game.Players returning nil

[WedferCommited911 (Cashier)]

hiii so this is my script but it returns nil even tho everything is correctly set up in indexes nil when trying to access the player

local player = script.Parent.player.Value
local players = game:GetService("Players")
local playerName = players:FindFirstChild(player)

print(playerName)
print(players:FindFirstChild(player).AbilitiesLength.FireBall.Value)

for i = 1, players:FindFirstChild(player).AbilitiesLength.FireBall.Value + 1, 1 do
	if i ==  players:FindFirstChild(player).AbilitiesLength.FireBall.Value then
		script.Parent:Destroy()
	end
	task.wait(1)
	print(i)
end

at line 3 it returns nil and ive tried as well game.Players:FindFirstChild(player). In the game whilst its running i go and see and my username is in the varibal script.Parent.player.Value and i even tried to do local player = “WedferCommited911” aka my username still returns nil

[stef0206 (Stef)]

Change

local playerName = players:FindFirstChild(player)

to

local playerName = players:WaitForChild(player)

You are most likely experiencing an issue with the loading times.

[WedferCommited911 (Cashier)]

thanks the problem was that the first varibal was empty but thank you