Showing value as false when value is true

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#1

I’m having an issue with bool values. I’m making a trail giver that detects if the player has a trail unlocked, and if the trail is equipped. However, when I test it, it shows that the value is false when it is actually true.

Code:

local giveTrail = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.giveTrail)

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
	print("character found")
	for i, button in pairs(player.Trails:GetChildren()) do
		print("found")
		if button.Value == true then
			print("true")
			if button.Equipped.Value == true then
				print("true2")
				giveTrail.giveTrail(button.Name, player)
			end
		elseif button.Value == false then
			print("not true?!??!")
			print(button.Value)
		end
	end
end)
end)

The owned and equipped values get changed through a local script in StarterGui.

#2

Well the first thing I can see that’s probably causing it is t hat you’re changing them from a local script, is this a server script? If it is, then that’s why, you need to make a remoteevent to change them to the desired value so the server can detect the change

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#3

Could you teach me how to do it? I’m kind of unexperienced

#4

Right so, firstly, the values are in the player themselves if I’m guessing correctly? And may I see the code you have so far to change the values from the localscript

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#5

This is the local script’s code:

local gui = script.Parent
local trailFolder = gui.Trails
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local giveTrail = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.giveTrail)

for i, button in pairs(trailFolder:GetChildren()) do
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	if player.Trails[button.Name] then
		if player.Trails[button.Name].Value == true then
			if player.Trails[button.Name].Equipped.Value == false then
				player.Trails[button.Name].Equipped.Value = true
				giveTrail.giveTrail(button.Name, player)
				player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
					giveTrail.giveTrail(button.Name, player)
				end)
			elseif player.Trails[button.Name].Equipped.Value == true then
				player.Trails[button.Name].Equipped.Value = false	
			end
		end
	end
	if player.Trails[button.Name] then
		if player.Trails[button.Name].Value == false then
			player.Trails[button.Name].Value = true
		end
	end
end)
end
#6

Terribly sorry for the late response, I was asleep.
Basically, just put a RemoteEvent In replicatedStorage and put a script in ServerScriptService with this code

game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, buttonName, value, setValue)
	if setValue then
		player.Trails[buttonName][setValue].Value = value
	else
		player.Trails[buttonName].Value = value
	end
end)

And anytime you want to change a value, fire this event and give it the name of the button, the new value you want, and the thing in there you want to change (or jutst leave it blank if you want to do something like player.Trails[button.Name].Value. Example, to change what I just mentioned to true, you’d just do

game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent:FireServer(button.Name, true)
And for changing the equipped value, just do
game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent:FireServer(button.Name, true, "Equipped")

You will need to make a variable to reduce the amount of repetition to get the RemoteEvent if you’ll be using it a lot

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