Script Not Clearing All Children Of Class

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#1

I’ve created a script to clone and then remove the particle, but the particle does not work.
Output: attempt to index nil with ‘GetChildren’

I can’t figure what what’s going wrong

script.Parent.Parent.MeleeDamage.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player)
	local function TargetPlayer(hit)
		humanoid = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
		torso = hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("UpperTorso")
		local tag = Instance.new("ObjectValue")
		tag.Value = player
		tag.Name = "creator"
		tag.Parent = humanoid
		game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(tag,5)
	end
	script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Hitbox.Touched:Connect(TargetPlayer)
	if humanoid then
		humanoid:TakeDamage(35)
		print("Damaged")
	end
	humanoid = nil
	script.Blood:Clone().Parent = torso
	wait(0.1)
	for i,v in pairs(torso:GetChildren()) do
		if v:IsA("ParticleEmitter") then
			v:Destroy()
			print("Destroyed")
		end
	end
end)

Anyways, thanks and stay safe!

#2

The assigned torso is inside of a function thats why you cant configure it.

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#3

The problem is with hit.Parent. It is not confirmed that only one Parent can be used. make an elseif statement saying elsif hit.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”) then. Character = hit.Parent.parent.

Also second problem as @Sorbious says.

#4

On top of that, the if humanoid statement could run before the touched function triggers, causing it to see that there is no humanoid and to just move on.

#5

How would I prevent that? Do I implement an if statement?

#6

I guess I would just add a wait(0.5) before that if statement, that way it gives the game enough time to check if it was touched.