player.Name Not Working

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#1

Hello!

Player.Name isn’t working (I am using a normal script so I think that is it.) How do I solve this?

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#2

It’d help if you could provide the script :thinking:

#3 
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
	local rankclone = script.OverheadGui:Clone()
		rankclone.Parent = player.Character.Head
		
		local ranktext = rankclone.Rank
		ranktext.Text = player:GetRoleInGroup(11397447)
		
		local nametext = rankclone.Name
		nametext.Text = player.Name
	end)
end)

The last line before end is the trouble.

#4

May I ask where you put the script exactly? And are there any errors on the Output at all?

#5

ik this doesn’t help but what is the point of this if the character is already defined

character.Head
#6

No error in output, ServerScriptService.

#7

I’d just recommend checking for print statements, the script should work fine so you should debug it for further inspection & see where the issue may lie closer

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
    print("This works")
	local rankclone = script.OverheadGui:Clone()
	rankclone.Parent = character.Head
	
    print("This works as well")
	local ranktext = rankclone.Rank
	ranktext.Text = player:GetRoleInGroup(11397447)
	
	local nametext = rankclone.Name
	nametext.Text = character.Name

    print("Current Text: "..nametext.Text)
    print("This should work")
end)
#8

Didn’t work starting right here.

#9

Are you sure you’re indexing the children of the OverheadGui object correctly? And you’re sure there’s no errors?

Only other thing I can think of is making a reproduction file, cause that shouldn’t happen

#10

Hi there! How do you define Player in your script?

#11 
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
#12

I found the error. The error is coming from the local nametext = rankclone.Name line. To fix your issue, just change this line to local nametext = rankclone["Name"]. Your current script returns the name of your instance called “rankclone”.

#13

I know the issue as I’ve experienced this tons of times,

player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
    print("This works")
	local rankclone = script.OverheadGui:Clone()
	rankclone.Parent = character.Head
	
    print("This works as well")
	local ranktext = rankclone.Rank
	ranktext.Text = player:GetRoleInGroup(11397447)
	
	local nametext = rankclone.Name -- The culprit line
	nametext.Text = character.Name

    print("Current Text: "..nametext.Text)
    print("This should work")
end)

Reason why this line errors out you have it Referencing the “rankclone” Name not an object, A way you can fix this is by changing stuff to :FindFirstChild() instead or simply changing the name to something that isn’t a roblox Property.

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#14

Your getting the Name property, rename your name object to something else like “PlayerName” or use FindFirstChild

#15

Renaming isn’t needed. Instead they can just use Instance["Name"].

#16

That wouldn’t work either, I’ve made a few scripts that uses that method for cloning properties to another item.

thats why I suggested either renaming it or using :FindFirstChild or :WaitForChild()

warn(game.Workspace.Part["Name"].Color)``` -- Expected output | New Yeller
warn(game.Workspace.Part["Name"].Color)``` -- Actual output | nil
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