Local return an error as a nil value

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#1

I just want to keep this simple:

I have a local that gets a model, the problem is that when I try to clone that model, the script prints: Attempt to index local StoredOrb, a nil value

StoredOrb is getting an object from ServerStorage, which I don’t think why I could have this error, thanks for reading.

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#2

Try making StoredOrb a global variable.

#3

If you mean using _G. Then I want to say that hackers can get that value, and they can be able to get the object in the value and change it. And I’m not using a local script.

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#4

May I see your code?
[30 characters]

#5

Is “StoredOrb” an object in ServerStorage or?..

#6

Are you using a server script?, otherwise that’s the problem, the server storage isn’t replicated to the client

#7

Greetings. @Conejin_Alt has specified that he isn’t using a local script, so I’m not quite sure.

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#8

Yes I said it.

@rokec123

local HitBox = script.Parent
local ServerStorage = game:GetService("ServerStorage")

HitBox.Touched:Connect(function(obj)
    ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("ChangingOrb"):Fire(HitBox)
end)

The other script located in ServerScriptService:

--locals here, too lazy to write them
ServerStorage.ChangingOrb.Event:Connect(function(CurrentOrb)
    CurrentOrb:Destroy()
    local StoredOrb = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("Orb") --Error
    local ClonedOrb = StoredOrb:Clone()
end)

I just wrote the lines that are important to this discussion. And yeah, this took long to write cuz I’m in mobile

#9

Greetings. So, have you checked if “Orb” has been found?..

#10

Orb is set in server storage, I can see that, I think there is no logic needed to this.

#11

If I remember correctly The first parameter of a RemoteEvent is the player.

ServerStorage.ChangingOrb.Event:Connect(function(plr, CurrentOrb)
    CurrentOrb:Destroy()
    local StoredOrb = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("Orb") --Error
    local ClonedOrb = StoredOrb:Clone()
end)
#12

Ah, so is there is just a singular orb?.. Or are there multiple variants?..

#13

He’s not using remote events, it’s server-server communication

#14

Ah, i didn’t even realize that Thank you for pointing that out ( sry missed that)

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#15

You should have a check that makes sure StoredOrb isn’t nil, otherwise there’s no point in calling :FindFirstChild().

#16

There is only one, 30chars…

#17

What I’m saying is, if you’re not making sure StoredOrb isnt’t nil, it’s the same thing as if you didn’t call :FindFirstChild()

#18

As I said, Orb is not nil, Orb is a model set in ServerStorage.

#19

According to the error, it is.
However, I was only giving you an advice for the future.

#20

Sorry for the misunderstandings there at the beginning but, Are CurrentOrb and Orb be any chance the same instance or is Orb within CurrentOrb ? if so you are destroying it before calling: ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("Orb")