Need help with not being able to find a child

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#1 
    script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("leaderstats"):WaitForChild("Stage").Value = 0
    local checkpointData = game.ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("CheckpointData")
    local userID = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.UserId
    checkpointData:FindFirstChild(userID)
    
end) ``` it says attempt to index nil with ‘findifrstchild’ any thing to help? When there is a child with that name
#2

Is there an object in ServerStorage called CheckpointData?
FindFirstChild does not error if there isn’t, so that may be your problem.

#3

Only on the server side and it’s in a local script is that the problem?

#4

Yes, the client cannot access ServerStorage.
Move your object CheckpointData to ReplicatedStorage.

#5

This post should have been added to your original post a few minutes ago:

#6

Yea, it is because I now know what to put

#7

Is there a way that it can still access serverstorage because it needs to be there for a script to work. So can I like use an event?

#8 
local player = script:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA("Player")
local rs = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local CPD = rs:WaitForChild("CheckpointData")
local leaderstats = script:FindFirstAncestorWhichIsA("Folder")
local stageStat = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Stage")
stageStat.Value = 0
CPD:FindFirstChild(player.UserId)

Move “CheckpointData” to the ReplicatedStorage folder as that can be accessed by both local scripts and server scripts.

#9

Yes, you will need to use a remote event or remote function.

#10

I did that but the value in the script wasn’t set to 0 and here are both the local and the server scripts.

local RemoteEvent = RS.RemoteEvent

script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
   script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("leaderstats"):WaitForChild("Stage").Value = 0
   local userID = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.UserId
   RemoteEvent:FireServer(userID)
end)

Local Script ^^^
Server Script:
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Remote = RS.RemoteEvent

local CheckPointData = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("CheckpointData")

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, userID)
   CheckPointData:FindFirstChild(userID).Value = 0
end)
#11

Also, I didn’t get any errors.

#12

Can you help with the message above?

#13

Put your script in ServerScriptService. Also, rewrite the script as follows:

local Remote = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

local CheckPointData = game.ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("CheckpointData")

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
   CheckPointData:FindFirstChild(player.userId).Value = 0
end)
#14

It says attempt to index nil with ‘findfirstchild’ when the value is in there as you can see in the picture

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#15

I’ll just make a new checkpointsystem

#16

Oh, I’m sorry! I just realized my mistake. Do this instead:

local Remote = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

local CheckPointData = game.ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("CheckpointData")

Remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
   CheckPointData:FindFirstChild(tostring(player.userId)).Value = 0
end)
#17

It still says the same error. It’s fine, I can still make a new one.

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