Question on how to make a player-sided kill function

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#1

Hello, I want to make a function that kills the player when they touch a block, but for reasons i cant talk about i want to make it so when the player touches an object itll search for an object inside the part that the player touched and if it has a certain part the player will be killed. here is my code:

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

Player.onTouched:Connect(function(otherPart)
	local humanoid = Player:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
	if humanoid then
		if otherPart.Name == "killBrick" then
		humanoid.Health = 0
		end	
	end
end)

However, I get this error:

-- ServerScriptService.Script:4: attempt to index nil with 'onTouched'
#2

If you want to check if specific part is touched you could do it like this. You could also use a loop to search for a specific part.

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local killBrick = game.Workspace.killBrick

killBrick.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local character = hit.Parent
	if character then
		local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
		if humanoid then
			humanoid.Health = 0
		end	
	end
end)
#3

i put print statements at every if statement and conditions but when i put one under “if humanoid then” nothing would print out. It worked for the touched and character event though.

#4

The reason this isn’t working seems to be because you are trying to see if the Player is touched, not the player’s character. Try using something such as:

or if the player will be stepping on something, reference the legs.

#5

Brother are you using a localscript in serverscriptstorage???
you cant use .LocalPlayer in a server script

Inorder to fix this possible issue try doing this:

local players = Game.Players
players.PlayerAdded:connect(Function()
    --code here
end)
#6

Sadly, there’s an error.

ServerScriptService.KillFunctionScript:6: attempt to index nil with 'Character'
#7

brother you have to wait for things to load in, use this:

wait(0.2) --average loading time
local Humanoid = player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
#8

i added task.wait for. 1 second before i ran the code

#9

i changed the script to a local script and i added task.wait before the code for 1 second no output errors but nothing happens

#10

Server script service boi

local function onPartTouched(otherPart)
    local character = otherPart.Parent
    if character:IsA("Model") and game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(character) then
        local humanoid = character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")
        if humanoid and humanoid.Health > 0 then
            if otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChild("SpecificPartName") then
                humanoid.Health = 0
            end
        end
    end
end

local killPart = workspace:WaitForChild("KillBrick")
killPart.Touched:Connect(onPartTouched)

Replace "SpecificPartName" and "KillBrick"

#11

for some reason you guys dont understand what im trying to ask so ill just look at the documentation and figure it out

#12

You want to make a KillBrick, correct?

Try this in a regular server script inside of a part:

script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
	local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent)
	if Player then
		Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid").Health = 0
	end
end)

Hope this helps!

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#13

That’s because you are trying to reference a character on someone’s PC, but from the server. The server can’t see things that is only on the player’s computer. Moving the script to StarterCharacterScripts would fix that issue. If it’s a server script, you can’t use

because the server doesn’t have it’s own player. You would have to specify who you are targeting using something such as checking when a player joins the game then checking if they touched something.

If you need me to explain it better, I will be happy to do so.

#14

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