script.Parent = nil?

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#1

Hi,

I wrote a LocalScript for a glowstick tool to go with a dancing game and I get the following error:

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Here is the code:

local RemainingTracks = ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.GetGlowstickHealth:InvokeServer(script.Parent.Name)
local Songs = 0
local EquippedArray = {}

script.Parent.Equipped:Connect(function() -- LINE 18 IS HERE
	EquippedArray[tostring(Songs)] = true
end)

ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.TrackOver.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	if EquippedArray[tostring(Songs)] == true then
		RemainingTracks -= 1
		ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.AdjustGlowstickHealth:FireServer(script.Parent.Name)
	end
	
	Songs += 1
end)

if RemainingTracks == nil or RemainingTracks == 0 then
	ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.ConsumableBroken:FireServer(script.Parent.Name)
	script.Parent:Destroy()
	script:Destroy()
end

How can script.Parent be nil with the code still executing??
Any help would be appreciated

Thanks,
Tom :slight_smile:

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#2

The error is that script.Parent.Equipped = nil not that script.Parent = nil

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#3

So, according to what line 18 is, this is not the error. Though, what are you trying to do with RemainingTracks -= 1? RemainingTracks is a variable of invoking the server, not a variable for a value. So, what are you trying to do here?

#4

Check out this article: RemoteFunction:InvokeServer (roblox.com)

InvokeServer returns a value, meaning that the variable becomes that value.
It’s important to note that for 7 out of 8 testing players, this script works 100% as intended. Just every now and then this error appears and the person’s glowstick doesn’t work.

I don’t understand what you mean by this. Clearly the output states what the error is, it’s on line 18 that it’s indexing nil with equipped.

#5

As I already said, this would not be the error that is appearing in the output.
Anyway, I’m sorry about that. I didn’t know that. :face_with_hand_over_mouth:

#6

I would try putting the equip connection to the end of the script or adding some wait before it. Cause I think the error is just that the tool isn’t fully loaded and that’s why it says that script.Parent.Equipped doesn’t exist. But I am not sure…

#7

The error says that script.Parent is nil , not Equipped is nil. If equipped was nil it would say that Attempt to Index nil with “:Connect:”

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#8

No it says that it can’t find any “Equipped” inside script.Parent… That means that it thinks that script.Parent.Equipped doesn’t exist.

#9

Take a look into this : Scripts inside a tool continue to run even after the tool is destroyed?

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#10

It says attempt to index nil with “Equipped” not nil with script.Parent

#11

The error attempt to index nil occurs when the parent of who’s property we are trying to index is nil. Here we try to index Equipped property from a nil value that is script.Parent.

Read this for more info : Attempt to index nil with - #4 by WallsAreForClimbing

#12

If Equipped isn’t a member of script.Parent it would say that : Equipped is not a valid member of Tool “PathHereToScript”

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#13

Sorry for this kind of off-topic post, but:
It’s now that I’m realizing that you thought I meant the error that shows in the output is not the error. I meant the error that I was stating (which apparently isn’t an error), wasn’t the error shown in the output.

#14

Is Script.Parent a tool?

The best is to make a tool variable.

local Tool = script.Parent – Select the tool path here.

#15

That won’t be changing anything.

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#16

Thank you for your useful reply :laughing:

This is great, but unfortunately it doesn’t fix this error because I’m not destroying the tool at any point other than when the life is 0 and when the life is set to 0 it’s destroyed in the function below. However, the script never runs that condition at the bottom because it errors on line 18 as soon as it runs.

I made a couple of changes on the server and it has reduced the number of times this is happening to about 1 in 16 but the fact that is does still happen sometimes is baffling.

I literally can’t figure out why this is happening :frowning:

Thanks for your help anyway! Really appreciate it :smiley:

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