RemoteEvent not working on the server

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#1

Hi, i have a button that when the player presses it, it changes the material of meshparts in their character with the tag bodypart, i’m using a local script, a remote event and a server script however it only works on the client, so the other players cannot see it, here is the local script:

local button = script.Parent
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

local changeEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("ChangeBodyPartsEvent")

button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	changeEvent:FireServer()
end)

and here is the server script:

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local CollectionService = game:GetService("CollectionService")

local changeEvent = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("ChangeBodyPartsEvent")

changeEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local character = player.Character
	if character then
		local taggedParts = CollectionService:GetTagged("bodypart")
		for _, part in ipairs(taggedParts) do
			if part:IsDescendantOf(character) and part:IsA("MeshPart") then
				part.Material = Enum.Material.SmoothPlastic
				part.Transparency = 0
				part.Reflectance = 0.25
			end
		end
	end
end)

The local script is inserted in a button, the remote event is in replicated storage, the server script is in server script service, i am using a cusom character.
I have no idea what the issue is and i’m a little confused, it works only for the client.

#2

Maybe the player hasn’t loaded yet. Try: local character = player and player.Character -- is the same as: if player then player.Character else nil

#3

Have you tagged the bodyparts First

#4

But the server sees the players character way before its replicated to the client And if you dont need to use CollectionService why not use GetDescendants() for the players character

#5

Is the LocalScript inside of a part, or anything workspace related? If so, LocalScripts cannot run there and will just never execute. They must be put in something like StarterPlayer, StarterGui, or StarterPack, to execute successfully.

#6

if you are tagging the body parts on the client, then it will not work