ServerScriptService.Script:9: attempt to index nil with 'Character' - Server - Script:9

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1

Hi I am having a problem with getting a players character

Script

game.ReplicatedStorage.join1.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, joinerName, pName)
	local leader = game.ReplicatedStorage.Parties:WaitForChild(pName).Players:WaitForChild("Party Leader").Value
	local requestFrame = game.Players:FindFirstChild(leader).PlayerGui.PartyGui.PartyGuiScript.request:Clone()
	requestFrame.Parent = game.Players:FindFirstChild(leader).PlayerGui.PartyGui
	requestFrame.Partyname.Value = pName
	requestFrame.TextLabel.Text = joinerName.Name.." Wants To Join Your Party"
	print(joinerName)
	local Player = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(joinerName)
	local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	local torso = Character:WaitForChild("Torso")
	local Humanoid = Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
	local Head = Character:WaitForChild('Head')
	Head.Party.Frame.Rank.Text = pName
	game.Players:WaitForChild(joinerName).PlayerGui.PartyGui.PartyGuiFrame.Transparency = 1
	game.Players:WaitForChild(joinerName).PlayerGui.PartyGui.PartyGuiFrame.UIStroke.Thickness = 0
	print(joinerName.Name.." Wants To Join Your Party ("..pName..")")
end)

Error

ServerScriptService.Script:9: attempt to index nil with 'Character' - Server - Script:9```
2

means that the code is attempting to index something that doesn’t exist try checking the path you created for the property you’re trying to find

3

Use the Player.CharacterAdded event instead of using Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

5

You should tell that to him, not me aha. I tried to help

6

I just replied to the wrong person, my fault

7

Ok so in your case, Player is nil. That’s what it means when you attempt to index nil with something. You should try this:

local Player = game:GetService("Players"):WaitForChild(joinerName)

Most likely, the player instance hasn’t fully loaded yet, so you can just use WaitForChild

9

I retraced it and found out I needed to put .Name

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