Keeps saying a object is not a valid member of a Folder

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#1

I do not know how to explain it, but it will go through all these checks, then it just breaks. (Works the first time, breaks the second)

local StarterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")
StarterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Backpack, false)
local player = game:GetService("Players")
local player = player.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local isHolding = player.isHolding

workspace.Converter.Convert.Enabled = false

isHolding.Changed:Connect(function()
	if isHolding.Value == true then
		local Trash = workspace.TrashFolder:GetDescendants() -- Refreshes Descendants
		for _, descendant in ipairs(Trash) do
			if descendant:IsA("Folder") and descendant.Name == 'Scripts' then
				if descendant.Interact then -- Breaks here (Line: 15)
					descendant.Interact.Grab.ActionText = 'Replace'
				end
			end
		end
		workspace.Converter.Convert.Enabled = true
	else
		local Trash = workspace.TrashFolder:GetDescendants()
		for _, descendant in ipairs(Trash) do
			if descendant:IsA("Folder") and descendant.Name == 'Scripts' then
				if descendant.Interact.Grab then
					descendant.Interact.Grab.ActionText = 'Grab'
				end
			end
		end
		workspace.Converter.Convert.Enabled = false
	end
end)

Error:

  09:50:30.398  Interact is not a valid member of Folder "Workspace.TrashFolder.Trash.Scripts"  -  Client - InteractBtnHandlers:15
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#2

Direct indexing will result in an error if the index is not found (in this case, the child).
To avoid this issue, use the FindFirstChild instance method in your statement.

#3

Why? Just use game.Players.LocalPlayer.

Use descendant:FindFirstChild("Interact") instead? Indexing an instance can error if the property/object doesn’t exist in it.

#4


Here’s a video showing of what’s happening.
Keep in mind this was working yesterday.

Updated Code (LocalScript):

local StarterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")
StarterGui:SetCoreGuiEnabled(Enum.CoreGuiType.Backpack, false)
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local character = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local isHolding = player.isHolding

workspace.Converter.Convert.Enabled = false

isHolding.Changed:Connect(function()
	if isHolding.Value == true then
		local Trash = workspace.TrashFolder:GetDescendants()
		for _, descendant in ipairs(Trash) do
			if descendant:IsA("Folder") and descendant.Name == 'Scripts' then
				local interact = descendant:FindFirstChild("Interact") -- Found This
				local grab = interact:FindFirstChild("Grab") -- Tried to do the same thing, did not find (it exists when I manually go through the explorer)
				grab.ActionText = 'Replace'
			end
		end
		workspace.Converter.Convert.Enabled = true
	else
		local Trash = workspace.TrashFolder:GetDescendants()
		for _, descendant in ipairs(Trash) do
			if descendant:IsA("Folder") and descendant.Name == 'Scripts' then
				local interact = descendant:FindFirstChild("Interact")
				local grab = interact:FindFirstChild("Grab")
				grab.ActionText = 'Grab'
			end
		end
		workspace.Converter.Convert.Enabled = false
	end
end)

Code for the Blue Part (ServerScript):

local interact = script.Parent

local items = {
	["Box"] = 1,
	["Bag"] = 2,
	["Can"] = 3,
	["Furniture"] = 4,
}

interact.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
	if player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() then
		if player.Character.Tool.Handle and player:WaitForChild("isHolding").Value == true then
			local trash = player.Character.Tool.Handle:GetDescendants()
			for _, descendant in pairs(trash) do
				for item, value in pairs(items) do
					if descendant:IsA("StringValue") and descendant.Value == item then
						descendant.Parent:Destroy()
						for _, playingTracks in pairs(player.Character.Humanoid.Animator:GetPlayingAnimationTracks()) do
							playingTracks:Stop()
						end
						player.leaderstats.Trash.Value += value
						player.isHolding.Value = false -- Changing the isHolding State
					end	
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)
#5

Restarted Studio and it works now.

#6

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