Fireball wont show up

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1

Im trying to create a part in the humanoid root part of a character but it wont show up. No errors in the output. Script is inside a tool.

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local root = player:FindFirstChild('HumanoidRootPart')
function OnActivation()
	print('Activation works')
	local ball = Instance.new("Part")
	ball.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
	ball.Color = Color3.new(1, 0.333333, 0)
	local fire = Instance.new("Fire")
	fire.Parent = ball
	ball.Parent = root

end





tool.Activated:Connect(OnActivation)
2

Try changing this to:

local root = player.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
3

Didnt work. Just giving the whole trying to index nil with findfirstchild thing in the output.

4

Maybe try doing this:

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local root = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

Also, Is the tool inside StarterPack?

5

yep yep yeppty yep

6

Now im getting

Players.trueblockhead101.Backpack.Tool.Fire:19: attempt to index nil with ‘Activated’

7

that means that the tool doesn’t exist bruh

8

Hmmmm, Strange, Is the script a LocalScript or a regular Script?

9

ok ok no need to get feisty, I can ensure that the tool is real.

10

local script, chap.

11

hey bro show me the explorer then

12

here ya go.
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13

that’s because you’re looking for the humanoidrootpart in the player, not the character. The player and the character and very different so try changing it to this:

local tool = script.Parent
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character
local character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")

function OnActivation()
	print('Activation works')
	local ball = Instance.new("Part")
	ball.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
	ball.Color = Color3.new(1, 0.333333, 0)
	local fire = Instance.new("Fire")
	fire.Parent = ball
	ball.Parent = root

end





tool.Activated:Connect(OnActivation)

little tip, having your fireball in the replicated storage and just cloning it and parenting it to the workspace would make life a bit easier and shortens your code

14

Though isnt this the same thing? or am i mistaken.

local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local root = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
function OnActivation()
	print('Activation works')
	local ball = Instance.new("Part")
	ball.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
	ball.Color = Color3.new(1, 0.333333, 0)
	local fire = Instance.new("Fire")
	fire.Parent = ball
	ball.Parent = root

end





tool.Activated:Connect(OnActivation)
15

it is, which is why it’s weird that it’s not working.

16

Yes, fascinating isnt it?

17

are there any errors? anything in the output?

18

Yes there is one

Players.trueblockhead101.Backpack.Tool.Fire:19: attempt to index nil with ‘Activated’

19

it’s because you did not define the variable “tool” yet.

20

I’ve messed around with it for a bit and in an empty baseplate I was able to fix the problem.

here’s the code I used:

local tool = script.Parent.Parent
local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local root = character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
function OnActivation()
	
	print('Activation works')
	local ball = Instance.new("Part")
	ball.Shape = Enum.PartType.Ball
	ball.Color = Color3.new(1, 0.333333, 0)
	local fire = Instance.new("Fire")
	fire.Parent = ball
	ball.Parent = root

end

tool.Activated:Connect(OnActivation)

pretty sure the flaw was that you defined tool as script.Parent but script.Parent is the handle, not the tool itself. could also be the fact that you don’t have a handle, not sure about that one

i’ll leave adding the body velocity and the rest of the fireball script to you :slight_smile: