Help with finding humanoid with :GetChildren

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Hello!
I was making a script, and I ran into a problem.

I need the npc to detect if theres any humanoids, player or not.
But it only detected itself, so I did “and not (v == script.Parent)” but that made it not detect anything.;
Here is my script

local children = workspace:GetChildren()
	
for i, v in pairs(children) do
	if v:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and (v.ClassName == "Model") and not (v == parent) then
		local char = v
			
		local hrp = char.HumanoidRootPart
		local humanoid = v.Humanoid
			
		print(char.Name)
	end
end

Any help is appreciated

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Hey! You cannot get humanoid from workspace. You can however get the player character from workspace. I however would do it like this:

local Children = game.Players:GetChildren()
for i = 1, #Children do
	--Children.Character is how u get character
	--Children.Character.Humanoid is how u get humanoid of the player
	print(Children.Character.Humanoid.DisplayName)
end
3

Okay. I will try this

(max char)

4

I tried it. It doesnt work / print

5

Just to let you know im on a Chromebook at school right now so I cant open studio, some spelling might be incorrect

6

No spelling is incorrect (I think). Its just not working

7

server script or local script?

8

Server script.

(max charrrrrrr)

9

Add OfClass on FindFirstChild.

So, it’s FindFirstChildOfClass because you can get to see Humanoid to the script you want.

Also, consider changing it at a LocalScript if it’s not working.

Oh, I forgot two things that’s unlisted:

I will put a wait() (Meaning to the wait(), meaning to the task.wait().).
Every local has a a Capital Letter after local.

local Children = workspace:GetChildren()

task.wait(0.02 or 1/50)
for i, v in pairs(children) do
	if v:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and (v.ClassName == "Model") and not (v == parent) then
		local Character = v or game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character
		local HRP = char.HumanoidRootPart
		local Humanoid = v.Humanoid or Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
		print(Character.Name)
	end
end
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	local Children = game.Players:GetChildren()
	for i = 1, #Children do
		--Children[i].Character is how u get character
		--Children[i].Character.Humanoid is how u get humanoid of the player
		print(Children[i].Character.Humanoid.DisplayName)
	end

fixed it

11

this is also true, the player might not be loaded when the code runs, the code only runs once.

12

Its in a while loop. It runs multiple times

13

try the new code. error may show because humanoid does not exist yet though

14

I tried it… it doesnt work… sadly.

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wait(10)
local Children = game.Players:GetChildren()
	for i = 1, #Children do
		--Children[i].Character is how u get character
		--Children[i].Character.Humanoid is how u get humanoid of the player
		print(Children[i].Character.Humanoid.DisplayName)
	end
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Oh. Apparently the while loop didnt work. Thanks.

17

But it works now?
(max charrrrrrrr)

18

Yeah. Which is why I marked it as solution

19

oh my bad. I had to refresh page lol

20

The problem is that the character does not load at the correct time (i.e., you are checking before any player has been loaded). If you yield the code, it will work successfully.

-- will wait for the first player to join, and their character to be loaded
game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Wait().CharacterAdded:Wait()


local children = workspace:GetChildren()
	
for i, v in pairs(children) do
	if v:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") and (v.ClassName == "Model") and not (v == parent) then
		local char = v
			
		local hrp = char.HumanoidRootPart
		local humanoid = v.Humanoid
			
		print(char.Name)
	end
end

Alternatively, you could repeat until a player is found.