Local script not firing in workspace

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#1

I am not a good scripter but I do know enough to write “OK” scripts but today I was writing and came across an issue, I need a local script to call items in the workspace to be transparent

here is my incredibly inefficient script:

function onClicked()
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot.Plant.Hedge1.Transparency = 0
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot.Plant.Hedge2.Transparency = 0
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot.Plant.Union.Transparency = 0
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot.PlantPot.Union.Transparency = 0
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot.PlantPot.Union2.Transparency = 0
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot.PlantPot.PartTransparency = 0
    script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot2.Plant.Union.Transparency = 1
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot2.PlantPot.Union.Transparency = 1
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot2.PlantPot.Union2.Transparency = 1
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Workspace.PlantPot2.PlantPot.Part.Transparency = 1
  end
  
  script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(onClicked)

I need some help,it doesn’t work and I don’t know any other way to get it to work.

#2

you probably don’t need a localscript… use a script instead.

#3

You are not able to use ClickDetectors in localscripts, try running this code from a serverscript.

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#4

but wont that make it fire for everybody else in the game?

#5

local scripts only work in client-related objects

#6

Im not using a click detector, im using a gui button

#7

if you wanted to use a make the plant only visible to a certain player, move the plant to the player’s camera.

#8

then use a normal script?

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#9

using a script will fire for everyone in the game.

#10

if you want everyone to see the plant, then use a script.

#11

I have it where you can change the plant to another from a gui. I want it to be local so only the person clicking the change gui can see the difference

#12

ok, then add the plant to the player’s camera to make it local to them.

#13

I can no longer see the plant, sorry I no good at studio

#14

Don’t think you can fire localscripts in workspace anyway.

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#15

Try putting the script into StarterPlayerScripts, and then on the end where you connect, do this:

game.Workspace.Part.ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(onClicked) -- Also, use :Connect, :connect is deprecated.
       -- ^ Change this to wherever your ClickDetector is.
#16

you know you can create variables right?

 local obj = workspace:WaitForChild("Obj")

local scripts do not run in workspace.

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you can also make your code more organized by doing something like this

local objects = {

     workspace.PlantPot;
     workspace.PlantPot2;
   
 }

 for _, object in ipairs(objects) do
       for _, item in ipairs(object:GetChildren()) do -- assuming every child of PlantPot and PlantPot2 are base parts 
              item.Transparency = 1
       end
 end

you can also get workspace by using the builtin shorthand workspace so

game.Workspace = workspace

edit: @smashman65 it’s quite simple?

I just stored the objects in an array, so I can loop over them and get their children , and set their Transparency to 1

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/class/LocalScript
https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/api-reference/function/Instance/GetChildren

#17

oh, I forgot…

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#18

im too dumb for that, im not there yet, only been learning for a few months crammed in with homework. 1 more week of school…

#19

YOU ARE SPEAKING GIBBERISH. dumb it down plz

#20

ooh, an array is a table

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