Player Death on Dialog Choice

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#1

Hello! I was wondering how to make the player die once they reach a certain part of a dialog with another NPC.

This is my current code:

local dialog = workspace["Rubber Duck"].Dialog
local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer
local character = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")


local function onSelected(player, choice)
	if choice == dialog.DialogChoice.DialogChoice.DialogChoice.DialogChoice.Die then
		humanoid.Health = 0
	end
end

dialog.DialogChoiceSelected:Connect(onSelected)

The error read:

attempt to index nil with ‘Health’

(Im very new to scripting so please let me know what’s wrong with this script.
– Thank you)

#2

You can not kill the player through a local script. Use a remote event to kill them on the server.

If you are unfamiliar with remote events here’s a simple tutorial:
Step 1)
create a RemoteEvent in ReplicatedStorage

Step 2)
name the remote event “KillSelf”

Step 3)

on the client replace “humanoid.Health = 0” with “game.ReplicatedStorage.KillSelf:FireServer()”

Step 4)

create a ServerScript in ServerScriptService and name it whatever you like

Step 5)

inside that script write

game.ReplicatedStorage.KillSelf.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player))
local char = player.Character
local human = char:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
human.Health = 0
end

Step 6)
run the game and see if it works if it doesnt lmk

#3

I guess you can try adding this section of code in it:

plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(Chr)
    character = Chr
    humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
end

also:
Change

local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

to

local humanoid = character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
#4

that would fix part of the problem but keep in mind you cant kill yourself on the client.

#5

modifying health on the client doesnt replicate

#6

Just tested it and, as I suspected - you CAN kill the player with a local script.

#7

its not like it errors but it doesnt replicate. if you dont believe me try your script with a friend

#8

and if you think about it logically allowing players to deal damage to players on the client is a huge vulnerability.

#9

Allowing a player to kill their own character isn’t much of a vulnerability. They can only kill their own player, NOT anyone else’s player

Also, if you are worried about vulnerabilities, your remote system would have more of a vulnerability, as players can spoof who it seems the request is coming from

#10

bruh, now you are actually just wildin. have you even ever tried scripting in roblox before?

#11

Based on number of correct responses to posts on the devforum, and success as a scripter in terms of visits, I’d say I am a bit more experienced in this than you are.

I created a simple test place, put a button in the player’s UI, and set the following code in a local script

script.Parent.Activated:Connect(function()
    game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character.Humanoid.Health = 0
end

Here is the result of my test:

#12

nvm bruh sorry for gaslighting you. you can in fact kill yourself on the client by setting your health to zero. i was confused cause it doesnt work when the reset button is disabled which it is in the game im working on.

#13

All good. At least we got to an eventual agreement from that