How can I see what billboardguis are currently being shown on screen

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#1

Hey I just want to know if there is a way to see what BillboardGuis are on a players screen! I assume it would be stored on the PlayerGui?

Let me know, any help is appreciated!

#2

BillboardGUIs are not in the PlayerGUI since they are placed/hooked onto objects in a 3D space. They are client-sided, so you are able to check if they are enabled per player. If you still mean to be able to check if they are in the screen, I wouldn’t know how to do that. But if you mean just checking if they are enabled, check the detail.

Here is a quick scenario + code I made for it.

In the workspace (or any other folder/part you want the GUIs to be checked in) I added two BillboardGUIs as follows:

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As it shows, I added TextLabels to showcase the BillBoardGUIs and added text to them.

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Now for the checking. In a script I put the following code;

local function checkBillBoard()
	local billboards = game.Workspace:GetDescendants()
	for _, billboards in pairs(billboards) do --filter through all the descendants one by one
		if billboards:IsA("BillboardGui") and billboards.Enabled == true then --check if the descendant we are looking at now is a billboardGUI and if it does, check if it is enabled
			print(billboards, " is enabled.") --print out which BillboardGUI is active
		end
	end
end

checkBillBoard() --run the function to check

When you run the function, it will output the following; (I added an extra print, so you will not see the table output)

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And to see if it is accurate, if we go to BillboardSwag properties and uncheck the Enable property.

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We will be left with this – a working script;

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Hope this helped to clarify.