Finding a Player through an ObjectValue

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So im trying to make a variable for the player but when i try to run the code it says
" Argument 1 missing or nil"

this is the line that is causing the error

local Player = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(script.Parent.Parent.Player.Value)
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Is the object value the player? If so then

local Player = script.Parent.Parent.Player.Value

Would already be the player, you wouldn’t need to find it again.
If It’s not the player then you should use a string, not an object.

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yes the object is the player but it still dosent work

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local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local playerName = script.Parent.Parent.Player.Value
print(playerName) --If nil, make sure the value actually exists.
local player = Players:FindFirstChild(playerName)
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That will be the instance player, not the name. So you could do tostring(script.Parent.Parent.Player.Value) or script.Parent.Parent.Player.Value.Name

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Check if the objectvalue is in fact the player then, because it should be working.
You can test that by printing the objectvalue.Name and see if it prints the playername.

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nope. same error and basically the same thing just spaced out and with other variables

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Try printing it with the updated code I put.

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i have tried that and it said “attempt to index nil with Name”

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That means the objectvalue is nil and you didn’t set it up as the player correctly.

@Fusionet Your code works the same way OverFearful’s code works. FindFirstChild() requires a string, using an object would not work, please see Instance:FindFirstChild().

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just tried and it just returns nil ;/

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the objectvalue isnt nil tho, in properties it clearly shows Overfearful

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well… can we see how you applied the value to the ObjectValue?
im guessing along the lines of

Player -- should be the player instance
ObjectValue.Value = Player
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yes it is written just like that

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Make sure your objectvalue location is correct!

Did you change the objectvalue through a localscript? If so then trying to find it through a serverscript wouldn’t work, since it doesn’t see what the client does.

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nope both are serverside and the location is correct.

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What’s supposed to be the value of the ObjectValue? What are you trying to do?

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if thats the case there is no reason to use the Player service again to get the player because the objectValue is already the Player Instance(Not the name)

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Finding a Player through an ObjectValue, title

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I’m pretty sure the error here is how you’re defining the player object then, may you should us how you’re doing that? (script)

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