This is something I have no clue to solve. My script is waiting for a part called “Exhaust” as it is required for it to work. This only recently begun happening, it used to work just fine, yet I have not changed the script or model. Any ideas?
I’m not entirely sure how waitforchild works, but if you call Handle:WaitForChild(“Exhaust”) is it possible that it isn’t finding the Handle right away, so that’s why it’s giving the error?
I could be completely off though…
I’m pretty sure if you try to call a function on a nil value, it will error straight away.
Maybe it has something to do with client-server disparity?
Is the Exhaust part on the server/whatever this script is?
Is it possible that you have more than one part named “Handle” that’s parented to ODMG?
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Is Exhaust spelled right and is there more than one instance named Exhaust?
Use CharacterAppearanceLoaded instead of CharacterAdded, and maybe replace :WaitForChild() with :FindFirstChild(), then try both.
Sorry for the late reply! Yep. It is, also there is no more instances called “Exhaust”.
Nope.
I got super paranoid that this was the error, so I even added two wait for childs which I’m not even sure makes a difference, yet it didn’t fix anything.
Does it load in a regular Roblox game (not in studio)?
Could try :WaitForChild(“object”,5) – search for 5 seconds before stopping? Wait For Child is weird that’s why I just prefer doing waiting checks for game:IsLoaded and player.Character, by that time your part should be there and thus removing the need for : WaitForChild
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Nope. I’m thinking of just adding a second long wait (my last resort) instead of using :WaitForChild(). This’ll probably work.
Denis’ suggestions is exactly what you want to do there.
:WaitForChild() takes in 2 parameters: the string of the object name, and the length of the timeout.
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Tried using :wait(), it worked perfectly fine.
I replaced it with WaitForChild(“Exhaust”, 5) and well it did fix the infinite yield issue yet it led to an error about trying to index nil with it.
@returnedbydeath
have you checked if the said part has Archivable ticked?
is that screen shot from when you are in game?
