How to handle gamepass errors (pcalls)

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#1

Hello everyone, I have a script that checks whether a player has a gamepass, and changes the player’s kit if they do. The script is as follows:

local PlayerKit = Instance.new("StringValue", Player)
	PlayerKit.Name = "PlayerKit"
	if game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserID, 76122957) then -- Explorer
		for _,child in pairs(repstore.Explorer:GetChildren()) do
			child.Parent = Player.Character
		end
		PlayerKit.Value = "Explorer"
	end

However, I’m wondering whether I need to do pcalls for this script. I’m not familiar with pcalls, but I know that you need to do it sometimes, if the script is very important for gameplay. Thanks!

#2

Does the script work without pcalls?
I think you should use a pcall since it’s grabbing data from Roblox, and if there is an error, the whole script might stop.

#3

Thank you! How would I do that though?

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#4

Not sure if this will work since I’m kind of new to pcalls too, but try this:

local success, Owns = pcall(function()
       return game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserID, 76122957)
end)

if Owns then
     -- do stuff
end
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#5 
local success, Owns = pcall(function()
    return game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):UserOwnsGamePassAsync(Player.UserID, 76122957)
end)

if success then
    if Owns then -- owns pass
         
    else -- does not own pass

    end
end
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