Playeradded not firing

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Playeradded is not firing, is it because I’m in studio? Thanks

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Is it a local script or a server script?

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Localscript, that’s why I used Fireserver().

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Ahh yes i didnt saw this.

Okay so the function will only fire if another player joins - It wont fire for you.

I also dont understand why you want to fire a remote event when the player joins?

just use

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player) inside of a server script?

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But it will work when I publish my game and join it normally (via roblox)?

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If you are using this method on a local script it will only detect if other players join - It wont detect if you join

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Use Players.ChildAdded:Connect(function() end). Same thing but it works on both, server and client.

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Yeah but I need the player variable.

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the player variable is here:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(Player) print(Player.Name) end

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Then do this: Players.ChildAdded:Connect(function(player) end)

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Where is the script located? Have you tried printing anything at all?

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For a LocalScript, you can just access the player with the LocalPlayer property. It’s implicitly available to all LocalScripts no matter the execution time (ReplicatedFirst or standard execution).

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

PlayerAdded doesn’t fire for yourself in a LocalScript because PlayerAdded has already fired before LocalScripts even start running. The connection made by the LocalScript will be created a fair amount of time after PlayerAdded has already fired.

Also please don’t use ChildAdded as someone else is suggesting. If PlayerAdded doesn’t work neither would ChildAdded, but even more importantly, it’s not the proper way to check for a new player. Use the canonical events.

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I’m doing it in a serverscript now.

I know, playeradded works better imo

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Honestly, i dont see why you’d want to use PlayerAdded within a localscript. PlayerAdded should only fire once when the client loads in, therefore you could just fire the remote event within a localscript withing StarterPlayerScripts.
If you need the player then you can get the player by doing Players.LocalPlayer

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I’m using a serverscript now. I figured it’s smarter to just use playeradded in the serverscript.

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But it does not work. I don’t know why

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show the script
im right noew bro

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Send your server script

ignore this

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game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	print(player.. " has joined")
	
	local char = player.Character 
	local ev = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events
	
	local bg = Instance.new("BillboardGui", char.Head)
	local il = Instance.new("ImageLabel", bg)
	
	bg.Adornee = char.Head
	bg.ExtentsOffset = Vector3.new(1.5, 5, 0)
	bg.MaxDistance = 30
	bg.Size = Vector2.new({3,0}, {3,0})

	wait(7)

	ev.One.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
		print("1")
	end)

	ev.Two.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
		print("2")
	end)

	ev.Three.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
		print("3")
	end)

	ev.Four.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
		print("4")
	end)

	ev.Five.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
		print("5")
	end)
end)

Don’t mind the extra stuff

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Does the output says that the player has joined?