Displaying player chat on a text label

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#1

Hello everyone, this is my first post on the DevForum.

I’m asking for help with an idea I’ve had for a game.

Essentially, everyone’s player character will be set to this fellow. When typing in the chat, the message typed will be displayed on the character’s screen.
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I have attempted to do this through this code in a script in ServerScriptService:

local plr = game:GetService("Players")

plr.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)

	Player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)

		plr.Handle.Model.Screen.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = msg

	end)

end)

Here is what the Explorer looks like for the player model:
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If anybody could give me some pointers on how to rectify this issue, please do let me know! I’m not that experienced when it comes to scripting, but I am striving to try things for myself in order to get better.

Have a wonderful day,
ShockWaves921.

#2

youre trying to find the screen inside of game.Players

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)

	Player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)

		Player.Character.Handle.Model.Screen.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = msg

	end)

end)
#3

Oh, it appears that I am. Sorry if this is a simple question, but where would I look for the screen? How would I refer to the specific player model which chatted?

#4 
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)

	Player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)

		Player.Character.Handle.Model.Screen.SurfaceGui.TextLabel.Text = msg

	end)

end)

The player who chatted is already referred in the Player.Chatted as you are looking for the specific player who chatted.

So you would use Player

#5

Thank you for the help, DeveloperLewis! I’d totally forgotten about the Character property thing. The screen now displays the chatted text.
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#6

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