Hello everyone, I am a scripter. I recently wrote a module script and decided to test it. However, during my tests, I kept getting the “board not found” error. Without adding proper checks, the module would just throw errors.
I reviewed the code countless times, tried fixing it over and over, but nothing seemed to work. I even asked three friends for help, but they couldn’t solve it either. AI suggestions just made it worse.
Can anyone help me?
After some debugging, it seems like the Board table isn’t being initialized for new players, like the creation is being skipped.
local Effects = {}
local Board = {}
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local StandartLevel = 1
local StandartDuration = 5
function Effects.CreateBoard(Player)
print(Player, Player.UserId)
if not Player then
print("Player not valid")
return
end
if Board[Player.UserId] then
print("Board exists so cancelling to create")
return
end
Board[Player.UserId] = {
["Burning"] = false
}
print(Effects)
print("DEBUG ENDED")
end
function Effects.RemoveBoard(Player)
if not Player then return end
if not Effects[Player.UserId] then return end
Effects[Player.UserId] = nil
end
function Effects.PrintBoard(Player)
print(Board)
end
function Effects.Burning(Player, Level, Duration)
print(Player, Level, Duration)
if not Player or not Player:IsA("Player") then
print("Plr is invalid cancelling")
return
end
if not Board[Player.UserId] then
print("Board doesn't exists")
return
end
if Board[Player.UserId].Burning then
print("Plr already being burned")
return
end
Board[Player.UserId].Burning = true
Level = Level or StandartLevel
Duration = Duration or StandartDuration
local RootPart = Player.Character and Player.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local Humanoid = Player.Character and Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not RootPart or not Humanoid then
print("RootPart or Humanoid is not found")
Board[Player.UserId].Burning = false
return
end
local Fire = Instance.new("Fire")
Fire.Size = 5
Fire.Heat = 10
Fire.Parent = RootPart
local StartTime = tick()
while tick() - StartTime <= Duration do
Humanoid:TakeDamage(Level)
task.wait(1)
end
Fire:Destroy()
Board[Player.UserId].Burning = false
print("Burning finished")
end
return Effects
The server script that calling CreateNewBoard function:
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Effects = require(game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Assets.Modules.Effects)
Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Plr)
Plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Chr)
Effects.CreateBoard(Plr)
print("Created board for plr")
if Chr.Parent == workspace then
Chr.Parent = workspace.Players.Spectating
end
end)
end)
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Plr)
Effects.RemoveBoard(Plr)
end)
