How can I work around this problem?

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#1

Hey Roblox devs. I’m trying to make an objective system in my game with arrows and gui. I copied the part with the arrows from a tutorial. The tutorial uses a remote event for the arrows. Here is the script.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local Beam = script:WaitForChild("Beam"):Clone()

local function CreateBeam(Beam, Attachment0, Part)
	local Attachment1 = Part:FindFirstChild("Attachment")
	
	if Attachment 1 then
		Beam.Attachment0 = Attachment0
		Beam.Attachment1 = Attachment1
	end
end

game.ReplicatedStorage.ArrowEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(Part, Value)
	if Value == true then
		local Attachment0 = HumanoidRootPart:FindFirstChild("RootRigAttachment")
		CreateBeam(Beam, Attachment0, Part)
		Beam.Parent = Character
		
	else
		Beam:Remove()
	end
end

the problem is, if I wanted to fire the remote event I would have to do it through a server script. But, if I use a server script then I can’t access the local player, which I want to do. But at the same time, I can’t fire an event through the local script. This is what I’m trying to do with the local player:

while true do
	local GeneralMurphy = game.Workspace.NPCs["General Murphy"].HumanoidRootPart
	local GunCrates = game.Workspace["Millitary Plane"].Crates["Military Crates"].ak47gmod

	if player.CurrentObjective.Value == "•Talk to General Murphy" then
		ArrowEvent:FireAllClients(GeneralMurphy, true)	
		ArrowEvent:FireAllClients(GunCrates, false)

	elseif player.CurrentObjective.Value == "•Choose Weapons" then
		ArrowEvent:FireAllClients(GunCrates, true)
		ArrowEvent:FireAllClients(GeneralMurphy, false)

	end	
end

The current objective value is a string value that gets instanced into the player when they join. I want the Arrows to change when that value is equal to a certain thing, but I can’t access that value through a server script because I can’t use local player.

If anybody knows a workaround for this, please let me know…I’m honestly stuck, mainly because the tutorial I watched just showed you what to do, and didn’t explain what everything was in full detail. Here is the video just in case you might need it.

#2

You can’t get the localplayer from serverscript

but you can get the player in the serverscript with many ways like

Here is quick script when a player joins the game detects it:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
print(plr.Name.." Joined the game!")
-- otherstuff like RemoteEvent:FireClient(plr) or whatever 
end)

Also to detect player spawned character:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
     plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
         print(plr.Name.."'s character added")
     end)
end)
#3

I don’t think you understand…I know I could use a playeradded function but that would only recognize the player as soon as they join. The script that I’m using is getting used throughout the game, so I would need a method that can access the player at any time. The best way I can think of solving my problem is by somehow changing “CurrentObjective” in every player at once, but I wouldn’t know how to do that. Read my scripts, and try figuring out what I’m trying to exactly. I might find out a way to use the playeradded, but if it doesn’t work then I would appreciate it if you can find another solution for me.

#4

Could you re-explain your problem? I am confused on what your problem is

#5

There is a string value, name “CurrentObjective” that every player spawns with. I want to access that variable with a server script, but I can’t because I can’t access “LocalPlayer” in a server script. That’s the main thing, if you want more detail just re read the first post I made. I’m trying to use the playerAdded function and store the player in a variable, but so far it’s not working.

#6

Also, I want to make it so the arrows point to the object that refers to the current objective of a player. Another solution I thought of was going into each and every individual player and changing the variable from there but I have no idea how to do that.

#7

Try this Note: if u changing currentobjective value with serverscript this should works!

Server Script:

local GeneralMurphy = game.Workspace.NPCs:WaitForChild("General Murphy"):WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local GunCrates = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Millitary Plane").Crates["Military Crates"].ak47gmod

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

    player.CurrentObjective.Changed:Connect(function()
        if player.CurrentObjective.Value == "•Talk to General Murphy" then
		ArrowEvent:FireClient(player,GeneralMurphy, true)	
		ArrowEvent:FireClient(player,GunCrates, false)

	elseif player.CurrentObjective.Value == "•Choose Weapons" then
		ArrowEvent:FireClient(player,GunCrates, true)
		ArrowEvent:FireClient(player,GeneralMurphy, false)

	end	
    end)
end)
#8

Also you have error in your script

if Attachment 1 then -- (Error)

if Attachment1 then -- (Fixed)

local function CreateBeam(Beam, Attachment0, Part)
	local Attachment1 = Part:FindFirstChild("Attachment")
	
	if Attachment 1 then
		Beam.Attachment0 = Attachment0
		Beam.Attachment1 = Attachment1
	end
end
#9

Iterate over each player?
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Players/GetPlayers