"ServerScriptService.TycoonHandlerServer:30: attempt to index local 'Tycoon' (a nil value)"

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#1

I’m currently working on a sandbox tycoon, but I’m having trouble with one of the simplest parts. I am trying to make the system that gives the user a tycoon, but for whatever reason it returns nil. This is the code:

local Tycoons = workspace.TycoonHolder
local Event = game:GetService('ReplicatedStorage').Event
local Players = game:GetService('Players')
function GetAvalibleTycoon()
	wait(1)
	for _,v in pairs(Tycoons:GetChildren()) do
		if v then
			if v.Info.Owner.Value ~= nil then
				print(v.Name)
				return v
			end
		end
	end
end

Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
	local Tycoon = GetAvalibleTycoon()
	wait()
	if Tycoon then
		print(3)
		local Info = Tycoon.Info
		Info.Owner.Value = Player
		print(4)
	end
end)

Any help with this?

#2

Just a note it’s available, not Avalible. And your title says line 30? I can only see 25 lines.

#3

Which line is it failing on? I don’t see any immediate problems with the script.

#4

It fails on line 23. The full error is:

16:38:20.836 - ServerScriptService.TycoonHandlerServer:23: attempt to index local ‘Tycoon’ (a nil value)
16:38:20.836 - Stack Begin
16:38:20.837 - Script ‘ServerScriptService.TycoonHandlerServer’, Line 23
16:38:20.837 - Stack End

#5

Yes, but in the code, what line? Your post doesn’t provide the line numbers.

#6

local Tycoon = GetAvalibleTycoon()

EDIT: I took out the check to see if Tycoon is nil so I could see what is wrong. the “GetAvalibleTycoon” function returns nil for whatever reason.

#7

Check the Explorer. Is everything set up properly? Are there tycoons in the TycoonHolder? is the Owner value blank?

#8

I’ve already checked all that.
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EDIT: And what do you mean by “blank”? I have the value set to nil by default.

#9

Oh! I see what’s wrong.

if v.Info.Owner.Value ~= nil then

The ~= symbol is used to check if the statement is NOT the case. You should use == like this:

if v.Info.Owner.Value == nil then
#10

Nevermind, figured it out! I did

if v.Info.Owner.Value ~= nil then
When I should have done

if v.Info.Owner.Value == nil then

EDIT: Lol, that was a dumb mistake.

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#11

We’ve all made it at some point. It took me 10 minutes to notice it.

#12

Same lol, thanks anyway man!

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