Error with making placement system server sided

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#1

Little confused here on why it thinks it is a player…

Error: " Parent of Player can not be changed" (Coming from the server)

Localscript:

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
			if Equipped then
				if PartPreview.PrimaryPart then
						local PartPlacement = game.ReplicatedStorage.Models:WaitForChild(Settings.PartModel):Clone()
					--PartPlacement.Parent = workspace
					local PartPreviewCFrame = PartPreview.PrimaryPart.CFrame
					
					PlaceRemote:FireServer(PartPlacement, PartPreviewCFrame)
					--PartPlacement:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(PartPreview.PrimaryPart.CFrame)
				end
			end
		end)


-- Server Script Service


ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local PlaceRemote = ReplicatedStorage.Models.PlaceRemote

PlaceRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(PartPlacement, PartPreviewCFrame)
	PartPlacement.Parent = workspace
	PartPlacement:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(PartPreviewCFrame)
end)
#2

The first parameter of the event is player.

#3

The first parameter on a server event is the player, always.
change PlaceRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(PartPlacement, PartPreviewCFrame) to PlaceRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, PartPlacement, PartPreviewCFrame)

#4

“ServerScriptService.Script:7: attempt to index nil with ‘Parent’”

#5

Can you show us the whole script?

#6

Or at least part where you define the values for PartPlacement and PartPreviewCFrame

#7 
Players = game:GetService("Players")
ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local module = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("PlacementSettings")
local Settings = require(module)
local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local character = workspace:FindFirstChild(player.Name)
local mouse = player:GetMouse()
local Equipped = false
local isRotating = false
local PlaceRemote = ReplicatedStorage.Models.PlaceRemote


script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function()
	if not Equipped then
		Equipped = true
		local PartPreview = game.ReplicatedStorage.ModelPreview:WaitForChild(Settings.ModelPreview):Clone()
		PartPreview.Parent = workspace
		mouse.TargetFilter = PartPreview
		mouse.Move:Connect(function()
			local posX,posY,posZ = mouse.Hit.X,mouse.Hit.Y,mouse.Hit.Z
			PartPreview:MoveTo(Vector3.new(posX,posY,posZ))
		end)

		script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
			if Equipped then
				if PartPreview.PrimaryPart then
						local PartPlacement = game.ReplicatedStorage.Models:WaitForChild(Settings.PartModel):Clone()
					--PartPlacement.Parent = workspace
					local PartPreviewCFrame = PartPreview.PrimaryPart.CFrame
					
					PlaceRemote:FireServer(PartPlacement, PartPreviewCFrame)
					--PartPlacement:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(PartPreview.PrimaryPart.CFrame)
				end
			end
		end)

		local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")

		uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObject, gameProcessEvent)
			if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R then 
				if not isRotating and Equipped then
					print("Holding R")
					isRotating = true
					while isRotating do
						PartPreview:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(PartPreview.PrimaryPart.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0, math.rad(5), 0))
						wait(0.1)
					end
				end
			end
		end)

		uis.InputEnded:Connect(function(inputObject, gameProcessEvent)
			if inputObject.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.R then 
				if isRotating then
					print("Stop")
					isRotating = false
				end
			end
		end)

		script.Parent.Unequipped:Connect(function()
			if Equipped then
				Equipped = false
				PartPreview:Destroy()

			end
		end)
	end
end)
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#8

Seems great for me. Although I may be wrong, because I’m on mobile.

#9

It only shows on client, I want to show on server too

#10

Things in local scripts are shown only for the clients so you have that script to show it on server in the server script, right?

#11

Yes, that is correct that I what I am attempting to do

#12

Then, I have no idea why it won’t show up on the server.

#13

This is my error:
““ServerScriptService.Script:7: attempt to index nil with ‘Parent’””

#14

That errored with this when I tried that

#15

This means it’s not getting the PartPlacement variable. You didn’t try to send the player from the client did you? Also, game.ReplicatedStorage.Models:WaitForChild(Settings.PartModel) looks odd. The thing inside WaitForChild has to be a string that is the name of the instance. Is this the case?
Sorry for the late response I’m pretty busy.