Dictonary with indexes as player instances won't get player in client scripts

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I’m creating a party system. This is handled entirely in a module script, with server scripts being able to set and grab information. All of the party information is stored inside of a dictionary. For simplicity, each party is indexed by the party’s host.

For visualization, this is how the data is stored:

PlayerParties = {
	[PlayerInstance] = {
		["Players"] = {
			PlayerInstance,
			PlayerInstance2
		},
		-- other items stored
	},
	-- more indexes
}

I haven’t had any problems accessing the Host player instance from the index until I tried to create the ui based party joining system, in which host returns as <Instance> PlayerName.

I send the party information to the client by sending a RemoteFunction to the server that will return the party dictionary from the module.

For some reason in the client, I can’t (or just don’t know how) to get the player instance from the dictionary index.

This is the code on the server that sends the client the dictionary.

Remotes.GetEntirePartyList.OnServerInvoke = function(player)
	local list = PartyHandler.getEntirePartyList()
	for host, info in pairs(list) do
		print("Host:", host)
	end
	return list
end

Output >>
     Host: MayorGnarwhal -- player instance

However, when I receive the dictionary on the client, I’m not getting the player as I loop through the indexes

local function displayPartyInformation()
	local partyDictonary = Remotes.GetEntirePartyList:InvokeServer()
	print(partyDictonary)
	for host, info in pairs(partyDictonary) do
		print("Host:" .. host)
		-- do stuff with that info
	end
end

Output >>>
      table: 0x85741e02ca0f9e13 -- dictonary does exist
      Host: <Instance> (MayorGnarwhal) -- isn't player instance (typeof(host) reveals its a string

To display the information I want, I need the player instance to get the name and userId, but this is something I haven’t seen before, so how can I get the player instance?

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Roblox automatically converts instance indices to strings in RemoteEvents. It’s probably better to pass the name or ID of the player instead and then get the instance on the client. You can also always format your table to not use players as keys.

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