Error while Destroying an object/part/model sent by Remote events

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#1

Since I Destroy Food (while eating) from the Server, the Destroy method doesn’t work anymore, it throws me an error:
Error while firing a new event (event 7) from Leolol_DB Custom error
ServerScriptService.EventService:32: attempt to call method ‘Destroy’ (a nil value) The error
Her’s the line that doesn’t work:

Data[2]:Destroy()

Data[2] is the object to destroy (because it was eaten)
The line that send the Data

NewEvent:FireServer(7,{Nut[ObjNum],Object})
--NewEvent is the Event's Name, 7 is for the eating event
--Nut = {48,32,24,16} , ObjNum is the Food's number (1 to 4), Object is the Food (Model) to destroy :)

The event (NewEvent) is firing correctly (the Server is adding the food’s nutrition to the food bar but when Data[2]:Destroy() is reached, it throw an error :frowning:
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#2

I’m not sure how to solve this but you could try simply moving the tool out of the player’s inventory, then destroying it somewhere else.

#3

Humm… You didn’t understand…
My script is almost trying to do that:

game.Workspace.Food:Destroy() --Food is what object that is eaten

I’ts the normal :Destroy() method

#4

Oh wow okay yeah sorry I read that completely wrong. Have a go at using remove rather than destroy. Instance | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

#5

It’s deprecated :slight_smile:

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#6

I should read more closely wow

#7

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It’s a picture of the update of Becants 0.0.9
Before, the Script with Destroy method was in each Food-things…
Now, it’s only ONE LINE of a script that do the same thing :slight_smile:
But this line don’t work :frowning:

#9

What have you changed which broke the script?

#10

It looks like Data[2] isn’t an Instance. Please print(typeof(Data[2])) and tell us what is outputted.

#11

It output the Food-Model’s Name that will be eaten
So… It’s a Instance (Model)

#12

So, placing print(typeof(Data[2])) directly before the throwing Destroy call outputs ‘Instance’? I need you to verify this by actually doing it and telling me the result.

#13

Ok… :slightly_smiling_face:

It outputs:
MeatyThing (it’s the pink food that I selected)
Error while firing a new event (event 7) from Leolol_DB
ServerScriptService.EventService:32: attempt to call method ‘Destroy’ (a nil value)

Oh! I forgot typeof!

String WUT???
Error while firing a new event (event 7) from Leolol_DB
ServerScriptService.EventService:32: attempt to call method ‘Destroy’ (a nil value)

#15

The issue is that Data[2] is a string, not an Instance. You’re trying to call the Destroy method of a string, when no such method exists. Make sure you’re sending the instance itself to the server, and not the instance’s name.

#16

Data[2] is a string but the script is setting Data[2] to a Model! (Or Instance)

#17

The code will still throw an error if the field is set to an instance after you attempt to call Destroy on a string.

#18

It’s before, when sending Data :neutral_face:

#19

If the client changes the string to an instance after sending the table to the server, the server will still receive the copy of the original table with the string. I don’t know what’s happening to cause this, but at the time of destroying the element, the element is a string.

#20

It’s sending a Instance but the Server catch a string :neutral_face:

#21

In fact, in 0.0.9, there was a Script for each Food-Thing, but now (0.0.26) I deleted theses Script to change into one single Script (that use 3 lines of codes), and it’s lighter now :slight_smile:

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#22

Try reverting to this individual script system and try the process again