Badge Award System wont work with emitter

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#1

Hey all! Simple issue with probably a simple answer… Basically,

I have a particle emitter and a script.
The script will pick a random number (temp 0-10) and if its == 0 then it will enable the emitter. Here is the surprise, when the emitter enabled i was going to have everyone on the server receive a badge. (If fire flies are enabled people will get a badge for seeing them.

However, the script keeps on telling me Line 12 is nil.

(badgeservice:AwardBadge(char.UserID,badgeID)

Most of the numbers are temp but any help would be great.

here is the full code.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local badgeID = 2126443484
local badgeservice = game:GetService("BadgeService")


while wait(1)do
	SpecialNumber = math.random(0,10)
	if SpecialNumber == 0 then
		script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
		local plr = game:GetService("Players")
		local char = plr.LocalPlayer
		badgeservice:AwardBadge(char.UserId,badgeID) -- This is line 12
		print("Badge Awarded")
	end
	if SpecialNumber >= 1 then
		script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
	end
	print(SpecialNumber)
end
#2

char variable are useless when your player variable have LocalPlayer, you can use player variable as replacement of line 12

edit: here the modified script

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local badgeID = 2126443484
local badgeservice = game:GetService("BadgeService")


while wait(1)do
	SpecialNumber = math.random(0,10)
	if SpecialNumber == 0 then
		script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
		-- delete another player variable, because at line 1, is already have (bug 1)
		badgeservice:AwardBadge(player.UserId,badgeID) -- This is line 12, replace with the player variable in line 1
		print("Badge Awarded")
	end
	if SpecialNumber >= 1 then
		script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
	end
	print(SpecialNumber)
end
#4

I totally didn’t see this im so sorry, lemme try what you sent me, thank you so much! :smiley:

#5

you can reply as feedback about the modified script! no problem

#6

Ight so i did what i needed and it tells me. line 11 (actually line 12, the player.userId, badgeID line) and it tells me

attempt to index nil with ‘UserID’.

sorry to pester, thank you!

#7

Slight grammar mistake, its UserId, not UserID

#8

It is UserId? did you mean badgeId? :slight_smile:

#9

Is this in a local script or a server script?

#10

server script. Sorry thats my fault for not clarifying!

#11

Oh then you can’t use Local Player in a server script, do you just want the badge to only be given to one person or the entire server?

#12

you cant use LocalPlayer in ServerScripts

local badgeID = 2126443484
local badgeservice = game:GetService("BadgeService")

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
while wait(1)do
SpecialNumber = math.random(0,10)
if SpecialNumber == 0 then
script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
-- delete another player variable, because at line 1, is already have (bug 1)
badgeservice:AwardBadge(player.UserId,badgeID) -- This is line 12, replace with the player variable in line 1
print("Badge Awarded")
elseif SpecialNumber >= 1 then
script.Parent.ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
end
print(SpecialNumber)
end
end)
#13

You can’t award Badge in Client. I recommend using RemoteEvent.

#14

on particle emitter, it would server script because

#15

its 3d object

(Correction Text Of My Mistake Above, Within Chars System Dumb)

#16

sorry @msix29 , But PlayerAdded Now Change Into Function

local badgeID = 2126443484
local badgeservice = game:GetService("BadgeService")

local function onPlayerAdded(player)
 -- The Script
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(onPlayerAdded)

if i wrong, sorry @msix29

#17

there is no difference between our scripts, you made it as a separate function but i kept it as a single function, they will work in the same way though.

#18

Yeah, imma have to figure it out that way then? Because sadly despite everyone’s help- it doesn’t work Dx. Do you know any good tutorials on how to fully understand and utilize remote events?

#19

HERE is a tutorial about remote events by AlvinBlox

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#20

Step1: Put RemoteEvent in ReplicatedStorage and name it “AwardBadgeRemote”.
Step2: Put Script [NOT LOCAL] in ServerScriptService.
And code like:

local BadgeService = game:GetService("BadgeService")
local badgeId = 00000000 -- Replace to BadgeId

game.ReplicatedStorage.AwardBadgeRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	BadgeService:AwardBadge(player.UserId, badgeId)
end)

Step3: Put LocalScript in StarterGui.
Code:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local ParticleEmitter = -- Locate to ParticleEmitte.

while task.wait(1) do
	local SpecialNumber  = math.random(1,10)
	
	if SpecialNumber == 1 then
		ParticleEmitter.Enabled = true
		game.ReplicatedStorage.AwardBadgeRemote:FireServer()
		print("Badge Awarded")
	else
		if SpecialNumber >= 2 then
			ParticleEmitter.Enabled = false
		end
		print(SpecialNumber)
	end
end

If this work, please mark this post as Solution. Thank you!

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#21

I see what you mean and it works! Thank you so much!!! and thank you to everyone else that helped, I really appreciate it. There are still certain aspects of LUA code i don’t understand xD.