Cloned tool not being parented to backpack

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#1

Hello, I’m making a simulator game involving paper airplanes,
Once I throw the airplane and it touches the ground it should wait 2 seconds and then be destroyed, then have a clone parent it to backpack. (Sorry if this is an inefficient way, i’m new)
this is my current code:

workspace.DescendantRemoving:Connect(function(part)
    if part.Name == "PaperAirplane" then
        print("parented")
        ClonedTool.Parent = player.Backpack
    end
end)

There is no error, and it gets destroyed as it should. Nothing prints either.
I’ve also tried this code:

script.Parent.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)

	print("hit")

	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Part") then
		print("Is part")
		wait(2)
		script.Parent:Destroy()

		local ClonedTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.PaperAirplane:Clone()

		ClonedTool.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Backpack

		print("Destroyed")
	end
end)

But it gives me this error: attempt to index nil with ‘Backpack’

Any help is appreciated, thanks.

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#2

game.Players.LocalPlayer doesnt exist in server scripts you should do it like this:

local isTouched=false

script.Parent.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	print("hit")
	if isTouched then
		return
	end
	if game.Players:FindFirstChild(hit.Parent.Name) then
		isTouched = true
		local player = game.Players:WaitForChild(hit.Parent.Name)
		local ToolName = "PaperAirplane"
		local source = game.ServerStorage
		
		if source:FindFirstChild(ToolName) then
			local backpack = player.Backpack
			if backpack then
				source[ToolName]:Clone().Parent = backpack
			end
		end
	end
	task.wait(1.25)
	script.Parent:Destroy()
end)
#3

Hello, Thanks for the help but it doesnt parent to the players backpack, it does get destroyed, yes.

#4

do you want to clone it to all players backpack? because youre using Players.LocalPlayer

#5

No, just the person that threw the airplane.

#6 
local __CS = game:GetService("CollectionService")
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(__PART:BasePart?)
	local __PLAYER = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(__PART.Parent)
	if __PLAYER ~= nil then
		if not __CS:HasTag(__PLAYER, "__CD") then
			task.delay(1,function()
				__CS:RemoveTag(__PLAYER)
			end)
			local __TOOL = game:GetService("ServerStorage"):FindFirstChild("TOOLNAMEHRE"):Clone()
			__TOOL.Parent = __PLAYER.Backpack
			script.Parent:Destroy()
		end
	end
end)

like this?

#7

you need to define the player which is airplane threw, and then clone it to the player which is you defined.

#8

Try this when you get the chance

local Handle = script.Parent.Handle

Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	
	local Player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	
	if (Player) then
		
		script.Parent:Destroy()

		local ClonedTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.PaperAirplane:Clone()

		ClonedTool.Parent = Player.Backpack

		print("Destroyed")
		
	end
	
end)

Any errors, let me know!

#9

Hi. I want the airplane to be destroyed after it touches a part. Preferably after 2 seconds, then it creates a clone and parents it to the players backpack.

#10 
local Handle = script.Parent.Handle

Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	
	local Player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	
	if (Player) then

		wait(2)

		script.Parent:Destroy()

		local ClonedTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.PaperAirplane:Clone()

		ClonedTool.Parent = Player.Backpack

		print("Destroyed")
		
	end
	
end)

??

#11

Sorry but the paper airplane doesnt get destroyed when it touches a part

#12

Thats not how that works. You’d need a script inside the airplane when the Airplane collides with a part. Or do this

local Handle = script.Parent.Handle

Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	
	local Player = game:GetService("Players"):GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	
	if (Player) then

		wait(2)

		script.Parent:Destroy()

		local ClonedTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.PaperAirplane:Clone()

		ClonedTool.Parent = Player.Backpack

                ClonedTool.InsertPartToCollide.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
                           PartToDestroy:Destroy()
                end)

		print("Destroyed")
		
	end
	
end)
#13

Is it a Server-Side script or LocalScript ?

#14

hello, It is a server side script

#15

I dont understand, sorry. I want it to detect when it touches a part and then destroys itself, then puts the clone into the players backpack. And rinse and repeat

#16

So you don’t need to use game.Players.LocalPlayer. It’s used in LocalScript. Also, can you send the whole code, so that we could check where you defined a player ?

#17

If you destroy a part and then try to clone, it won’t, because they are opposite and you can’t really clone something that doesn’t exist.

#18 
local tool = script.Parent
local Player = game:GetService("Players")
Player:WaitForChild("Backpack", 5)
local ClonedTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.PaperAirplane:Clone()
tool.Bounce.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, event)
	print(player)
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
	local ball = tool.Handle
	tool.Parent = workspace
	ball.CFrame = tool.Handle.CFrame
		ball.CFrame = CFrame.new(ball.Position, event)
		
		local BV = Instance.new("BodyVelocity", ball);
		BV.MaxForce = Vector3.new(math.huge, math.huge, math.huge)
		BV.Velocity = ball.CFrame.lookVector * 50 -- how fast it throws
		wait(.1)
		tool.Handle.BodyVelocity:Destroy()
end)

local isTouched=false

local Handle = script.Parent.Handle

script.Parent.Handle.Touched:Connect(function(hit)

	print("hit")

	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Part") then
		print("Is part")
		wait(2)
		script.Parent:Destroy()

		local ClonedTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.PaperAirplane:Clone()

		ClonedTool.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Backpack

		print("Destroyed")
	end
end)

Theres one paper airplane in the starterpack and replicated storage.

#19

I found the error.

local Player = game:GetService("Players")
Player:WaitForChild("Backpack", 5)

Here why you used Player:WaitForChild(“Backpack”, 5) ?
You aren’t defining a backpack.

And you are actually waiting for backpack for a service, not actual player.

To define indivisual player, use a local script and use game.Players.LocalPlayer

Or use game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
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#20

And why you used LocalPlayer when it isn’t a LocalScript ?