Fire Client doesn't fire "FireClient can only be called from the server"

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#1
  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!

For my local-script inside my shop to fire off a Remote Event inside Replicated Storage
using

game.ReplicatedStorage.HatchEgg:FireClient(player)
  1. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!

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  1. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?

solution I’ve tried was to change the script
to a fire-server instead and remove the player tag but that wouldn’t fire the remote event either, I read that you can’t put a fire client in a local script but I don’t know how to replace it

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#2

You can’t use :FireClient from a local script. Try using :FireServer and see if that fixes your problem

#3

I did try Fireserver() and now fileserver(player,pet) neither of them seem to fire off the Event. 0 errors inside output after switching

#4

It is FireServer() not FireClient()

#5

game.ReplicatedStorage.HatchEgg:FireServer()

still won’t fire off the event HatchEgg in ReplicatedStorage

#6

You have to make the OnServerEvent in a server script for the “:FireServer()” but for OnClientEvent you have to put it in a local script and put “:FireClient()” in the server script.

#7

my OnClientEvent was inside a local-script in StarterGui

game.ReplicatedStorage.HatchEgg.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(pet)
camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
camera.CFrame = studio.CamPart.Cframe

I just tried changing it to

game.ReplicatedStorage.HatchEgg.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(pet)

which gave me error

“OnServerEvent can only be used on the server”

guessing because It’s inside a local-script but :fireclient wasn’t starting either

#8

OnServerEvent can only be used in a SERVER SCRIPT try using that and then USE the “:FireServer()” ON the LOCAL SCRIPT

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#9

At this case you should use Bindable Events instead.

Remote events are for client - server communication or server - client communication.

Remote functions are for client - server - client or server - client - server communication.

Bindable events are for client to client or server to server communication.

Bindable functions are for client to client to client or server to server to server.

Basically: Remotes communicate client and server, Bindable passes information from scripts of the same type to other scripts of the same type.

#10

BindableInstances should be used instead of RemoteInstances, BindableInstances, unlike RemoteInstances, only allow script messaging on the current script context environment (Script boundary - Server/Client/Core/Edit/Studio/Plugin). While RemoteInstances allow script messaging across the CoSE (Client/Server boundary). Use this to your advantage good sir!