Saving data on PlayerRemoving not working?

[Ax_rqn (aaron)]

I’m trying to get my script to save something that is currently equipped upon the player leaving so that when they rejoin, they’ll spawn in with it still equipped. I got together a script for it, but it doesn’t seem to be working.

Code:

Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(plr)
	if plr.Character.Rank.Rank.UIGradient:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Script") then
		local lastnt = plr.Character.Rank.Rank.UIGradient:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("Script").Name
		ntStore:SetAsync(plr.UserId, lastnt)
	end
end)

Error:

Note that the thing I’m referencing does exist before the player leaves, but the script doesn’t seem to be registering it in the context of the script.

[GummyAirplaneYT (LemoBlox)]

Which line that you have shown is line 131? My assumption as of now is that .Rank.Rank is a mistake

[Ax_rqn (aaron)]

The line you are referencing is line 131, but as I mentioned earlier the thing I’m referencing does exist before the player leaves – the script just doesn’t seem to register that in the PlayerRemoving context.

[BayesBot (Luckzureus)]

By the time a player is removing, plr.Character does not exist. It’s already been deleted. This is the problem. Please do not store critical information like this on the character Model; store it on the Player.