Cant move an item to a position

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#1

I want to make a spawn system but for some reason i cant move the cloned Item to the spawn position,how can i fix that?

local Water = workspace:WaitForChild("ItemSpawns").Items:WaitForChild("Water")
local Itemspawns = script.Parent.Parent
local cooldown = 5
local spawnpos = nil
local function randomize()
	local random = 2 --math.random(2)
	if random == 1 then
		local spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnIdk")
	elseif random == 2 then
		local spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnerLemo")
	elseif random == 3 then
		local spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnYes")
	elseif random == 4 then
		local spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnNo")
	end
	local chance = 2 --math.random(1,6)
	if chance < 3 then
		local item = 0 -- item = math.random(1,4)
		if item == 0 then
			local Item = Water:Clone()
			print("Cloned the test item")
			Item.Parent = workspace
			Item:WaitForChild("Handle").Position = spawnpos.Position + Vector3.new(0,0.5,0)
			print("Set its position")
		end
	end
	task.wait(cooldown)
	randomize()
end
randomize()
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#2

are you getting any errors? Do you see the object in the workspace? Do you see all the print values?

If you see the object in the workspace while playing in studio, then swap to server and see if you see the object still, if so, select it and press f, see where it’s at, and check the properties in the explorer while you’re there. Should add a print value inside your script under “Cloned the test item” which prints out the spawnpos value to see what it states.

Oh, also a side not, you’re calling in each of those randoms, “local spawnpos” but you already initialized it outside those statements, and those variables (i believe) would not be accessible outside of that scope. Instead just remove the “Local” part before each of the spawnpos variables inside the if statements (not the very first one) as that could be a part of your problem

#3

I get an error "attempt to index nil with ‘Position’ "

#4

then it’s probably the spawnpos as this would be considered nil at that line from what i stated earlier with the local scopes…
Try this

local Water = workspace:WaitForChild("ItemSpawns").Items:WaitForChild("Water")
local Itemspawns = script.Parent.Parent
local cooldown = 5
local spawnpos = nil
local function randomize()
	local random = 2 --math.random(2)
	if random == 1 then
		spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnIdk")
	elseif random == 2 then
		spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnerLemo")
	elseif random == 3 then
		spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnYes")
	elseif random == 4 then
		spawnpos = Itemspawns:WaitForChild("ItemSpawnNo")
	end
	local chance = 2 --math.random(1,6)
	if chance < 3 then
		local item = 0 -- item = math.random(1,4)
		if item == 0 then
			local Item = Water:Clone()
			print("Cloned the test item")
			Item.Parent = workspace
			Item:WaitForChild("Handle").Position = spawnpos.Position + Vector3.new(0,0.5,0)
			print("Set its position")
		end
	end
	task.wait(cooldown)
	randomize()
end
randomize()
#5

is spawnpos model >?
(too shortt)