In game shop and replicated storage

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#1

I have a shop using an in game currency to buy different tools. Buying the tools with the currency works but the tools are not functional. The tools are stored in ReplicatedStorage.

repeat wait()
Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
Button = script.Parent
Item = game.ReplicatedStorage:FindFirstChild("Sword")
Cost = 1000
Coins = game.Players.LocalPlayer.leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Tix")
until

Button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function(purchase)
	if Coins.Value > (Cost - 1) then 
		Coins.Value = Coins.Value - Cost
		local a = Item:Clone()
		a.Parent = Player.Backpack
		local b = Item:Clone()
		b.Parent = Player.StarterGear
	end
end)
#2

What do you mean by “not functional.” Do you mean the tools themselves don’t work, or that they are not getting cloned into the player. Also is the a local script or a server script?

#3

Scripts do not run inside ReplicatedStorage, since they do not run, nothing happens

#4

The tools that are purchased go into the players starter pack but do not work. The script inside the shop is local.

#5

Should I move the tools into a different location such as Lighting?

#6

The tools that you are cloning don’t work because they are being cloned from a local script. This means that they will only appear for you, on your screen, and they will be nonexistant from the perspective of other players and the server. If the server doesn’t think it exists, then it can’t run the code inside of the tool.

You also probably shouldn’t be handling the shop on local scripts. Make a remote event in replicated storage and fire the event from the local script with event:FireServer(). Then, use event.OnServerEvent on a script to know when the event has been fired.

#7

Why are you running a loop here?

This bit means “When the button is pressed, do:” and will henceforth run every time it is pressed, until you disconnect it again.

#8

what the user @happya_x said is correct if a local script clones a tool which works with the server will not run because the server does not detect the change, it must communicate with the server and thus clone the tool @DasKairo that this in replicated storage has nothing to do

#9

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