Can't clone a folder into PlayerGui

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#1

Hello! I am trying to clone a folder inside playerGui from a local script, but its not being cloned

The code is this

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local replicated = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")

local SpawnUis = replicated.SpawnUis:Clone()

SpawnUis.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

But when i add wait() it magically works, like

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local replicated = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")

local SpawnUis = replicated.SpawnUis:Clone()

wait(1)
SpawnUis.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

but i dont want to use wait() because of a potential laggy player. Also i dont understand why i can’t assign it’s parent instantly and instead i have to wait a second.
First i thought maybe i have to wait for playergui to load but even then it doesn’t work

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#2

Try that:

local playerguifound = game.Players.LocalPlayer:FoundFirstChild("PlayerGui")
if playerguifound then

SpawnUis.Parent = playerguifound

If it’s not working tell me.

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#3

Sadly it didn’t work. I even added a print statement somehow the print works but setting the parent dont

#4

you can’t create new guis on the client and have them visible

you should use a server script

the way how playergui works is:
server has the gui, sends a copy to each client that joins the game
you can only add new UI via server, but you can customize the already existing UI via client

#5

Have you tried awaiting the SpawnUis UI?

#6

Yes that makes sense but i am not creating a new gui i am copying one and it somehow works when i add wait function for a second. If i parent everything to the playergui then there is another bug where i cant access the spawnui inside playergui even with waitforchild() and i again need to add wait. I wanted to have a workaround by parenting it to replicatedfirst so it loads first and then parent it to player but as you can see with the post, i get a similar problem. I can of course just add wait and skip the hassle but i dont think it’s reliable

#7

Sharing out what console printed might help, Maybe it’s saying something like infinite possible yields like that.

#8

Yes i did at first and it was the same problem, but its in replicated first so logically it should be loaded before the script can access

#9

actually wait, i think:

local RF = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")
local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local plrGui = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui") -- or plr:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")

local SpawnUis = RF:WaitForChild("SpawnUis"):Clone() -- this could yield infinitely so i apologize

SpawnUis.Parent = plrGui

if this doesn’t work then i suggest doing it via server, or just doing it in startergui

#10

Oh sorry i forgot about adding the console but no there is no infinite yield i also added a print after assigning the parent and it works so i suppose there is no yield?

#11

technically that is creating a new gui :smiley:

i honestly just suggest doing it on the server

#12

GUIs are best done on client but not on server as this can create response lag.

#13

it also didn’t work there was no yielding too but when i added wait before the parent assigning that again worked

#14

Also try printing out print(SpawnUis.Parent), This may tell you something whats happening.

#15

Oops, yeah i guess i’ll do that i just didn’t want to divide the code

#16

what kind of response lag? who put this stupid character limit iaeyjhgdoifd

#17

Oh that makes sense! Just did that and it says it’s in playergui but there is no folder inside playergui when i check it? This confused me more

#18

You may wanna debug the values of different objects by printing out values and then post your new script with prints and output.

#19 
local RF = game:GetService("ReplicatedFirst")
local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local plrGui = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui") -- or plr:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")
print(plrGui) -- nil
local SpawnUis = RF:WaitForChild("SpawnUis"):Clone()
print(SpawnUis) -- SpawnUi

SpawnUis.Parent = plrGui
print(plrGui:FindFirstChild(SpawnUis)) -- nil
print(SpawnUis.Parent) --playergui

this doesn’t make sense tho how can the parent be playergui while not being able to access it inside the said playergui?

#20

If you wont mind if you can share the rbxl place file and let me look into it, this is confusing ngl.