Is it possible to get the Player through a module function?

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#1

Is it possible to use Player in module functions because i trying to get the player though a module but the code never prints Player like its suppose to instead it just ignores it?

Module Code:

function module:AwardUnobtainableItems(Player, ToolName)
	-- Gives Unobtainable items if the player has the badge for it.
      if Player then
        print("Player")
    end
end

Script Code:

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
	Player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Character)
        require(game.ReplicatedStorage.GameModules.GameRewards):AwardUnobtainableItems(Player)
	end)
end)
#2

At first why are you requiring module script every time player joins, you should require it once. Secondly replace module:AwardUnobtainableItems with module.AwardUnobtainableItems and :AwardUnobtainableItems(Player) with .AwardUnobtainableItems(Player)

#3

The code as you have it should be working unless your script is a LocalScript. Is that the exact code as you have it set up for testing? Is the script running?

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#4

That will make self = the player, because the function is defined using :. Oh, you’re telling him to change the definition.

#5

Yeah, exactly! :smiley:

char limit

#6

It requires the module to award the player the item in the inventory when they first load into the game. Also, what is the difference between module.AwardUnobtainableItem(Player) and module:AwardUnobtainableItem(Player)

#7

It’s a server script in ServerScriptService.

#9

That’s not always correct, anyone can define functions using : which provides the self variable. Functions defined like that are called using : and self would be the module. you’ve corrected that part with a reply, but don’t forget that he needs to change the function definition. Also:

not the function, the thing that contains a reference to the function

#10

The colon makes the function a variable, which you can reference using “self”. You’d want to use the dot in this situation.

#11

What is a function definition? I’m still a little bit new to making functions in modules

#12

We say that we have defined a function when we give it its code. We say that we have declared a function when we give it its name but we can’t do that in Lua (so in Lua, a function declaration is a function definition).

#13

The problem with this is that you’re requiring the module every time the character is added. You’re only supposed to require a module script once at the beginning of your program.

Also to answer your question:

You use a colon instead of a period for OOP. For example, let’s say you have a table with the given metatable:

local t = {}
local meta = {}
meta.__index = t

function t.new(name: string?)
    local self = setmetatable({}, meta)
    self.Name = name or ""
    return self
end

function t:SayName()
    --// since we're using a colon, we can use the "self" keyword
    --// to reference the table that the function is being called from
    --// as the first parameter
    print(self.Name)
end

local newObject = t.new("super object")
--// this:
newObject:SayName()
--// is the same as:
t.SayName(newObject)