! | Issue with overhead gui

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#1

Goal:

  • If the user is above a certain rank, their overhead shows name, rank, and a staff emoji
  • If the user is below that rank, the overhead shows name, rank, and kill count

Script:

local Storage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local overhead = Storage:FindFirstChild("OverheadGuiObject")


Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
		-- RANK AND NAME TEXTX
	player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Connect(function(Character)
		local overheadClone = overhead:Clone()

		overheadClone:FindFirstChild("Name").Text = player.Name
		local success1,result1 = pcall(function()
			return player:GetRoleInGroup(5127121)
		end)
		if success1 then
			overheadClone.Rank.Text  = result1
		end
		
		-- KILLS OR STAFF TEXT
		
		if player:GetRoleInGroup(5127121) <= 255 then
			player.leaderstats.Kills.Changed:Connect(function()
				overheadClone.Kills.Text = "🔪".. player.leaderstats.Kills.Value
			end)
			
		elseif player:GetRoleInGroup(5127121) >= 255 then
			overheadClone.Kills.Visible = false
			overheadClone.Staff.Visible = true
		end

		overheadClone.Parent = Character:FindFirstChild("Head")
	end)
end)

Issue & Note

  • The script was working before I added the if statement to give the staff emoji
  • Nothing shows up when I play
#2

It looks like you’re using GetRoleInGroup instead of GetRankInGroup. Swap them out and it should work. Also you’re using <= which means “less than or equal to”, so the elseif will never go through. Just < should be used instead. Then with the elseif, only == is needed as there is no rank above 255 (but that’s not really important in this case).

Also as a little fun fact, the reason there’s only 255 group ranks is because there are 256 combinations of bits in a byte. 0-255 is 256 numbers, so a user’s rank can be saved with only one byte. Same goes for rgb color, but with 3 bytes (1 for each color).

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#3

You’re already using pcalls, thus try this:

local Storage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local overhead = Storage:FindFirstChild("OverheadGuiObject")


Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	
		-- RANK AND NAME TEXTX
	player.CharacterAppearanceLoaded:Connect(function(Character)
		local overheadClone = overhead:Clone()

		overheadClone:FindFirstChild("Name").Text = player.Name
		local success1,result1 = pcall(function()
			return player:GetRoleInGroup(5127121)
		end)
		if success1 then
			overheadClone.Rank.Text  = result1
		end
		
		-- KILLS OR STAFF TEXT
		local success2,result2 = pcall(function()
			return player:GetRankInGroup(5127121)
		end)
		if success2 then
			if result2  <= 255 then
			player.leaderstats.Kills.Changed:Connect(function()
				overheadClone.Kills.Text = "🔪".. player.leaderstats.Kills.Value
			end)
			
		elseif result2  >= 255 then
			overheadClone.Kills.Visible = false
			overheadClone.Staff.Visible = true
		    end
		end
		overheadClone.Parent = Character:FindFirstChild("Head")
	end)
end)