How to find player closest to the mouse and reference them

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#21

How did the script work? @majaed06

#22

I got an error “Attempt the compare number < nill”

#23

Hold on, I didn’t test yours yet.

#24

What line was the error at? It should say a number in console

#25

it was line 26. not sure why tho.

#26

Let me know how my script works

#27

Fixed code:

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = plr:GetMouse()

mouse.Button1Click:Connect(function()
    local closestplr
    local closestpos
    for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
        if v.Character then
            local mag = (mouse.Hit.p - v.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame.Position).Magnitude
            if not closestPos then 
                closestPos = mag
                closestplr = v
                continue
            end
            if  mag < closestpos then
                closestplr = v
                closestpos = mag
            end
        end
    end
    
    print(closestplr.Name)
end)
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#28

Worked for a second, just said my roblox name. Then i got the attempt to compare number < nil

#29

Then try this for the local script:

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local localPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = localPlayer:GetMouse ()

local maxDistance = 10

UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function (input,gp)
    if gp then return end
    local nearestPlayer, nearestDistance = nil,9999
    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E then
        local mousePosition = mouse.Hit.p
        for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
            if player ~= localPlayer then
                local character = player.Character
                local distance = player:DistanceFromCharacter(mousePosition)
                if not character or distance > maxDistance or
                (nearestDistance and distance >= nearestDistance) then
                    continue
                end
                nearestDistance = distance
                nearestPlayer = player
            end
        end
        if nearestPlayer then
        -- do whatever to nearest player
        end
    end
end)
#30

Error at line 17 "Expected ‘then’ when parsing if statement, got ‘distance’

#31

That was my bad, I’m typing this on mobile. Try recopying it now

#32

Error on line 18 now. Expected ‘)’ (to close ‘(’ at column 5), got ‘distance’

#33

Try it again, autocorrect makes trying to type code on mobile the most frustrating thing ever.

#34

Ok, didnt get any errors until i clicked E. attempt to compare nil <= number Line 18

#35

you can assume what this reply is for

#36

Wait does that mean theres no player getting detected if so i feel dumb lol

#37

Nevermind I fixed the issue and theres no more errors

#38

Most likely, although in that case it should be printing your name. Where I have

-- do whatever to nearest player

Put:

print(nearestPlayer.Name)
#39

May I ask what you fixed so I can update it in my code for other people who might the same issue?

#40

Now theres an error ;-; line 24 (Where i put the print at) attempt to index nil with ‘Name’