Script doesn't find tool in backpack

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#1

Hello!
I want to get these 2 tools in a LocalScript after they have been cloned from the StarterPack:

local placetool = player:WaitForChild("Backpack"):WaitForChild("Blocks")
local deletetool = player:WaitForChild("Backpack"):WaitForChild("Delete")

However, it doesn’t find it and I get this error, although it is actually in the Backpack within 5 seconds.

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Can't Find Tool in Backpack with LocalScript
Attempted to index nil with parent [Solved]
#2

Add the second parameter of WaitForChild at it.

WaitForChild("Blocks", 6)

The second parameter tells how much time at maximum it should wait for it.

#4

Maybe try something like this

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local blocksTool
	local deleteTool
	
	coroutine.resume(coroutine.create(function()
		repeat wait() until blocksTool ~= nil and deleteTool ~= nil do
			print("Got tools")
		end
	end))
	
	player.Backpack.ChildAdded:Connect(function(object)
		if object:IsA("Tool") then
			if object.Name == "Blocks" then
				blocksTool = object
			elseif object.Name == "Delete" then
				deleteTool = object
			end
		end
	end)
end)

Haven’t tested it so let me know if it changes anything.

#5

You can try and set it nil/a dummy variable the script can work with, and when a child is added to the backpack, it checks for the tool and sets it to that.

#6

Actually you only need to do player.Backpack.ChildAdded:Wait() and then you use these variables

#7

Unfortunately, none of them work. It seems like there is no ChildAdded event fired, so the Backpack is empty for the script, which it definitely isn’t.

#8

As I said you should add the second parameter for WaitForChild.

It will return nil only when the time you specified passes, Since you are sure it comes within 5 seconds then you can just do it 6 to 15 seconds.

#9

I see the tools definitely within 5 seconds in the Backpack, but the script can’t get them. It doesn’t matter if the wait time is 5 or 15 seconds, since the script finds nothing.

#10

Try doing it, also where the script is at?

#11

I tried it already and it’s a LocalScript in StarterPlayerScripts.

#12

What is the variable you did for player?

#13 
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
#14

As I said you should try doing the second variable, it can help at fixing most errors

#15

I tried that with 10, 15 and 20 seconds. It doesn’t find the tools and because the variables are nil, the code below has errors.

A server-side script can’t get the tools either and it doesn’t work in Roblox Player as well.

#16

Thats weird, there shouldnt have any bugs regarding this.

#18

Weird. This doesn’t work too.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
		game.ServerStorage.Blocks:Clone().Parent = plr:WaitForChild("Backpack")
		game.ServerStorage.Delete:Clone().Parent = plr:WaitForChild("Backpack")
	end)
end)
#19

Try player.Backpack.FindFirstChild("ToolName")

#20

Okay, that fixed the variable problem. :slight_smile:
Now I get this error:

Players.Vaschex.PlayerScripts.ClientBuilding:24: attempt to index nil with ‘Equipped’

local placetool = player:WaitForChild("Backpack"):FindFirstChild("Blocks")
local deletetool = player:WaitForChild("Backpack"):FindFirstChild("Delete")

placetool.Equipped:Connect(function()
--code
end)
#21

Is the tool equipped? (30 chars)

#22

Nope, it gives the error when starting the game.