How Do I Refer to Gui Without Placing Gui in Script?

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#1

So, as my question stated, how do I change this script to refer to the Gui without having to place the Gui in the Script to run?

function died (playerDied, random)
	playerDied.Humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
		script.ScreenGui:Clone().Parent = random.PlayerGui
		local player = game:GetService("Players")
		player.CharacterAutoLoads = false
	end)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	died(player.Character,player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(dead)
		died(dead,player)
	end)
end)
#2

I’m not entirely sure what you mean…
Do you mean something like this?

game.Players.PlayerName.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.GuiObject

Or this?

game.ReplicatedStorage.GuiObject

Or something else?

#3

Yeah, the script is in ServerScriptService while the Gui is in StarterPlayer so I need the Gui in the StarterPlayer to show up since this script requires the Gui to be in the script.

#4

Inside of your PlayerAdded, you should be able to do this:

player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.GuiObject
#5

This player.CharacterAdded function will never run the first time, because you’re yielding for your CharacterAdded:Wait() Event first, before detecting an added Character the next time

There’s a lot to change with this script here, but I won’t get into all the main details

If you wanna refer to the Gui, add more variables to your script & consider moving your script somewhere else, like ReplicatedStorage :L

local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Plrs = game:GetService("Players")
local ScreenGui = RS:WaitForChild("ScreenGui")

local function PlayerDied(Plr)
    local PlrGui = Plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

    local UIClone = ScreenGui:Clone()
    UIClone.Parent = PlrGui

    Plrs.CharacterAutoLoads = false -- Keep in mind that this will toggle for EVERY player in the server
end

local function PlayerAdded(Plr)
    Plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Char)
        local Hum = Char:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

        Hum.Died:Connect(function()
            PlayerDied(Plr)
        end)
    end)
end

Plrs.PlayerAdded:Connect(PlayerAdded)
#6

Btw, when I place that in place of the script, it underlines the last couple lines and fives an error.

#7

What is the error?
character limit

#8

Can you try again? I forgot to add a couple more things there, mb

#9

So I put it in again and it underlines RS for some reason.

#10

How is it underlining though? Did you copy & paste the entire script?

#11

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#12

You didn’t add the RS line here:

#13

Alright, that seemed to work, but it won’t run because this script is not working.

local Market = game:GetService("MarketplaceService")

Market.ProcessReciept = function(reciept)
	if reciept.ProductId == 1306306067 then
		local player = game.Players:GetPlayerByUserId(reciept.PlayerId)
		player:LoadCharacter()
		return Enum.ProductPurchaseDecision.PurchaseGranted
	end
end

The whole idea is to give the player a Gui when they die so that they can pay to respawn at the last checkpoint or they just can reset to the start.