Instance with string error

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#1

Hi! So I am trying to make it so when a player touches the part, a message will show up in chat. Here is part of the script:

part.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	print("started")
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		game.StarterGui:SetCore('ChatMakeSystemMessage', {
			Text = player.."has finished the logo quiz!";
			Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold;
			Color = BrickColor.new('Fire Yellow');
			FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24;
			
			
			
			
			
		}

I am getting an error saying:

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How do I fix this?

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#2

Try player.Name, not player.

Its because you are putting an instance inside the string, because player returns a player, bot a string.

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#3

Try this:

	print("started")
	if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
		game.StarterGui:SetCore('ChatMakeSystemMessage', {
			Text = player.Name .." has finished the logo quiz!"; -- Changed line
			Font = Enum.Font.SourceSansBold;
			Color = BrickColor.new('Fire Yellow');
			FontSize = Enum.FontSize.Size24;
			
			
			
			
			
		}
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#4

What is the player defined as? This will clearly not work, try this

hit.Parent.Name.."has finished the logo quiz!";
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#5

I think they are using a local script so they will already have the player

#6

Using a local script won’t detect when a part is touched + it wont get the player who touched, it will get the local player

#7

I have it in starterplayerscripts so I can use a local script.

#8

You shouldn’t use a local script to detect the .Touched event (its un-detectable on the client)
Use the line i gave you in a SERVER script, it will fix it

#9

It is detectable if I put the local script in the folder starterplayerscripts. It works fine now.

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#10

If you already marked the post as a solution, isn’t your problem already solved and everything is working fine?

#12

Then explain to me why it is working perfectly fine?

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#13

Yes, everything is working fine. Thanks for your help.