Help attempt to index nil with 'Visible'

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#1

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    I want to make crate for hats andhat auto on player head
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    Workspace.Wood Crate.Script:47: attempt to index nil with ‘Visible’
  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I looked over solutions on the developer hub, website and google but I could not find a way to fix my problem

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local clickdetector = script.Parent.ClickDetector
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local DataModule = require(ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("DataModule"))
local hatModule = require(ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("HatModule"))
local hatname = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Hats")
local hatimgplace = game.StarterGui.CrateGui.HatsImage

local hatInventory = {}


local function ChosenHat(player)
	
	local playerGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
	local CrateGui = playerGui.CrateGui
	local crateIcon = CrateGui.cratehatch
	
	local timer = tick()
	
	crateIcon.Visible = true
	
	while tick() - timer < DataModule.CrateOpeningLenght do
		wait(.1)
		crateIcon.Rotation = math.random(-9,9)
	end
	
	
	

	
	crateIcon.Visible = false
	local hatNumber = math.random(1,100)
	local hatfound = false
	local hat = nil
	while hatfound == false do
		for i,v in pairs(hatModule.rarities) do
			if math.random(1,v) == hatNumber then
				hatfound = true
				hat = i
			end
		end
	end
	
	
	crateIcon.Visible = false
	local hatImage = hatimgplace:FindFirstChild(hat)
	hatImage.Visible = true --error
	wait(2)
	hatImage.Visible = false -- also this I think
		
	
	return hat
	
end

script.Parent.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function(player)
	
	if player.leaderstats.Robux.Value >= DataModule.CommonCrateCost  then
		player.leaderstats.Robux.Value = player.leaderstats.Robux.Value - DataModule.CommonCrateCost
		
		local hatOpened = ChosenHat(player)
		
		print(hatOpened)
		
		local hats = hatname:FindFirstChild(hatOpened):Clone()
		table.insert(hatInventory, hatOpened)
		print(hatInventory)
		hatOpened.Parent = player
	end
end)

did anybody know how to fix it ?

Thanks :slight_smile:

#2

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the i you put there is a number, and the v is the string name. My question is. do you really mean that the child name is a number?
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If it is then maybe make it
hat = tostring(i)

#3

i is a raritytable and v is a chance people gonna get. Here my module script

local Hat = ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("Hats")

local hatModule = {}

hatModule.hats = { 
	
	["Legendary"] = {
		
		Hat["Dominus Astra"];
		Hat["Dominus Frigidus"];
		
	};
	
	["Rare"] = {
		
		Hat["Dominus Empyreus"];
		Hat["Dominus Infernus"];
		
	};
	["Uncommon"] = {
		
		Hat["Red Sparkle Time Fedora"];
		
	};
	["Common"] = {
		
		Hat["Domino Crown"]
		
	}
	
}

hatModule.rarities = { --I only add this
	
	["Legendary"] = 5,
	["Rare"] = 15,
	["Uncommon"] = 30,
	["Common"] = 50
	
	
}

hatModule.Sales = {
	
	["Dominus Astra"] = 4000;
	
	
}







return hatModule

can you check it if I forgot something or doing wrong at somewhere ?

#4

dont mind the hatModule.Sales the script is not done yet

#5 
local hatImage = hatimgplace:FindFirstChild(hat)

hatImage returns nil thts why, perhaps hat; Legendary uncommon or anything doesnt exist in hagimgplace?

#6

nope. It just a picture with some of limited item and the picture visible is false

#7

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#8

Just like no other items if there item that I need to add please tell me

#9 
for i,v in pairs(hatModule.rarities) do
			if math.random(1,v) == hatNumber then
				hatfound = true
				hat = i
			end
		end

Tht i can correspond to any one of these only- Legendary, Common, Rare, UnCommon.

local hatImage = hatimgplace:FindFirstChild(hat)

An in this line u check if ur hatImg folder has a child named hat which- if u remember is i- and since i can only b Legendary, Common, Rare, UnCommon, it will return nil as ur hatImg folder has no child named the ones i mentioned above.

#10

then how can I fix it ? sry Im a beginner I dont really know

#11

Could u explain wt is this?

local hatname = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Hats")
#12

its a file where i put all hat like domino crown, dominus or something

#13

Replace while loop with this:

while hatfound == false do
		for i,v in pairs(hatModule.rarities) do
			if math.random(1,v) == hatNumber then
				hatfound = true
				hat = hatModule[i].Name
			end
		end
	end

If it doesn’t work cud u send me the folder containing ur hats; tht hatsFolder i enquired abt earlier.

#14

it appear this error Workspace.Wood Crate.Script:60: Script timeout: exhausted allowed execution time

#15

theres one more data that have open time lenght its 7 seconds

#16

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#17

Run this in command bar:

settings().Studio.ScriptTimeoutLength = -1
#18

still same result the error appeared again

#19

Try this now:

while hatfound == false do
		for i,v in pairs(hatModule.rarities) do
			if math.random(1,v) == hatNumber then
				hatfound = true
				local str = hatModule[i].Name
				hat = str:gsub(" ", "")
			end
		end
	end
#20

oof. when I try run this code settings().Studio.ScriptTimeoutLenght = -1 before i ran the game. The roblox studio is not responding