Highlight issue, server and client

[wate_rboy (Fieri)]

issue, so I created a highlight script that works on the server and client side, the issue is my player is being highlighted when toggled. I only want to see other players highlighted, not me.

client script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local highlightingEnabled = false
local toggleSound = game.ReplicatedStorage.Sounds.Click

local playerGui = player.PlayerGui

local settingsGui = playerGui:WaitForChild("HighlightServerGui")
local toggleHighlight = settingsGui:WaitForChild("ToggleHighlight")

local highlightingStateKey = "HighlightingState"
local toggleHighlightEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.ToggleHighlightEvent

local function createHighlight(part)
	local highlight = Instance.new("BoxHandleAdornment")
	highlight.Size = part.Size + Vector3.new(0.1, 0.1, 0.1)
	highlight.Adornee = part
	highlight.AlwaysOnTop = true
	highlight.ZIndex = 5
	highlight.Transparency = 0.5
	highlight.Color3 = Color3.fromRGB(85, 255, 127)
	highlight.Parent = part
	return highlight
end

local function removeHighlights()
	highlightingEnabled = false
	for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player ~= game.Players.LocalPlayer then
			local character = player.Character
			if character then
				for _, part in ipairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
					if part:IsA("BasePart") then
						for _, highlight in ipairs(part:GetChildren()) do
							if highlight:IsA("BoxHandleAdornment") then
								highlight:Destroy()
							end
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

local function highlightPlayers()
	highlightingEnabled = true
	for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player ~= game.Players.LocalPlayer then
			local character = player.Character
			if character then
				for _, part in ipairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
					if part:IsA("BasePart") then
						createHighlight(part)
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

local function saveHighlightingState()
	game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("PlayerData"):SetAsync(player.UserId .. highlightingStateKey, highlightingEnabled)
end

local function loadHighlightingState()
	local dataStore = game:GetService("DataStoreService"):GetDataStore("PlayerData")
	local success, state = pcall(function()
		return dataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId .. highlightingStateKey)
	end)
	if success and state ~= nil then
		highlightingEnabled = state
		if highlightingEnabled then
			highlightPlayers()
		end
	end
end

toggleHighlight.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	toggleSound:Play()
	highlightingEnabled = not highlightingEnabled
	toggleHighlightEvent:FireServer(highlightingEnabled)
	if highlightingEnabled then
		highlightPlayers()
		print("Enabled")
	else
		removeHighlights()
		print("Disabled")
	end
end)

function highlightState()
	loadHighlightingState()
end

local function onCharacterAdded(character)
	if highlightingEnabled then
		highlightPlayers()
	end
	saveHighlightingState()
end

removeHighlights() -- default setting
highlightState() -- load highlighting state when script starts

toggleHighlightEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(highlightingEnabled)
	if highlightingEnabled then
		highlightPlayers()
		print("Enabled")
	else
		removeHighlights()
		print("Disabled")
	end
end)

server script:

local DataStoreService = game:GetService("DataStoreService")
local PlayerDataStore = DataStoreService:GetDataStore("PlayerData")

local toggleHighlightEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.ToggleHighlightEvent
local highlightingStateKey = "HighlightingState"


local function createHighlight(part)
	local highlight = Instance.new("BoxHandleAdornment")
	highlight.Size = part.Size + Vector3.new(0.1, 0.1, 0.1)
	highlight.Adornee = part
	highlight.AlwaysOnTop = true
	highlight.ZIndex = 5
	highlight.Transparency = 0.5
	highlight.Color3 = Color3.fromRGB(85, 255, 127)
	highlight.Parent = part
	return highlight
end

local function removeHighlights()
	for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player ~= game.Players.LocalPlayer then
			local character = player.Character
			if character then
				for _, part in ipairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
					if part:IsA("BasePart") then
						for _, highlight in ipairs(part:GetChildren()) do
							if highlight:IsA("BoxHandleAdornment") then
								highlight:Destroy()
							end
						end
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

local function highlightPlayers()
	for _, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
		if player ~= game.Players.LocalPlayer then
			local character = player.Character
			if character then
				for _, part in ipairs(character:GetDescendants()) do
					if part:IsA("BasePart") then
						createHighlight(part)
					end
				end
			end
		end
	end
end

local function saveHighlightingState(player, highlightingEnabled)
	local success, errorMessage = pcall(function()
		PlayerDataStore:SetAsync(player.UserId .. highlightingStateKey, highlightingEnabled)
		warn("Saved highlighting state for player " .. player.Name)
	end)
	if not success then
		warn("Error saving highlighting state for player " .. player.Name .. ": " .. errorMessage)
	end
end

local function loadHighlightingState(player)
	local success, state = pcall(function()
		return PlayerDataStore:GetAsync(player.UserId .. highlightingStateKey)
	end)
	if success and state ~= nil then
		toggleHighlightEvent:FireClient(player, state)
	end
end

toggleHighlightEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, highlightingEnabled)
	if highlightingEnabled then
		highlightPlayers()
	else
		removeHighlights()
	end
	saveHighlightingState(player, highlightingEnabled)
end)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	loadHighlightingState(player)
end)

I’m also getting an error:

any help is appreciated!

[Laser_Gun5540]

Create and save highlights only on the server, as they will replicate to the client. Make the client load the appropriate highlights when needed, (like a loop or something). Excess code (creating highlights on the client and saving on the client which caused the error, etc.) can be deleted