Parenting a Gui to ReplicatedStorage then back to PlayerGui breaks connections

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#1

Hello, I’m having an issue with a Gui, when I try to parent it the first time to PlayerGui it works fine without any issues, but when I parent it to ReplicatedStorage and then back to PlayerGui it no longer works. Does anyone know why this might happen?

Here are the scripts:

LocalScript in the Tool I’m using to parent the Gui.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local Components = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Components")
local Equipment = Components:WaitForChild("Equipment")
local Scientist = Equipment:WaitForChild("Scientist")
local Gui = Scientist:WaitForChild("Gui")

local StarterGui = game:GetService("StarterGui")

local Tool = script.Parent
local Clipboard = Gui:WaitForChild("ClipboardGui")

local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player.PlayerGui
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

Tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
	Clipboard.Enabled = true
	Clipboard.Parent = Player.PlayerGui
end)

Tool.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	Clipboard.Enabled = false
	Clipboard.Parent = Gui
end)

Humanoid.Died:Connect(function()
	Clipboard.Enabled = false
	Clipboard.Parent = Gui
end)

LocalScript inside the Gui that doesn’t work after re-parenting to PlayerGui

local Main = script.Parent
local CurrentPage = Main:WaitForChild("CurrentPage")

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer

local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")

local CURRENT_PAGE = 1
local MAX_PAGES = 10

CurrentPage.Text = string.format("Page %s", CURRENT_PAGE)

for i = CURRENT_PAGE, MAX_PAGES, 1 do
	if #Main.Pages:GetChildren() >= MAX_PAGES then return end
	
	local template = script.Template:Clone()
	template.Name = tostring(i)
	if i == CURRENT_PAGE then
		template.Content.Visible = true
		template.Title.Visible = true
	end
	template.Parent = Main.Pages
end

local function HideAllPages()
	for _, page in pairs(Main.Pages:GetDescendants()) do
		if page:IsA("TextBox") then
			page.Visible = false
		end
	end
end

local function ShowPage()
	local Page = Main.Pages[CURRENT_PAGE]
	for _, page in pairs(Page:GetChildren()) do
		if page:IsA("TextBox") then
			page.Visible = true
		end
	end
end

Main.NextPage.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	CURRENT_PAGE += 1
	Main.CurrentPage.Text = string.format("Page %s", CURRENT_PAGE)

	HideAllPages()
	ShowPage()

	if CURRENT_PAGE >= MAX_PAGES then
		Main.NextPage.Visible = false
		Main.PageBack.Visible = true
		return
	end

	if CURRENT_PAGE > 1 then
		Main.PageBack.Visible = true
	end

end)

Main.PageBack.MouseButton1Down:Connect(function()
	CURRENT_PAGE -= 1
	Main.CurrentPage.Text = string.format("Page %s", CURRENT_PAGE)

	HideAllPages()
	ShowPage()

	if CURRENT_PAGE <= 1 then
		Main.PageBack.Visible = false
		Main.NextPage.Visible = true
		return
	end

	if CURRENT_PAGE > 1 and CURRENT_PAGE <= MAX_PAGES then
		Main.NextPage.Visible = true
	end
end)

If anyone knows why this is happening please tell me, I’ve been trying to figure it out for the past few hours with no success. And yes, I have tried using a script to parent it aswell and that didn’t work either.

#2

instead of placing it in ReplicatedStorage, add the gui in the tool, then make clone it into player gui, then make it visible, like this

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local tool = toolLol -- whatever script.Parent or idk
local toolGUI = weapon:WaitForChild("whatever your gui is named")

tool.Equipped:Connect(function()
    local newGUI = wepGUI:Clone()
    newGUI.Parent = player.PlayerGUI
    newGUI.Enabled = true
end)
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#3

I fixed it finally jesusss that was such a pain. The issue with it not working was this line

if #Main.Pages:GetChildren() >= MAX_PAGES then return end

It would cease the script from running once the pages were created, what I did was change it to this now it all works fine

if #Main.Pages:GetChildren() <= MAX_PAGES then

Why I didn’t want it parented to the tool is because when the player dies the tool also gets reset meaning the gui gets destroyed aswell, and this is a clipboard with text put in by the player so it needs to stay the exact same when they equip it again.

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#4

Oof, remember to always proofread!