Character is nil in module script

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#1

So uhh im kinda new to module scripts but I made this thing where it does dmg and it sends character to be damaged but for some reason it keeps saying attempt to call a nil value?

-- Snippet of script

hitbox.Touched:Connect(function(otherPart)
			if otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and otherPart.Parent.Name ~= plr.Name then
				local char = otherPart.Parent
				if char then
					dmgModule:Dmg(char,0.1,0.1,script.HitAnim,plr)
				end
			end
		end)
-- Snippet of module script

function dmgModule.Dmg(char,dmg,stunTime,knockback,anim,by)
	local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local animator = hum:WaitForChild("Animator")
	hum:TakeDamage(dmg)

Thank you

#2

I think the problem here is you’re using a colon instead of a dot…
Using a colon in lua returns self which is used in oop, i fixed it for you in this part of the script.

hitbox.Touched:Connect(function(otherPart)
			if otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and otherPart.Parent.Name ~= plr.Name then
				local char = otherPart.Parent
				if char then
					dmgModule.Dmg(char,0.1,0.1,script.HitAnim,plr)
				end
			end
		end)
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#3

There were quite a few ways you could have gone about fixing this.

function dmgModule.Dmg(self, char,dmg,stunTime,knockback,anim,by)
	local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local animator = hum:WaitForChild("Animator")
	hum:TakeDamage(dmg)
	
function dmgModule:Dmg(char,dmg,stunTime,knockback,anim,by)
	local hum = char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local animator = hum:WaitForChild("Animator")
	hum:TakeDamage(dmg)
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