Billboard GUI Not Showing Up

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:08pm

Hello DevForum!

I am trying to make a script that clones a Billboard GUI onto player heads whenever someone joins the game, but whenever I test it in Studio, the GUI doesn’t show up and there are no errors appearing in the output bar. What am I doing wrong?


game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
		local UsernamerClone = script.Usernamer:Clone()
		UsernamerClone.Parent = Character.Head

		local InformationLabel1 = UsernamerClone.InformationLabel

		InformationLabel1.Text = Player.Name
	end)
end)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
		local ABC = script.PickGroup:Clone()
		ABC.Parent = Character.Head

		local GroupLabel_Child = ABC.GroupLabel_Child

		local GroupNumber = math.random(1,3)

		if GroupNumber == 1 then
			GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group A"

		elseif GroupNumber == 2 then
			GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group B"

		elseif GroupNumber == 3 then
			GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group C"

		end

	end)
end)

Demonic_Anxiety · June 13, 2021, 3:10pm

You need to set the Adornee property of the Billboard GUI.
Add this after cloning the Billboard GUI to the player’s head:

UsernamerClone.Adornee = Character.Head

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:32pm

Hey! Thanks for the suggestion. I have just now come to the realization that, sometime over the last 3 weeks, Billboard GUIs aren’t working on heads besides the basic roblox head. I switched from the woman head to the basic head and, voila, the GUI showed up perfectly fine!

It seems to be a recent bug but I haven’t seen anyone bring it up in #bug-reports except for this one post (Nametag wont appear on users with different heads - #11 by stratolog).

YourBossyLord · June 13, 2021, 3:37pm

Well, they do show up, it just takes different settings within the scripting.

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:37pm

Would you be able to elaborate?

YourBossyLord · June 13, 2021, 3:38pm

I have made my own and it still would work.

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:39pm

Hm, interesting! And you did this today?

YourBossyLord · June 13, 2021, 3:40pm

Mhm, I have done this many times, I have even gotten it to change with a GUI textbox.

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:41pm

Yes, I have also gotten it to work many times before. But I have just noticed the issue today, which leads me to believe there is some sort of bug.

YourBossyLord · June 13, 2021, 3:43pm

Well, it might actually be a new bug. For example my head ig normally looks like this:

But if you check in the other picture, it has changed the formation of the head.

BabyNinjaTime · June 13, 2021, 3:43pm

Ive had this problem before as well. However i did find a solution to the problem, by finding the player character’s head in a different way. Try this script below:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
   plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
      local UsernamerClone = script.Usernamer:Clone()
      UsernamerClone.Parent = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(plr.Name).Head
      -- getting the character's head from workspace
      
      local InfoLabel1 = UsernamerClone.InformationLabel
      InfoLabel1.Text = plr.Name
   end)
end)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
   plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
      local ABC = script.PickGroup:Clone()
      ABC.Parent = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(plr.Name).Head
      
      local GroupLabel_Child = ABC.GroupLabel_Child
      local GroupNumber = math.random(1,3)

      if GroupNumber == 1 then
			GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group A"

		elseif GroupNumber == 2 then
			GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group B"

		elseif GroupNumber == 3 then
			GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group C"

		end
	end)
end)

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:54pm

I tested out your way of finding a player head and it still doesn’t seem to work for me. Though, I really appreciate you trying to help solve the problem!

BabyNinjaTime · June 13, 2021, 3:55pm

Any errors in the output or just blank?

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:55pm

Yea, it wasn’t adorneed and I tried both methods but the GUI still only shows up with the basic head, sadly.

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 3:56pm

Just blank, which is the frustrating part .

BabyNinjaTime · June 13, 2021, 4:09pm

Try putting the billboard guis in a folder in ReplicatedStorage. Name the folder OverheadGuis. Make a different script in ServerScriptService and disable the other script (just in case this doesnt work). In your new script, use this code:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Folder = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("OverheadGuis")

local UsernamerClone = Folder.Usernamer:Clone()
local ABC = Folder.PickGroup:Clone()

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
   plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()

      UsernamerClone.Parent = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(plr.Name).Head
      
      local InfoLabel1 = UsernamerClone.InformationLabel
      InfoLabel1.Text = plr.Name

      ABC.Parent = game.Workspace:WaitForChild(plr.Name).Head

      local GroupLabel_Child = ABC.GroupLabel_Child
      local GroupNumber = math.random(1,3)

      if GroupNumber == 1 then
   		GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group A"

	elseif GroupNumber == 2 then
		GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group B"

	elseif GroupNumber == 3 then
		GroupLabel_Child.Text = "Group C"

      end
   end)
end)

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 4:22pm

Trying that and still nothing . I test the game and the part’s don’t even seem to be children of the head

BabyNinjaTime · June 13, 2021, 4:28pm

Strange. Just to clarify, have you put the script inside of ServerScriptService, and are the BillboardGuis in the folder named OverheadGuis, which is in ReplicatedStorage (and is there any errors or warnings in the output)?

CitralSushi · June 13, 2021, 4:32pm

99% sure I did it right?

and still no errors

BabyNinjaTime · June 13, 2021, 4:34pm

Try printing messages in specific areas of the script (like before and after parenting the billboard guis), see if they would even print the messages in the output