Problems with addressing a local player

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#1

Hey, so right now I’m trying to make a system where the player joins, it equips a hat. Problem is, I’m getting a simple error that I don’t understand why I’m getting. This script is in ServerScriptService,

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local hatFolder = game:GetService("ServerStorage").Hats

local hatClone = hatFolder.EgglessFryingPanAccessory:Clone()
local hatClone2 = hatFolder.KnightHelmet:Clone()
local hatClone3 = hatFolder["Black Top Hat with Red Band"]:Clone()
local hatClone4 = hatFolder.BlackFedora:Clone()
local hatClone5 = hatFolder["The True King"]:Clone()


if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Frying Pan" then
	hatClone.parent = player.Character
end

if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Knight Helm" then
	hatClone2.parent = player.Character
end

if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Top Hat" then
	hatClone3.parent = player.Character
end

if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Fedora" then
	hatClone4.parent = player.Character
end

if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Crown" then
	hatClone5.parent = player.Character
end

The error I’m getting: ServerScriptService.HatEquipScript:11: attempt to index nil with ‘WaitForChild’ (LINE 11)

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#2

ServerStorage

you cannot get the server storage from the client, youll have to make a remove event

#3

Okay, how would I go about doing that?

#4

actually you could do this all on the server lol

connect Players.PlayerAdded to a function that checks their leaderstat and then gives them the corresponding hat

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#5

Alrighty let me try that out, let ya know if it works

#6

heres something i made real quick

local hats = game.ServerStorage:WaitForChild("Hats")
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
		if not leaderstats then return end
		local hat = leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Equiped Hat")
		if hat and hat.Value == "Fedora" then
			-- give them the fedora
		end -- and so on for the other hats
	end)
end)
#7 
local hatFolder = game:GetService("ServerStorage").Hats

if game.Players.PlayerAdded then
	local hatClone = hatFolder.EgglessFryingPanAccessory:Clone()
	local hatClone2 = hatFolder.KnightHelmet:Clone()
	local hatClone3 = hatFolder["Black Top Hat with Red Band"]:Clone()
	local hatClone4 = hatFolder.BlackFedora:Clone()
	local hatClone5 = hatFolder["The True King"]:Clone()


	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Frying Pan" then
		hatClone.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Knight Helm" then
		hatClone2.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Top Hat" then
		hatClone3.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Fedora" then
		hatClone4.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Crown" then
		hatClone5.parent = player.Character
	end
end

Heres the new script. Still get the same error about the leaderstats

#8

Noticed I did the function wrong I’m using yours rq

#9

also make sure you make it a serverscript

#10 
local hatFolder = game:GetService("ServerStorage").Hats

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
		
	local hatClone = hatFolder.EgglessFryingPanAccessory:Clone()
	local hatClone2 = hatFolder.KnightHelmet:Clone()
	local hatClone3 = hatFolder["Black Top Hat with Red Band"]:Clone()
	local hatClone4 = hatFolder.BlackFedora:Clone()
	local hatClone5 = hatFolder["The True King"]:Clone()


	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Frying Pan" then
		hatClone.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Knight Helm" then
		hatClone2.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Top Hat" then
		hatClone3.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Fedora" then
		hatClone4.parent = player.Character
	end

	if player.leaderstats["Equiped Hat"].Value == "Crown" then
		hatClone5.parent = player.Character
	end
end)

New script but gives no error and doesn’t clone the hat

#11

you needed the CharacterAdded event, just use the one i made and add the part where it gives you the hat depending on your leaderstat valie

#12

i was being lazy but here i added the part where it gives them the hat for you

local hatFolder = game:GetService("ServerStorage").Hats

local hatClone = hatFolder.EgglessFryingPanAccessory:Clone()
local hatClone2 = hatFolder.KnightHelmet:Clone()
local hatClone3 = hatFolder["Black Top Hat with Red Band"]:Clone()
local hatClone4 = hatFolder.BlackFedora:Clone()
local hatClone5 = hatFolder["The True King"]:Clone()

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats")
		if not leaderstats then return end
		local equippedhat = leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Equiped Hat")
		if equippedhat and equippedhat.Value == "Frying Pan" then
			hatClone.parent = character
		end

		if equippedhat and equippedhat.Value == "Knight Helm" then
			hatClone2.parent = character
		end

		if equippedhat and equippedhat.Value == "Top Hat" then
			hatClone3.parent = character
		end

		if equippedhat and equippedhat.Value == "Fedora" then
			hatClone4.parent = character
		end

		if equippedhat and equippedhat.Value == "Crown" then
			hatClone5.parent = character
		end

	end)
end)
#13

Just tried and it doesn’t work or give an error for some reason

#14

replace add this to the leaderstats part

local leaderstats = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats", 5)
if not leaderstats then return end
local equippedhat = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Equiped Hat", 5)
#15

Still not working. This is so weird

#16

does all of the stuff exist then

because if its not giving you an error it means the leaderstats doesnt exist

#17

It does exsist, I’ll send a screenshot

#18

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Here, even tried switching from the crown to the pan hat

#19

This is all really strange because I have some proximity prompts that equip the hat and change the Equipped hat leaderstat and that works fine

#22

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