"..." Is not a member of workspace - How can I fix this?

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#1

Most people have probably had this error before, but if I try to call something from the workspace it will run the script before the workspace.
Right now I have a wait() at the start of my code, but that only stops it sometimes.
I’ve tried game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait(), but that doesn’t ever run anything after that.
Is there any way to fix this?

#2

You can try this, always work for me.

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character
repeat task.wait(); char = plr.Character until plr.Character
#3

The player’s character might’ve loaded before the script began, making this wait until the NEXT player respawn. Use Tobi’s answer above or alternatively use something like this

local function onCharacter()
	-- ...
end

if player.Character then
	onCharacter(player.Character)
end
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(onCharacter)
#4

Actually it’s better to use both.

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
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#5

What’s the parent of the script?

#6

Correct me if I’m wrong or misunderstood what you are asking, but couldn’t you just yield the script until the part in the workspace is loaded using WaitForChild?

local partToCall = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("PartName")

--code relating to the part
#7

that’ll error with infinite yield on waitforchild partname, you need to specify a timeout

workspace:WaitForChild(“PartName”,10)

10 relates to the number of seconds to keep trying to wait for it to be added

#8

Ah yes, I knew I was forgetting something. Although using that would still work for OP

#9

The marked solution is probably not the best option btw

local plr = game:GetService(“Players”).LocalPlayer
local character = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
print(character)