Hello! I’m trying to remove the cloned template in my order, but I’m encountering the following error shown below. Any ideas on how to fix it or what I might be doing wrong? 
11:58:24.782 Players.Player1.PlayerGui.Order_Delivery.deliveryOrderButton.deliveryButtonScript:13: attempt to index nil with 'WaitForChild' - Client - deliveryButtonScript:13
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server-side script:
local clonedTemplateEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").orderTemplate:WaitForChild("clonedTemplateEvent")
-- Declare and initialize the orders table on the server side
local ordersTable = {}
clonedTemplateEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, username, item1, item2, totalPrice)
local frameTemplate = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").orderTemplate.Template
local textLabelTemplate = frameTemplate.TextLabel
-- Format the text for the textLabel
local formattedText
if item1 and item2 and item2 ~= "" then
formattedText = "Order by " .. username .. ": " .. item1 .. " and " .. item2 .. ". Your earnings: $" .. totalPrice .. " CB"
elseif item1 then
formattedText = "Order by " .. username .. ": " .. item1 .. ". Your earnings: $" .. totalPrice .. " CB"
else
warn("No items provided for the order.")
return
end
-- Loop through all players
for _, plr in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr.Team and plr.Team.Name == "Chef" then
-- Clone the frameTemplate into the ScrollingFrame
local OrdersList_UI = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):FindFirstChild("OrdersList_UI")
OrdersList_UI.Enabled = true
local clonedFrame = frameTemplate:Clone()
clonedFrame.Parent = OrdersList_UI.Background.ScrollingFrame
-- Update the textLabel with formatted text
clonedFrame.TextLabel.Text = formattedText
-- Debugging: Print the content of textLabel to the console
print("textLabel content:", clonedFrame.TextLabel.Text)
-- Store the formatted text in the orderData for easy reference
local orderData = {
username = username,
item1 = item1 or "",
item2 = item2 or "",
totalprice = totalPrice,
formattedText = formattedText
}
table.insert(ordersTable, orderData)
else
warn("Player is not in Chef Team.")
end
end
end)
localsript:
local orderUpdateEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").remoteEvents:WaitForChild("OrderUpdateEvent")
local orders = {}
-- Listen to the remote event to receive order update notifications
orderUpdateEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(orderData)
-- Update the client's UI with the new order data
table.insert(orders, orderData) -- Add the order to the local orders table
end)
-- Function to remove the delivered order from the orders table and UI
local function removeOrderAndUI(player, orderToRemove, index)
local playerGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local OrdersList_UI = playerGui:WaitForChild("OrdersList_UI")
local scrollingFrame = OrdersList_UI.Background:WaitForChild("ScrollingFrame")
local templateClone = scrollingFrame:WaitForChild("Template")
-- Find and remove the template clone associated with the order from the UI
for _, frame in ipairs(scrollingFrame:GetChildren()) do
if frame.Name == "Template" and frame.TextLabel.Text == orderToRemove.formattedText then
frame:Destroy()
break
end
end
-- Remove the delivered order from the orders table
table.remove(orders, index)
-- Print a message indicating successful removal
print("Order successfully removed from orders table and UI. Index:", index)
end
-- Function to check nearby customer
local function checkNearbyCustomer()
-- Check if there is a customer nearby and return their username if found
local maxDistance = 15 -- Maximum distance to consider a player as nearby (adjust as needed)
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local nearbyCustomer = ""
for _, otherPlayer in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if otherPlayer ~= player and otherPlayer.Team.Name == "Customer" then
local character = otherPlayer.Character
if character and character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart") then
local distance = (character.HumanoidRootPart.Position - player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position).magnitude
if distance <= maxDistance then
nearbyCustomer = otherPlayer.Name -- Set the nearby customer username
break
end
end
end
end
return nearbyCustomer
end
-- Function to check if the order exists in the orders table
local function checkOrderExists(username)
-- Check if an order exists for a given username
print("Checking if order exists for username:", username)
for _, order in pairs(orders) do
if order.username == username then
print("Order found for username:", username)
return true -- Order found
end
end
print("Order not found for username:", username)
return false -- Order not found
end
local deliverOrderFunction = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").remoteFunctions.deliverOrderFunction
local orderButton = script.Parent
orderButton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(player)
print("Delivery order button pressed")
print(orders)
-- Obtain the name of the nearby user
local nearbyCustomer = checkNearbyCustomer()
if nearbyCustomer == "" then
print("No nearby customer found.")
return
end
-- Check if there is an order for the nearby user
local orderExistsForCustomer = checkOrderExists(nearbyCustomer)
if orderExistsForCustomer then
-- Get the order for the nearby user
local orderData = nil
local index = nil
for i, order in ipairs(orders) do
if order.username == nearbyCustomer then
orderData = order
index = i -- Store the index
break
end
end
if orderData then
-- Print the order data before processing
print("Order data before delivery:")
for key, value in pairs(orderData) do
print(key, value)
end
-- Check if orderData is valid before invoking deliverOrderFunction
if not orderData.username or not orderData.item1 or not orderData.item2 or not orderData.totalprice then
warn("Invalid order data")
return
end
-- Call deliverOrderFunction with orderData and index
print("Calling deliverOrderFunction with orderData and index:", orderData, index)
if orderData and index then
-- Get the RemoteFunction for delivering orders from the client
local success, errorMessage = deliverOrderFunction:InvokeServer(orderData)
if success then
print("Order delivery successful.")
-- Update any UI or data related to the removed order here
local OrderReceivedByCustomer_UI = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("OrderReceivedByCustomer_UI")
OrderReceivedByCustomer_UI.Enabled = true
OrderReceivedByCustomer_UI.ReceivedByCustomer_TextLabel.Text = "Order Received by ".. nearbyCustomer ..". + $".. orderData.totalprice .." CB"
wait(3)
OrderReceivedByCustomer_UI.Enabled = false
wait(.2)
-- Remove the delivered order from orderData
orderData = nil
-- Remove the delivered order from orders table
table.remove(orders, index)
removeOrderAndUI(orderData, index)
-- Print a message indicating successful removal
print("Order successfully removed from orders table. Index:", index)
print(orderData)
else
print("Failed to deliver order:", errorMessage)
end
else
warn("Order data or index is missing or nil")
end
else
print("Failed to find order data for nearby customer:", nearbyCustomer)
end
else
print("No order found for nearby customer:", nearbyCustomer)
end
end)