Can't get magnitude

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#1

so, im making a waypoint system for my open-world game but the distance meter won’t work, here’s how it looks like:
image
(screenshot made while testing)
the Vector3.Magnitude does not work, AT ALL.
LocalScript:

while wait() do
	script.Parent.Text = (game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid").RootPart.Position - script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Position).Magnitude
end

first attempt was to use GetBoundingBox().Position, but didn’t work.
again, this is a LocalScript so i don’t know if it’s even supposed to work
if anyone knows the solution, please tell me.

#2 
game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid").RootPart.Position

should be

game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.HumanoidRootPart

also replace wait() with task.wait()

#3

still not it, but i used wait just for performance
thanks tho

#4

is the localscript placed under the player’s character or the player?
also wait is way slower than task.wait

#5

I notice you are using script.Parent.Parent.Parent, does this mean your LocalScript is a descendant of Workspace?

#6

well yeah, but at first its in replicatedStorage

#7

its in the distance gui(BillboardGui.TextLabel

#8

localscripts wont run in workspace, try placing it in starterplayercharacter or starterplayerscripts
this does mean that youll have to change script.Parent.Parent.Parent though

#9

that gives me an idea (characterminimumlimitaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)

#10

What you might prefer is to place the BillboardGui in the player’s PlayerGui and assign the Adornee to the part. You can then reference the part via the Adornee property

#11

also some posts say magnitude doesnt work in localscripts, but ill try

#12

magnitude isnt exclusive to local or server scripts you should be fine

#13

hold on, the player can create multiple waypoints

#14

well, lua gave me an idea so idk bout that

#15

This isn’t true but the player’s Character and Character.HumanoidRootPart can potentially be nil at runtime, so ensure they exist before usage!

Also, busy while loops can be expensive - try using a RunService event such as PostSimulation (just after the character’s velocity has been applied)

#16

alright, i’ll try using a for loop

#17

I don’t recommend this either. Any kind of loop repeatedly calling yielding function can be detrimental, always prefer events!

#18

an updated script in starterplayerscripts:

game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	if char ~= nil then
			for _,v in pairs(workspace.WaypointStorage:GetChildren()) do
				local label = v:FindFirstChild("Distance").TextLabel
				if label and v:IsA("BasePart") then
					local mag = (char:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid").RootPart.Position - v.Position).magnitude
					label.Text = math.ceil(mag)
				end
			end
	end
end)
end)

and now it stops working upon respawn, and the output is empty

#19

alright, i parented it to startercharacterscripts, modified it and it works

#20

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