GUI does not show after remote event fires to client

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#1

I want to have a part where when a player touches it, a half transparent GUI appears on their screen like they took damage. I used remote events for this but the GUI did not appear. I tried to do this in the past before but the same issue happened.

This is the server script:

local debounce = false
local part = script.Parent
local explosion = part:WaitForChild("ParticleEmitter")
local SFX = part:WaitForChild("Punch Kit Beefy Hit 5 (SFX)")
local dmgEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.DamageGUI


local function onTouch(hit)
	local hum = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	if hum and not debounce then
		debounce = true
		local player = players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
		local dmgGUI = game.StarterGui.HarmGUI.HarmFrame
		print("Debounce is working??")
		dmgEvent:FireClient(player, dmgGUI)
		explosion:Emit(100)
		SFX:Play()
		wait(1)
		local A = part:Clone()
		A.Parent = game.Workspace
		A.Position = part.Position + Vector3.new(5, 0, 0)
		part:Destroy()
		wait(1)
		debounce = false
	end
end

part.Touched:Connect(onTouch)

This is the local script:

local dmgEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.DamageGUI

local function onClient(dmgGUI)
	print("Frame visible g shi")
	dmgGUI.Visible = true
	wait(0.5)
	dmgGUI.Visible = false
end

dmgEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(onClient)

Whenever I test it out, this happens: Video

The output prints that the frame appears but it does not. All help is appreciated, thank you.

#2

Im not strong in scripting but it does look like maybe you are making a gui visible that is in StarterGui when it should be in PlayerGui.

#3

You’re doing it in StarterGui. When the game loads, the game takes the GUIs in StarterGui and use it as a template to copy it in a player’s PlayerGui. If you want to modify a GUI in-game, use PlayerGui instead.

#4

I’m pretty sure you should just try setting your gui to a variable in the local script. If the event is firing everything should still work.

#5

This worked, thank you. Is there any way to define a playerGUI in a server script instead of a local script?

#6

I am pretty sure you can use RemoteEvents. Fire the client and then define the PlayerGui in the serverside script. Something like:

--/[LocalScript]\--
local ReplicateStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").["Your remote event here."]

ReplicateStorage:FireServer()

--/[Server-side Script]\--
local Rep = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").["Your remote event here."]

Rep.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
     local yourgui = player.PlayerGui.["Your GUI here."]
     print("GUI is now enabled!")
     yourgui.Enabled = true
     wait(0.5)
     print("GUI is no longer enabled...")
     yourgui.Enabled = false
end

Edit: Put the localscript in wherever you want. StarterGui, StarterPlayerScripts, whatever, as long as it’s not in ServerScriptService or any places that only server-side scripts run! :sweat_smile:

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