Does anyone know why this script isnt working?

[TheNostaglicMonika (Coral)]

Does anyone know why this isn’t working?

-- Function to handle chat messages
local function onChatted(player, message)
	if message:lower() == "!admin" then
		script.Parent.Enabled = true
	end
end


local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
player.Chatted:Connect(function(message)
	onChatted(player, message)
end)

I want to put it in StarterGui, it works in workspace but just not starter gui? No error happens.

[AlexPalex178]

Since your screengui is disabled before the message runs, the local script can’t even run because its parent is disabled.

That would be like typing “script.Enabled = true” in a disabled script.

[noname1900021 (nonamie)]

I’ve tried using the code you provided and it didn’t work for me both in Workspace and StarterGui. I guess that is related to the outdated Chatted event itself.

Here is the modern version of the script that uses TextChatService:

--!strict

local TextChatService = game:GetService("TextChatService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer

TextChatService.MessageReceived:Connect(function(textChatMessage)
	if textChatMessage.TextSource.UserId ~= player.UserId then
		return
	end
	
	local message = textChatMessage.Text
	
	if message:lower() == "!admin" then
		script.Parent.Enabled = true
	end
end)

[TheNostaglicMonika (Coral)]

That worked, thank you, for the help!