Local Script to Server Script Mouse Returning Nil

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#1

Hello,

I’m trying to make a singleplayer game with a custom tool system. I have two scripts, a client script and a server script.
The client script fires a remote event when F is pressed which the server script reads. Here’s the client script:

local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local uis = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local mse = plr:GetMouse()

uis.InputBegan:Connect(function(i, g)
	if not g then
		if i.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.F then	
			game.ReplicatedStorage.EquipToolsEvent:FireServer(mse, mse.Target)
		end
	end
end)

and then the server script receives this and attempts to pick up the object:

local evt = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("EquipToolsEvent")
local etp = script.Parent:WaitForChild("EquippedToolPos")

evt.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, mse, tgt)
	print(tgt)
	if tgt then
		if tgt.Parent.Name == "Tools" and etp.Parent.ToolEquipped.Value == false then
			local tool = tgt
			local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint",etp)
			etp.Parent.ToolEquipped.Value = true
			tool.Parent = etp
			tool.CFrame = etp.CFrame
			tool.CanCollide = false
			weld.Part0 = etp
			weld.Part1 = tool
		else
			if etp.Parent.ToolEquipped.Value == true then
				for i,v in pairs(etp:GetChildren()) do
					if v:IsA("BasePart") or v:IsA("MeshPart") then
						v.Parent = workspace.Tools
						v.CanCollide = true
						etp:ClearAllChildren()
						etp.Parent.ToolEquipped.Value = false
					end
				end
			else
				etp:ClearAllChildren()
			end
		end
	end
end)

I’ve tried disabling other scripts and editing several parts of my code and this didn’t help.

Thanks!

#2

Since the mouse is only there for the client, it cannot be passed along a RemoteEvent. A detour could be using the mouse’s CFrame property instead.

game.ReplicatedStorage.EquipToolsEvent:FireServer(mse.Hit, mse.Target)
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#3

okay… but then how could I use this for getting the objects Name or Instance?

#4

well, it looks like you aren’t even using the mse variable in the script anyway.
Does that print(tgt) statement print nil?

#5

yeah, I have mse in case tgt doesn’t work, but either way through server scripts, you can’t do mse.Target;
not sure what to do now.

#6

Is the Target variable working? As in, is it passing correctly and not ending up as nil?

#7

The Target variable isn’t working; it is passing nil.

#8

Try passing the target’s Name, CFrame, or something it can be identified by server-side.

#9

Trying soon! setting up a server at the moment

#10

Shows an error:

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#11

Are you checking for a target?
You could do:

if mouse.Target then
    print(mouse.Target.Name)
end
#12

yeah, it returns the error i had

#13

okay so i found a short term fix, i need to disable some code that allows player head movement

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#14

Can you send that code? Just want to have a look at it to see if anything might be messing with the other code.

#15

nevermind, i ended up fixing it myself, i accidentally added a TargetFilter to the mouse!

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