server-sided script.

Place the script in StarterPlayerScripts and it should be like:

local part = workspace.PathToPart
function CheckTouched(hit)
    if not game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then return end -- if it isn't a player do nothing
    local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) ~= plr then return end -- if the player isn't the local player do nothing
    local frameInGui = plr.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.Frame
    local imageInGui = plr.PlayerGui .ScreenGui.ImageLabel
    local plrChar = plr.Character
    local humanoid = plrChar:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    if humanoid then 
        frameInGui.Visible = true
    	imageInGui.Visible = true
    end
end
part.Touched:Connect(CheckTouched)