How do I change the text of a GUI in a server script?

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#1

So, 2nd post of the day :sweat_smile: working on a game and I’m trying to figure out how to change the text of my GUI to tell the player the story and what the objective is.

I looked up why my current attempt isn’t working and apparently I can’t use starter GUI and instead the GUI “folder” inside of the player but I don’t know how to do that. I hope to keep it into one script since the events are staged in it.

local spawner =  game.Workspace.Game.NPCs.City_Battle.Wave_One.Spawner.CFrame
local chapter = script.Parent
local chapters = chapter.Parent
local sw1 = chapter.SpawnWave1
local sw2 = chapter.SpawnWave2
local sw3 = chapter.SpawnWave3
local sw4 = chapter.SpawnWave4
local endevent = chapter.End
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Match_Status = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Join_Match.Frame.Match_Status.Text -- Variables for the changing text areas
local Storyboard = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Storyboard.Frame.Story.Text
local function spawnwave1()
	local rope1 = game.Workspace.Game.NPCs.City_Battle.Ropes.Rope1
	local rope = game.Workspace.Game.NPCs.City_Battle.Ropes.Rope
							-- I attempted to make a local script in starter player scripts so I removed all of the text changer parts of the script
	rope.Transparency = 0
	wait(1)
	rope1.Transparency = 0
	wait(1)
	chapters.CanJoin.Value = false
	chapters.MatchInProgress.Value = true
	wait(3)
	for count = 1,20,1 do
	local fast_hacker = rs.Hackers.Fast_Hacker
	local fasthackerclone = fast_hacker["Drooling Zombie"]:Clone()
	local humrootpart = fasthackerclone:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	local cframe = game.Workspace.Game.NPCs.City_Battle.Wave_One.Spawner.CFrame
	humrootpart.CFrame = cframe
	fasthackerclone.Parent = game.Workspace.Game.NPCs.City_Battle
	humrootpart.Anchored = false
	wait(90)
	end
	chapters.CanJoin.Value = true
	chapters.MatchInProgress.Value = false
	wait(15)
	chapters.CanJoin.Value = false
	chapters.MatchInProgress.Value = true
end

local function spawnwave2()
	print("Spawnwave2")
end

local function spawnwave3()
	print("Spawnwave3")
end

local function spawnwave4()
	print("Spawnwave4")
end

local function endchapter()
	print("End Of Chapter.")
end


sw1.OnServerEvent:Connect(spawnwave1)
sw2.OnServerEvent:Connect(spawnwave2)
sw3.OnServerEvent:Connect(spawnwave3)
sw3.OnServerEvent:Connect(spawnwave4)
sw3.OnServerEvent:Connect(endchapter)

I would appreciate if someone could figure it out.

Thanks,
– Luke

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#2

make an event for when the gui is changed, fire the event when you want to change it and use FireAllClients then make a local script for when the event is fired and make it change the text from there, the text will be changed on all players screens at the same time

#3

How would I use just one event? wouldn’t I need an event for every single line?

#4

just make it like

youreventnamehere:FireAllClients(stringvariable)

then

youreventnamehere.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(stringvariable)
text = stringvariable
end)
#5

Which is the local script and which is the server script?

#6

The one with FireAllClients is always a server script, since that’s the only place where it can be fired from.

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#7

server: fireclient and onserverevent
client: fireserver and onclientevent

#8

I understand that part, but how to do I: Find the player, Where is the local script? How do I find the player? Where do I find the GUI?

#9 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local playergui = player.PlayerGui
end)

local script goes in starerplayerscripts

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#11

How do I incorporate this into one script that already has an event function?