How to check if the tool is NOT a child of the player's backpack/startergear

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#1

hello i come to you with a problem that i can’t cope with.
namely (as the title says) I cannot check with the server script whether the tool is not in the player’s backpack or StarterGear.

I see this on the console: ‘Sword is not a valid member of StarterGear “Players.dkdntgn.StarterGear” - Server - Script:2’

I appreciate any help

script.Parent.GetTool.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
	if game.ReplicatedStorage.Tools.Sword.Parent ~= plr.StarterGear then
		game.ReplicatedStorage.Tools.Sword:Clone().Parent = plr.StarterGear
		wait()
		plr:LoadCharacter()
	else
		plr.StarterGear.Sword:Destroy()
	end
end)
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#2 
script.Parent.GetTool.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
	if not game.ReplicatedStorage.Tools.Sword.Parent == plr.Backpack then
		local clone = game.ReplicatedStorage.Tools.Sword:Clone()
                clone.Parent = plr.Backpack
		wait()
		plr:LoadCharacter()
	else
		plr.Backpack.Sword:Destroy()
	end
end)
#3

this line checks if the parent of the sword in replicated storage is StarterGear, which doesnt really make sense to me since you already know its in replicated storage

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#4

i tried this, but that doesn’t work either

if not plr.StarterGear.Sword then
#5

like, the tool that you wanna check its parent, what is it

#6

You’re checking if the tool that is already parented to ReplicatedStorage is somehow parented to StarterGear, which is impossible. Instead you should check if there is a child of the StarterGear called Sword, using :FindFirstChild().

script.Parent.GetTool.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)
    if plr.StarterGear:FindFirstChild("Sword") then
        plr.StarterGear.Sword:Destroy()
    else
        game.ReplicatedStorage.Tools.Sword:Clone().Parent = plr.StarterGear
        task.wait()
        plr:LoadCharacter()
    end
end)

FindFirstChild | Roblox Creator Documentation

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#7

it is classic sword from roblox

#8

it works! thanks and by the way I have a question if the same script would work WaitForChild() ?

#9

WaitForChild() yields the script until a certain child is loaded, so it would not be useful in this context. FindFirstChild() is used in this script to check if a child exists, not wait for one to exist. In this context it’s not just a case of replacing FindFirstChild with WaitForChild, but you can read more about that in the Creator Documentation link that I listed in my post above.

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