LocalScript is saying that a textlabel doesn't exist inside a PlayerGui, even though it does?

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Hi everyone!

I’ve come across an EXTREMELY frusturating issue where the localscript inside a tool fails to re-run on the player’s respawn. Here’s a snippet of my code:

local function equipped()
	playerGui.Mouse.Enabled = true
	userInputService.MouseIconEnabled = false

	hud.Ammo.Visible = true
	refreshAmmo()

	tool.Sounds.Equip:Play()
	idle:Play()
	equip:Play()
	replicatedStorage.Remotes.EquipWeapon:FireServer(gun, referenceRig, "Equip")
	wait(0.5)
	toolEquipped = true
end

The output prints something along the lines of “hud.Ammo is not a valid member of player.PlayerGui.HUD”

Yes, I got the names correct. Yes, I’ve made sure the label is inside the HUD screengui.

My theory on this is the failure to re-run the code, because just coincedentally, it throws the error when the tool is placed into the starter gear of a person, and then the person respawns.

Please help. : )

EDIT: Okay so apparently a simple fix to this was just to add a variable holding the textlabel in it.

Wow that took me hours to figure out

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The problem might be caused by the ResetOnSpawn signal for the StarterGui:

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