Script for replicated storage not working, even without no errors

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#1

I am making a pet system, within replicated storage I wanted to create a script which would convert a boolean value to true once the folder it is in is the child of “PetsProcessing” which is a different folder within ReplicatedStorage.

(The pet folder will be cloned from a script in StartGui and put into “PetsProcessing”, which is why I need the script to change a boolean value once it is in the “PetsProcessing” folder.)

This script does not work, it doesn’t change the boolean value once the pet folder is put into “PetsProcessing”.

Here is the script:

while true do
	wait(0.1)
	if script.Parent.Parent.Name == "PetsProcessing" then
		script.Parent.Activator.Value = true
	else
		script.Parent.Activator.Value = false
	end
end

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Any replies to this post will be highly appreciated.

#2

The LocalScript isn’t working because it isn’t allowed to run while inside ReplicatedStorage.

From the roblox wiki LocalScript page:

A LocalScript will only run Lua code if it is a descendant of one of the following objects:

  • A Player’s Backpack , such as a child of a Tool
  • A Player’s character model
  • A Player’s PlayerGui
  • A Player’s PlayerScripts .
  • The ReplicatedFirst service

The solution should be to set the BoolValue to true when you’re cloning it instead of relying on the localscript to do so.

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#3

It doesn’t work if I use a script instead however.

#4

After some thinking, I’m starting to wonder what you’re actually trying to do. Why are you putting stuff into ReplicatedStorage from the client? If you need to communicate to the server from the client, you should be using RemoteEvents and RemoteFunctions instead. (Read this article to learn more about remotes)

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#5

Neither Scripts or LocalScripts will run in ReplicatedStorage or ServerStorage. ModuleScripts will run almost anywhere when you use require on them however.

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#6

Yeah, I’m a bit confused as to what you’re trying to achieve. Like @HugeCoolboy2007 and @wc3u said, you can’t run a local script in ReplicatedStorage.

#7

You cannot put a Script or LocalScript into the ReplicatedStorage. Like other people have said, I’m a bit confused by what exactly you are trying to do. I’m assuming that if your Bear folder gets parented under the “PetsProcessing” folder, you’d like to change the “Activator” value to true. If so, the code could look something like this:

local bear = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").PetDataFolders.Bear -- Find the "Bear" folder in ReplicatedStorage

bear:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Parent"):Connect(function() -- Connect to when the Parent of the bear folder changes
    if bear.Parent.Name == "PetsProcessing" then -- Check to see if the new parent is called "PetsProcessing"
        bear.Activator.Value = true
    else
        bear.Activator.Value = false
    end
end)

You would put this code in a Script in the ServerScriptService.

Read more about :GetPropertyChangedSignal here: Instance | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub

Additionally, I think you can also do the same thing with the .AncestryChanged event. Read more here: Instance | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub