BGUI won't parent to a players head

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#1

When I load into the game in studio or in the actual game, the BGUI is not inside my head and nor is is visible. I also have a script that relies on the BGUI and it’s telling me that UserInformation is not a vaild child in meshpart head

Not sure what’s going on here… (I switched from HumaniodRP to Head and now it wont work)

Server Script:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local MarketplaceService = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local GameDataModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.GameDataModule)
local RankDataModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.RankDataModule)
local OverheadTemplate = script.UserInformation
local Connections = {}

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Connections[Player] = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
		local NewOverhead = OverheadTemplate:Clone()
		local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
		
		if MarketplaceService:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserId, GameDataModule.Gamepass_Premium) then
			NewOverhead.Main.Tags.Premium.Visible = true
			NewOverhead.Main.Tags.Visible = true
		end
			
		if PlayerIsInGroup then
			--[[if Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.Developer then
				NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "🛠️ "..Player:GetRoleInGroup(GroupId)
			elseif Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.StaffAssistant or Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.ManagementTeam or Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.AdministrationTeam then
				NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "🛡️ "..Player:GetRoleInGroup(GroupId)
			else]]
			NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
			--end
		else
			NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
		end
		
		Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
		NewOverhead.Parent = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
	end)
end)

Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
	if Connections[Player] then
		Connections[Player]:Disconnect()
		Connections[Player] = nil
	end
end)
#3

Can you show me the errors that you are receiving?

#4

Yeah! Here’s the error.
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No BGUI above my head:
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AFK Script that’s not working:

local AFK = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.RemoteEvents:WaitForChild("AFK")

AFK.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, AFKDebounce)
	local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	local Status = Character:WaitForChild("Head").UserInformation.Main.Statuses
	
	if AFKDebounce == true then
		Status.AFK.Visible = true
		Status.Visible = true
	elseif AFKDebounce == false then
		Status.AFK.Visible = false
		Status.Visible = false
	end
	--[[Status.AFK.Visible = AFKDebounce and true or false
	Status.Visible = AFKDebounce and true or false]]
end)
#5

Try adding a wait to the CharacterAdded function task.wait() before you run any of the code

#6

I have had problems before where the character was nil because the event fired before the character was actually added.

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#8

Oh gotcha, where would I add the task.wait() exactly?

#10

Have you tried resetting your character? If not, try it to see if the GUI loads in afterwards.

If it does, then the problem is that the CharacterAdded function is being connected after the character is already loaded in.

The best way to fix this would be to define the CharacterAdded function (it’s currently undefined), connect it, then call it again on the existing character. That would look something like this:

--define the function so you can refer to it later 
local function onCharacterAdded(Character) 
	--code within your current CharacterAdded function would go here 
end 

--define the existing character (or wait for it if it doesn't exist) 
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() 

--connect the function to the character being added 
Connections[Player] = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacterAdded) 

--run the function with the current character 
onCharacterAdded(Character)

If this is confusing to you, I can clear up any questions you have regarding how this would work.

Alternatively, if you just want a quick and easy fix without having to move around a lot of code, you can likely fix this with just one line right after the end) for the CharacterAdded function:

Player:LoadCharacter()

This will reload the character right after the function is connected and should also fix the issue. I personally advise against this method, but it would fix your issue nonetheless.

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#11

try something like this I believe the issue is the character is already in game before you function is setup this is common issue developers have thinking the function will fire everytime when they player enters the game
some of the things that can cause this is the modules you require at the top of the script here can delay/yeild it before making the connection to the playeradded function if this is the case even the code below won’t setup character right, but you can test this now by resetting

also the connections should be disconnected auto on player leaving

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local MarketplaceService = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local GameDataModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.GameDataModule)
local RankDataModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.RankDataModule)
local OverheadTemplate = script.UserInformation
local Connections = {}


function SetupCharacter(Player)
	local Character = Player.Character
	local NewOverhead = OverheadTemplate:Clone()
	local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)

	if MarketplaceService:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserId, GameDataModule.Gamepass_Premium) then  -- might want to wrap this with pcall incase of error
		NewOverhead.Main.Tags.Premium.Visible = true
		NewOverhead.Main.Tags.Visible = true
	end

	if PlayerIsInGroup then
			--[[if Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.Developer then
				NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "🛠️ "..Player:GetRoleInGroup(GroupId)
			elseif Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.StaffAssistant or Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.ManagementTeam or Player:GetRankInGroup(GroupId) == RankDataModule.AdministrationTeam then
				NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "🛡️ "..Player:GetRoleInGroup(GroupId)
			else]]
		NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
		--end
	else
		NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
	end

	Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
	NewOverhead.Parent = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
end


Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	SetupCharacter(Player)  -- Initial setup
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)  -- this doesn't always fire sometimes your character maybe already in game before function connected 
		SetupCharacter(Player)   -- this will setup a new character if they reset or die
	end)
end)

--[[   -- don't have to disconnect the connection to the player as they should be disconnected auto when player is destroyed on exit of the game
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
	if Connections[Player] then
		Connections[Player]:Disconnect()
		Connections[Player] = nil
	end
end)
--]]
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#12

Where would all of this go? Current Script:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local MarketplaceService = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")
local GameDataModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.GameDataModule)
local RankDataModule = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.RankDataModule)
local OverheadTemplate = script.UserInformation
local Connections = {}

local function OnCharacterAdded(Character) 
	Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
		Connections[Player] = Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
			local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() 
			local NewOverhead = OverheadTemplate:Clone()
			local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
			
			if MarketplaceService:UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserId, GameDataModule.Gamepass_Premium) then
				NewOverhead.Main.Tags.Premium.Visible = true
				NewOverhead.Main.Tags.Visible = true
			end
			
			if PlayerIsInGroup then
				NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
			else
				NewOverhead.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
			end
			
			Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
			NewOverhead.Parent = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
		end)
	end)
end
#13

What odd is that this script works fine with the BGUI is parented to the HumanoidRP, but when I changed it to head it doesn’t want to work anymore.

#14

@Nyonic, @doggy00 thank you guys for helping me but after trying to test out the both of your guys’ script’s I wasn’t able to get them to work. I even wrote up the most basic script for this and moved the Billboard GUI in ReplicatedStorage to see if that changed anything and it didn’t.

Script:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() 
	local Head = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
	local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local GameDataModule = require(ReplicatedStorage.Modules.GameDataModule)
	local NewUserInformation = ReplicatedStorage.UserInformation
	local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
	
	if PlayerIsInGroup then
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(GameDataModule.GroupID)
	else
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
	end
	
	Humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
	NewUserInformation.Parent = Head
end)
#15

is it erroring or what is it doing now or when you tried our scripts?

#16

also this is probably your issue here is what I suggest

first clone over the billboard then try to pull info to update it like rank and also role in group this way its there

I do this with values on the player or attributes using a -1 as the value for not loaded yet when it is loaded or change just update the ui

your requires on those modules is probably why its not loading the player or character function to even add the ui
you should use some prints in your script to determine where and when it is or is not loading

#17

hmm idk, i updated my script and im still getting an error

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() 
	local Head = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
	local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	--local GameDataModule = require(ReplicatedStorage.Modules.GameDataModule)
	local NewUserInformation = ReplicatedStorage.UserInformation
	local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(8723289)
	
	if PlayerIsInGroup then
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(8723289)
	else
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
	end
	
	Humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
	NewUserInformation.Parent = Head
end)

so nothing shows up above my head but i have a tag inside of the bgui that shows when a player is afk and thats the error that shows that the bgui isnt in the players head

#18

You might need to do a character setup function like above to make sure it catches the character and sets up right. You can even use characterappearance loaded to make sure its all the way loaded in

and use some prints in your code to make sure your script is even firing. this is one of the best debug tools, do something like this for prints

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait() 
	local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local Head = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
	
	--local GameDataModule = require(ReplicatedStorage.Modules.GameDataModule)

	local NewUserInformation = ReplicatedStorage.UserInformation

	Humanoid.DisplayDistanceType = Enum.HumanoidDisplayDistanceType.None
	NewUserInformation.Parent = Head
	
	print('ADDED TO HEAD')
	-- do this after adding to head
	local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(8723289)

	if PlayerIsInGroup then
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(8723289)
	else
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
	end
	print('SETUP INFO')
end)

but in your current script put all of this at the bottom and go a head and parent the gui to the player

	local PlayerIsInGroup = Player:IsInGroup(8723289)

	if PlayerIsInGroup then
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = Player:GetRoleInGroup(8723289)
	else
		NewUserInformation.Main.PlayerRank.Rank.Text = "Customer"
	end
#19

Using your script, it printed both of the things yet it’s not inside my head. There’s no script that deletes the BGUI, very confused!

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Before I made this post the BGUI used to be in the HumanoidRootPart, but later on in developtment I relized it should be in the head, so switching this line (to see if it would work like how it used to)

to local Head = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart") worked, but I want the BGUI to be in the Head and for some reason it just won’t parent.

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#20

It maybe your adding it before the character is fully added to the game and then it is removed
try adding a wait at the top

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#21

if this worked then you should try using CharacterAppearanceLoaded to make sure the character is all the way loaded before adding the ui

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#22

oh gotcha, thank you so much!!

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#23

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