How do I obtain HumanoidRootPart from a GUI Clicked event?

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#1

Hi all,
I know this is probably a simple solution, but I’m new and I cannot figure out a solution to this problem: I have a piece of code that, when clicked on, should teleport the player to a random area. I have an issue with getting the player’s HumanoidRootPart, as using LocalPlayer doesn’t seem to work, and using a normal script simply returns “nill”.

Here’s my code (no teleporting code as of right now, but I know how to do it, I just want to figure out why I can’t get the HumanoidRootPart first.):

local button = script.Parent

local function teleport(player)
	local humanoid = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if humanoid then
		print("it works")
	end
	
end

button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(teleport)

As mentioned previously, i’ve tried getting the HumanoidRootPart through LocalPlayer without success, and a normal script doesn’t seem to work as well (player variable returns nill).

Thank you!

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#2 
local player = game:GetService("Players")
local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local humanoidRootPart = char:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local destination = CFrame.new(0,0,0)

humanoidRootPart.CFrame = destination

This needs to be in a localscript of course, if you have any further questions feel free to ask.

#3

Well, the thing is, the humanoidRootPart is in the character, not the player, meaning you’d have to do

LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")