PlayerAdded event (NOT WORKING)

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#1

Hi Everyone, I just want to know I am trying to make a GUI visible when a player joins the game.

But, it won’t work. I tried everything and it still won’t work.

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If im doing something wrong plz tell me. :grinning: :grinning: :grinning: :grinning:

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#2

From what I know the local script will run after the event can be cached.

You don’t have to use a PlayerAdded event since local scripts run when the player joins anyway

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#3

You’d have to do this:

local Players = game.Players
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player)
    Player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.StarterFrame.Frame.Visible = true

    wait(5)

    Player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.StarterFrame.Frame.Visible = false
end)
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#4

You can just have the code without PlayerAdded event.

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#5

@dandcx correctly identified the answer that you don’t really need a PlayerAdded since localscripts run when the client joins. But I want to point some other things with your code

  • You’re using StarterGui instead of the PlayerGui, just use script.Parent.Visible in this case
  • Use game:GetService("Players") so as it’s the more recommended version as game.Players can have a chance of erroring if the name of the Players service is different

You only really need the visible changing code, so just this

local frame = script.Parent

frame.Visible = true
wait(5)
frame.Visible = false

No need for the other stuff as this will run when the client joins the game

@Kon_Cyerthedeer Use what I had done, simplest way of doing what you need as it still wont work cause you’re referencing StarterGui instead of the Guis in the player

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#6

So you want me to do it like this.
me

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#7

Yes but also do what @EmbatTheHybrid said. Define the ui through player gui not startergui

#8 
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PGui = player.PlayerGui
local Gui = PGui:WaitForChild("ScreenGui") 
Gui.ScreenGui.StarterFrame.Visible = true
wait(5)
Gui.ScreenGui.StarterFrame.Visible = false
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#9

That overcomplicates it slightly though, the localscript is in the thing he wants to change around, he can just do script.Parent to get the StarterFrame, like how I did in my example

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#10

Yeah that works too, I skipped the thought of that.

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#11

I tried it and it still didn’t work

#12

Could it be that the game isn’t loaded by the time you’re entering? Maybe try this?

if not game:IsLoaded() then
	game.Loaded:Wait()
end

local frame = script.Parent

frame.Visible = true
wait(5)
frame.Visible = false
#13

oh, i got it do you know how to put the GUI in the player GUI.

#14

Guis in StarterGui automatically replicate to each Player’s PlayerGui, so if you put it there, it’ll be placed there without having to do put it there yourself

#15

ok I got it thank you :grinning: :grinning: :grinning: .

#16

I know a solution has been made, but the Visible setting is unnecessary, just set the frame as visible by properties as default, then wait 5 seconds and set the visible property to false.