Difference Between PlayerGui and StarterGui?

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#1

Hello Devs! :wave:

I am having trouble finding the difference between PlayerGui and StarterGui. I checked the forums, videos, and the wiki didn’t make sense at all. I even experimented myself. What I did was make a button and whenever you click it… It goes on a while loop and changes the color to random. So, I referenced the button in PlayerGui and StarterGui and it both worked as intended to. Any response it appreciated! :slight_smile:

GUIs are staying invisible for some reason, what am I doing wrong?
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#2

Basically in simple terms:

  • The StarterGui is replicated across the Server

  • The PlayerGui is replicated across everyone’s individual client (Or screen)

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#3

What @Jackscarlett said,

basically, the server has the startergui, anything edited there will replicate across everyone’s player gui, however, if you were to change something from within a player’s “playergui”, it would only show for them.

You wouldn’t really edit the startergui in scripts nearly as much as you would the player gui, or at least I wouldn’t suggest it.

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#4

StarterGui is a service, anything inside it is replicated to each player’s PlayerGui
PlayerGui is an individual player’s GUI, changes to their UI won’t affect other clients

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#5

So if I would like something to happen only to the player that triggered it, I’d use playergui, but if I’d want something to happen to everyone, I’d use startergui?

#6

Not entirely, if you wanted something to happen for everyone, I’d suggest changing all players playerguis instead of directly manipulating the startergui.

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#7

Changing anything within StarterGui won’t do anything. It won’t replicate. So instead, use an event and make sure a local script inside the gui receives it, which will then change for everyone.

-- Server
local Event = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild('RemoteEvent')

Event:FireAllClients('Hello world!')

-- Client
local Event = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild('RemoteEvent')

Event.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(string)
    script.Parent.Text = string
end)
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#8

The Player’s current GUI objects won’t replicate to the StarterGUI, but you could do FireAllClients with a RemoteEvent instead

#9

But the button background did change color when I referenced the button from startergui

#10

You probably changed it from the Server Side then, unless if you played it on an actual Client screen

#11

Can I see your script? Don’t think it works that way

#12

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#13

That’s a UI Object, not a GUI Object what

#14

You didn’t reference to StarterGui, that whole gui is replicated to your PlayerGui and changes client sidedly, not affecting other clients.

#15

I did reference the startergui. Saying script.Parent in a local script inside startergui is referencing startergui because the button is inside the startergui.

#16

You’re correct, but that ScreenGui (and its scripts) is moved to your PlayerGui when you join the game.

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#17

ooooooooooooooooh. I see thanks a lot!