Error in pulling player.Name from a seated player

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#1

The script I constructed was meant to catch the seated players display/username and change the text on a nameplate to correspond with the seated user’s name. The script currently does nothing. There are no errors in the console.

local namegui = script.Parent.Name
local rankgui = script.Parent.Title


local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local seat = script.Parent.OfficeSeat.Value

seat:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Occupant"):Connect(function()
	local humanoid = seat.Occupant

	if humanoid then
		local character = humanoid.Parent
		local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character)

		if player then
			namegui.text = player.Name
		end
	else
		namegui.text = "Nobody"
	end
end)

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#2

try print(seat) to see if you get the actual seat
then print(humanoid) to see what does the Occupant returns

#3

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#4

The dot operator accesses both children and properties. Properties take precedence over children, so accessing a child by the name “Name” via the dot operator will instead return the Instance.Name of script.Parent. You need to use Instance:FindFirstChild or change the name of the GUI to not conflict with script.Parent’s properties

#5

ah, ‘Name’ is a property of Instance, so avoid using ‘Name’ as the name of your TextLabel
or else you have to use local namegui = script.Parent:FindFirstChild('Name') to get the label

#6

Thank you all so much! That works now!