Player:GetJoinData().TeleportData.data is nil?

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#1

I’m trying to teleport a player with a couple of number values, but the values are nil once the player has teleported?

before the teleport (server)

game.ReplicatedStorage.event.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(value1,value2,value3,value4,value5)
	local teleportOptions = Instance.new("TeleportOptions")
	print(plr,fab,bel,bop,pow,jl)
	local teleportData = {
		placeId = game.PlaceId,
		jobId = game.JobId,
		value1,
		value2,
		value3,
		value4,
		value5
	}
	teleportOptions:SetTeleportData(teleportData)
	game:GetService("TeleportService"):TeleportAsync(8522949336, {plr}, teleportOptions)
end)

after the teleport (server)

if plr:GetJoinData().TeleportData then
	print(plr:GetJoinData().TeleportData.value1)
end

It prints nil instead of the value, no errors or anything.

#2

I think its because the values aren’t set to anything. This defaults them to nil. You should put if value1 ~= nil just incase the data is nil, so your script won’t break.

#3

try entering the table via for loop and printing its contents

i.e.

 for index, value in pairs(plr:GetJoinData().TeleportData) do
print(index .. " and " .. value)
end

nil means nothing exists for the value so something

also shouldnt this

local teleportData = {
		placeId = game.PlaceId,
		jobId = game.JobId,
		value1,
		value2,
		value3,
		value4,
		value5
	}

be

local teleportData = {
		placeId = game.PlaceId,
		jobId = game.JobId,
		value1=value1,
		value2=value2,
		value3=value3,
		value4=value4,
		value5=value5
	}

your current code just says value1 and etc, its not being assigned a value.

#4

It’s nil because it doesn’t exist. Values 1-5 are entered into the array portion of the table which are indexed as 1-5. You’re attempting to access the index “value1” of the TeleportData table which doesn’t exist. value1 lives in the index TeleportData[1].

Consider packing your values into a table instead:

local teleportData = {
    placeId = game.PlaceId,
    jobId = game.JobId,
    values = {value1, value2, ...}
}

Player:GetTeleportData().TeleportData.values[1]

Or following the above advice by turning your teleportData table into a dictionary instead of a mixed table. You typically don’t want to have mixed tables anyway, Roblox APIs are known to be very unkind towards them.

#5

You didn’t pass those values with the event, also, player is always the first argument in OnServerEvent so why don’t I see it?

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