Server Replication Issue?

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#1

So Im trying to disable a proximity prompt for a certain player, but then i came across the great attempt index nil error. I am confused by why this occurs as it was cloned by the server itself

server:

print(prox) -- ProximityPrompt
game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage').EnablePrompt:FireClient(player, prox, false)

client:

local UserInputService = game:GetService('UserInputService')

game.ReplicatedStorage.EnablePrompt.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(prompt, state)
	print(prompt, state) -- nil false
	prompt.Enabled = state
end)
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#2

If its a clone, the client won’t be able to access it until its in an area that the client has access to.

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#3

Can you show us the origin of the prox from the server.

#4

Did you put the proximity in workspace before sending the fireEvent?

#5

Its in the player’s humanoid root part, is that accessable to the client?

#6

Yeah i did parent it to the workspace

#7

Does the server recognize the ProximityPrompt or is it just the client?

#8

As i mentioned on the original post, yes the server does recognize it

#9

Where did the error come from?

Oh nvm its from the client.

So which one is the nil, is it the prompt, or state? I’m guessing it’s from the prompt.

#10

Yeah, its the prompt thats nil, the state itself is intact

#11

Please let me see how you cloned the Prompt and such.

#12

Can you print the full name of the prox with the server script.

#13 
local prox = script.Arrest:Clone()
prox.Parent = character.HumanoidRootPart
		
prox.ActionText = 'Arrest'
prox.ObjectText = player.Name
		
print(prox)
game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage').EnablePrompt:FireClient(player, prox, false)
#14

Says Artzified.HumanoidRootPart.Arrest

#15

The reason why it’s a nil it’s because on the client side the ProximityPrompt is a nil meaning it does not exist yet.

Try adding a wait for a few seconds and check if you would still receive the error.

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#16

Try this. I cleaned up some of your variables.

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EnablePrompt = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("EnablePrompt")
local Prox = script:WaitForChild("Arrest") -- Keep this outside of your function

-- Inside of your function
local HumanoidRootPart = Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if HumanoidRootPart then
	local prox = Prox:Clone()
	prox.Parent = character.HumanoidRootPart
		
	prox.ActionText = 'Arrest'
	prox.ObjectText = player.Name

	EnablePrompt:FireClient(player, prox, false)
end

--Clientside
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local EnablePrompt = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("EnablePrompt")

EnablePrompt.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(prompt, state)
	print(prompt, state) -- nil false
	if prompt then
		prompt.Enabled = state
	end
end)
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#17

Ah, i see. Thanks for your time!

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#18

If you wish to go for the wait approach, I would suggest going for something like this on the clientside, instead of adding a wait on the server.

EnablePrompt.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(character, promptName, state)
	local prompt = character:WaitForChild("promptName")
	prompt.Enabled = state
end)

From the server, you instead send the character, and the name of the prompt, along with the state.

Edit: And if you wish to go full-secure, make the prompt waiting on the client into a pcall, so if it fails, it doesn’t error.

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