Plugin Question (script.Source)

[un1ND3X (ice)]

Instead of writing to script .Source
my script is a script, that I saved as a plugin with this code, it’s supposed to clone it’s child to serverScriptService

		local ChangeHistoryService = game:GetService("ChangeHistoryService")

local toolbar = plugin:CreateToolbar("Match Settings")

			local newScriptButton = toolbar:CreateButton("Create Settings Script", "Inserts a match settings script ", "rbxassetid://4458901886")

		local function onNewScriptButtonClicked()
			local newScript = script.Match_Settings:Clone()

		newScript.Parent = game:GetService("ServerScriptService")

		ChangeHistoryService:SetWaypoint("Added new empty script")

	end
	newScriptButton.Click:Connect(onNewScriptButtonClicked)

Why is it not possible to do this, and what is an alternative ?

Error :

[anon73784721]

I’m having trouble understanding your question, the code you’ve provided doesn’t show you using script.Source. Are you referring to Players_required_to_start_round?

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Why is it not possible to do this, and what is an alternative ? - From what I understand from your code, you’re attempting to clone a script you have in the plugin, and then setting the parent to ServerScriptService. The code should work.

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I suggest that you add more information about whats causing this problem. Does it not work? Are there errors being outputted?

[addisonshiu]

Are you sure Players_required_to_start_round is inside the script? Is there any error ouput?

When you save it as local plugin, make sure the file type is not lua but rbxm.

[un1ND3X (ice)]

apologies for not fully describing my issue earlier,

Directory :

The error i’m getting :

Also I do not have the option to save it as an Rbxm file, is that necessary though ?

-I did not change my script yet.

On line 3 it shows this :

[ForbiddenJ]

Roblox Studio has a weird quirk where if the plugin itself is a script, then Roblox Studio will save the plugin as a .lua script file instead of a normal .rbmx file, which strips out any child objects the plugin has.

To counter this, group the plugin script into a model and then save that model as a plugin.

See this post for some background:

Saving a Script as a Local Plugin is Broken

Right-clicking on a script–>“Save as Local Plugin” will save a broken plugin that cannot reference instances within itself. The problem stems from the fact that source containers will be saved as .lua files, not .rbxmx files like other plugins. Lua files only save the source code of that particular script, but not any descendants. [image] The .rbxm and .rbxmx files work normally, but the .lua does not Repro.rbxm: Create a script with an instance inside of it. Attempt to reference the instance…

[anon73784721]

• plugin will normally show a warning for some reason, despite it not being depricated.
• You will need a button ( local button = toolbar:CreateButton(title, description, id) ) for the plugin to work (assuming you’ve already done this)

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Also I do not have the option to save it as an Rbxm file, is that necessary though ?

In my opinion, saving plugins as rbxm is better than just saving them as lua. Normally placing the script inside a folder and then saving it as a local plugin fixes this issue.

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I have also re-written your plugin, if you’re facing any bugs, then this file should fix it.
Plugin.rbxmx (2.0 KB)

[un1ND3X (ice)]

@Morgan_Smyth

plugin will normally show a warning for some reason, despite it not being depricated.

I didn’t know that, but that should be fixed , it confuses players and is probably a bug,

@ForbiddenJ

To counter this, group the plugin script into a model and then save that model as a plugin.

That was really helpful , anyone wanting to create a plugin but prevented from doing so as the file converts to Lua instead ,should know this , really helpful.