Instances in table appearing as nil

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Trying to clone names of instances in a table, but output is displaying attempt to index nil with 'Clone'

Server script:

	if DroidModel ~= nil then
		table.insert(data, {
			DroidModel.Name,

			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.B;

			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.B;

			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.B
		})
	end

Output:

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2

Can you share the line that gives the error

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3

This is not the line that is erroring.

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4

I think its because your adding table to another table, basically,

{{}}

so you will have to access that table in the middle because that’s where the data is stored.

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Yes, sorry

if success and data then
		Player.Droids.Owned.Value = data[1]
		
		if Player.Droids.Owned.Value == true then
			print(data[2])
			local NewDroid = ReplicatedStorage.Droids:FindFirstChild(tostring(data[1])):Clone()
			
			for i,primary in (NewDroid.Body.Primary:GetChildren()) do
				primary.Color = Color3.fromRGB(data[3] * 255, data[4] * 255, data[5] * 255)
			end
			
			for i,secondary in (NewDroid.Body.Secondary:GetChildren()) do
				secondary.Color = Color3.fromRGB(data[6] * 255, data[7] * 255, data[8] * 255)
			end
			
			for i,tertiary in (NewDroid.Body.Tertiary:GetChildren()) do
				tertiary.Color = Color3.fromRGB(data[9] * 255, data[10] * 255, data[11] * 255)
			end
			
			NewDroid.Parent = Character
			NewDroid.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(-5, 0, 0)
			
		end
		
		print("Data loaded: " .. Player.Name)
6

Makes sense, how would I go about doing that?

7

Yes sorry, I’ve included it in another reply.

8

You can make a loop that adds the contents to the data.

local tabl = {}

local thingstoadd = {
	"Poopy",
	"Stinky",
	1,
	2,
	3,
}

for i,v in pairs(thingstoadd) do
	table.insert(tabl,v)
end

print(#tabl)
9

That’s just Re-assignment though. Might as well do table.clone

10

I don’t know how else he could access the middle table I linked in the other reply.

OP can also try to make a variable of the table inside and just access that table.

table.insert(data, {
			DroidModel.Name,

			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.B;

			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.B;

			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.B
		})

he’s making a new table and putting all the data in there. so we need to take it out.

11

Uhhh maybe just data[1][1]

12

I guess that could work.

13

Can you print data[1]?

RizzRizzRizz

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This is what it prints as

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15

Replace this with data[1][1]

16

Outputs attempt to index boolean with number

17

It’s weird as it prints correctly but cloning is the issue

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18

why don’t u save it to a variable maybe then use the variable?

local DroidName = data[2][1]
20

Any ideas why the colour’s aren’t saving properly?

Always loading in as black

	if DroidModel ~= nil then
		table.insert(data, {
			DroidModel.Name,

			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Primary.Head.Color.B;

			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Secondary.Head.Color.B;

			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.R;
			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.G;
			DroidModel.Body.Tertiary.Torso.Color.B
		})
	end
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Can you print and show the data table before you save it and when u get the data?