GUI Visibility Issue

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#1

Hello!

So I’m trying to do my notification GUI visible for all the players but the problem is the script is not making the GUI visible.
My goal is make a Notification GUI when I click a button.
Here is a screenshoot of my current script.
https://gyazo.com/fb82af5c1fdcaf1f52979ed9b17a5d38
I hope someone help me, thank you!

#2

Where is your script located and what type of script is it?

#3

  1. It preferred by most people to post the actual code in a codeblock, rather than posting a screenshot of it.

  2. Here is code that would work:

function Alert()
    local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
    local ui = player.PlayerGui.Notification
    ui.Enabled = true
end

The issue with your code is that you’re assigning a variable called gui to a Boolean returned from the equation - it wasn’t actually changing the visibility of the ui

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#4

Normal script and It’s located into a part (button), and the button is located inside of a model.
https://gyazo.com/2556ee093f71ea1d24fd40645ecef567

#5

Since this is a regular script, you can’t get the local player, .MouseClick event has an argument telling you which player has clicked the object.

function Alert(player)
    local ui = player.PlayerGui.Notification
    ui.Enabled = true
end
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#6

Normal scripts don’t have a LocalPlayer because they aren’t tied to a specific client, but the Roblox server.

@rokec123 The server (or a normal/server script) can’t access the descendants of PlayerGui, as the entire StarterGui is cloned on the client and is in respect to FilteringEnabled, unless it is actually cloned from the server

The solution would be to use a local script in StarterPlayer/Character Scripts, reference the part in the workspace and connect the function to the event:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local part = -- the part's location

function Alert()
    player.PlayerGui.Notification.Enabled = true
end

part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(Alert)
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#7

Yes, the server can access descendants of PlayerGui.

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#8

But that will make the GUI visible only for the person who clicked it?

#9

Yes, in case you want to make it visible for everyone, loop through all players and make it visible.

local players = game:GetService("Players")

function Alert(player)
    for i, v in pairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
        local ui = v.PlayerGui.Notification
        ui.Enabled = true
    end
end
#10

Thank you so much, It worked. :slight_smile:

#11

No problem, it’s my pleasure to help you!

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