Basic plugin script not working

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Error: ServerScriptService.Script:5: attempt to index nil with ‘CreateToolbar’ - Server - Script:5

(This is my first attempt at making a plugin so I don’t really know what I’m doing)

local selection = game:GetService("Selection")

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("Easy Tweening")
local openGuiButton = toolbar:CreateButton("Tween", "Begin", "rbxassetid://15537143749")

local gui = script:WaitForChild("TweenPluginUI", 10)

openGuiButton.Click:Connect(function()
	if gui.Parent == script then
		gui.Parent = game:WaitForChild("CoreGui")
	elseif gui.Parent == game:WaitForChild("CoreGui") then
		gui.Parent = script
	end
end)

gui.Main.InsertButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	print(selection.Name)
end)
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2

Are you running the game? You need to save the plugin as local plugin for it to actually run.

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I tried running the game, yes. It doesn’t work in studio or in-game.

Idk how to make it a local plugin. Like I said, I really have no clue what I’m doing. Could you walk me through the steps please?

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You shouldn’t run the game. Right click the script/folder of the plugin, click “Save as Local Plugin” and give it a name (or just click enter) and it should run after.

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Okay, that works, thanks!

But now I’m getting different errors…

user_TweenPlugin.lua.Script:16: attempt to index nil with ‘Main’ - Edit

user_TweenPlugin.lua.Script:9: attempt to index nil with ‘Parent’

local selection = game:GetService("Selection")

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("Easy Tweening")
local openGuiButton = toolbar:CreateButton("Tween", "Begin", "rbxassetid://15537143749")

local gui = script:WaitForChild("TweenPluginUI", 10)

openGuiButton.Click:Connect(function()
	if gui.Parent == script then
		gui.Parent = game:WaitForChild("CoreGui")
	elseif gui.Parent == game:WaitForChild("CoreGui") then
		gui.Parent = script
	end
end)

gui.Main.InsertButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	print(selection.Name)
end)
6

Your probably using a script for your plugin, scripts are saved alone and so, can’t access UIs under them. To use the UI create a folder (with the same name as the plugin) and move the script (with everything else) inside it. That’ll fix it.

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Still getting the same error. Maybe I’m overlooking something…

user_TweenPlugin.lua.Script:9: attempt to index nil with ‘Parent’

Paths:

ServerScriptService → Tween (Folder) → TweenPlugin (Script)

ServerScriptService → Tween (Folder) → TweenPluginUI (ScreenGui) → Main (Frame) → InsertButton (TextButton)

Updated script:

local selection = game:GetService("Selection")

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("Easy Tweening")
local openGuiButton = toolbar:CreateButton("Tween", "Begin", "rbxassetid://15537143749")

local gui = script.Parent:WaitForChild("TweenPluginUI")

openGuiButton.Click:Connect(function()
	if gui.Parent == "Tween" then
		gui.Parent = game:WaitForChild("CoreGui")
	elseif gui.Parent == game:WaitForChild("CoreGui") then
		gui.Parent = script
	end
end)

gui.Main.InsertButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	print(selection.Name)
end)
8

Did u save the folder again? Make sure to save the folder not the script.

9

I did, but I’ll try again. Does the name of the plugin matter?

10

No it doesn’t, just make sure you delete the old one so you don’t get false errors.

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11

Thanks for your help!

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Glad I helped..

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