Script affects server but not client

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#8

The problem is he’s changing the startergui version and not his playergui version.

#9

I only see that happening if the player loads after the script is executed. Maybe I really dont understand this

#10

I looked in that post, but the creator did not set a solution, and I don’t know what part I need to add/edit.

#11

That makes sense, if you change something in the startergui then everyone who joins afterwards would receive that copy, which was updated. The startergui is just a container for all the guis, whenever you join, you get a copy of all the guis in startergui put in your playergui. This is why if you make a change to a gui in startergui, and then someone joins, they would get the changed version.

#12

yes but he should be using PlayerGui instead. I dont think that script would work based on given information. Maybe im wrong. Ill test it right now

#13

This was the post that I thought might help, but you should probably read up on StarterGui on the developer hub.

#14

Yeah that’s the point I’m trying to make. The problem isn’t that he’s doing this in a server script but that he’s changing the starter gui’s version instead of your player gui’s version. Although it’s better to work with ui in local scripts so this should be a local script anyway. Maybe we should continue in dms because this post is getting pretty clogged.

#15

I just get this when activating the script "Attempt to index nil with ‘PlayerGui’ " Also, its fine once we figure it out i can just set the solution for anyone who finds this.

#16

You can’t use game.Players.LocalPlayer on the server so this would have to be a local script if you want to get the player like that. Where is this script?

#17

It is a local script, and its in the workspace. I don’t know if it doesn’t work because the way I am doing it is this: It’s disabled, then i go into studio play mode, then i press server client and then enable it via explorer.

#18

Local scripts have to be descended from the player/ the player’s character to run (for the most part).

Try this out: (This should be a local script inside your screengui)

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

while true do
	PlayerGui.bright.Frame.BackgroundTransparency = PlayerGui.bright.Frame.BackgroundTransparency -0.01
	wait(0.01)
end

Sorry if I’m being confusing.

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#19

That works great, (and dont worry I am understanding you). However, it works fine if it is enabled before playing, but if i try to enable it during playing (via script and via explorer) it does not seem to work. I’ll set it as a solution since that is what I asked, the disable thing is a different topic sort of.

#20

When you set the enable property you have to set it for the actual playerGui script not the starterGui btw. You can enable/disable by going inside your player

#21

But that just causes a loop, if I can only use PlayerGui in local scripts, and local scripts cant be disabled while in game, how am I supposed to enable the script? I might misspoke, In a nutshell: How can I enable a disabled script that is in StarterGui?

#22

They can be disabled in game since you control your client. You have to go into your playerGui

#23

Yes I know that, but what would I need to type to disable/enable it for a client using a script? For example,

wait(10)
game.StarterGui.bright.fadewhite.Disabled = false

in a regular or local script does not enable it for the client

#24

If you want to disable a script you need to use .Disabed = true
And this will only work in a local script.

If you are doing it correctly, then it might be something else

#25

I was not clear enough, my bad. This is a normal script, it’s in workspace it’s what i have and it does not work. I want the local script in StarterGui to enable for all clients.

wait(10)
game.StarterGui.bright.fadewhite.Disabled = false

does not work.

#26

You can “use” Playergui in both local scripts and server scripts.

#27

This is because when you update a gui in the startergui all the versions in everyone’s playerguis won’t automatically update to the startergui’s version.

wait(10)

for _, Player in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
    Player.PlayerGui.bright.fadewhite.Disabled = false
end

Try this instead, it loops through everyone’s playerguis and enables “fadewhite”