Getting DisplayName doesn't work

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#1

Hello, I’m trying to get the displayname of a player with a TextBox, but it doesn’t work, and I don’t know how to do it correctly, here is the elements:

localscript

local plr = game:GetService("Players")
local rem = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemAdm:WaitForChild("Vel")
local click = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Click

local usuar = script.Parent.InputUser.Boton
local display = script.Parent.InputDisplay.Boton

-- User  (this works) --
usuar.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	click:Play()
	local user = plr:FindFirstChild(usuar.Parent.Text)
	local vel = script.Parent.InputVel.Text
	local salt = script.Parent.InputSalto.Text
	
	rem:FireServer(user,vel,salt)
end)

-- Display (This doesn't work) --
display.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	click:Play()
	local disp = plr.LocalPlayer.DisplayName:FindFirstChild(disp.Parent.Text)
	local vel = script.Parent.InputVel.Text
	local salt = script.Parent.InputSalto.Text

	rem:FireServer(disp,vel,salt)
end)

and serverscript

local rep = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local remvel = rep.RemAdm.Vel

-- Vel y salto --

-- This works--
remvel.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,user,vel,salt)
	local us = user.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	us.WalkSpeed = vel
	us.JumpPower = salt
end)

-- and not this --
remvel.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr,disp,vel,salt)
	local us = disp.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	us.WalkSpeed = vel
	us.JumpPower = salt
end)

Is there any way to get the displayname without any problem?

#2

You’re trying to say

plr.LocalPlayer.DisplayName????

Instead just use LocalPlayer.

#3

what are you trying to do with this line exactly?

#4

wait, I think by plr that’s the game service players… just realized that.

#5

Is trying to get the displayname of the player that was put in the textbox

#6

You’re trying to reference a player’s character with their display name. That won’t work. Try using their real name.

#7

It would be way safer to use the real name to find the player, and then in the server script get the display name.

#8

let me explain to you.

you are using
plr.LocalPlayer.DisplayName to get the player’s display name

but why are you putting :FindFirstChild(disp.Parent.Text)

#9

but is there any way to get the display in the same way as the username? Like Kohl’s admin
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#10

Well, you could loop through the players in game, to check the first player if they have a display name of the display name you’re trying to find,

But anyway else, no.

#11

It is trying to get the text of the textbox, like this:
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#12

Something like this:

local displayname = ... -- desired display name

for _, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
  if v.DisplayName == displayname then
    -- your code here.
  end
end
#13

The thing about this method is that it will only get the first player that it finds

#14

Sorry, I’m a spanish speaker, and I may not respond very well to posts

#15

you can get the player’s displayname or username without using values.

if you want the username do:
local playername = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name

if you want the displayname do :
local playername = game.Players.LocalPlayer.DisplayName

keep in mind these are local scripts and won’t work in normal scripts

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#16

But you CANNOT use a display name to reference a player. You can’t say:

local player = game.Players.lol -- display name!!!!1
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#17 
local players = game:GetService("Players")

local function getPlayerByDisplayName(displayName : s) : player
	for _, player in ipairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player.DisplayName:match("^"..displayName.."$") then
			return player
		end
	end
end

You just need a function similar to :FindFirstChild() and :GetPlayerByUserId() that’ll fetch a player instance based on the value of their DisplayName property.