Simple script not working, looking for simple solution

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1

Why does line 5 of my script not give the player the Gui? I am willing to provide any information that wasn’t clear in this post.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
game.ServerStorage.Spectate:Clone().Parent = player:WaitForChild(“PlayerGui”)
player:GetPropertyChangedSignal(“Team”):Connect(function()
if player.Team == game.Teams.Lobby then
game.ServerStorage.Spectate:Clone().Parent = player.PlayerGui
else
if player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild(“Spectate”) then
player.PlayerGui.Spectate:Destroy()
end
end
end)
end)

2

Try not cloning and setting the parent at the same time.

e.g. replace

game.ServerStorage.Spectate:Clone().Parent = player.PlayerGui

with

local guiClone = game.ServerStorage.Spectate:Clone()
guiClone.Parent = player.PlayerGui
3

No luck. I even simplified the script a little, but still no luck. It only gives the player the gui the first time, then never again.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function()
if player.Team == game.Teams.Lobby then
game.ServerStorage.Spectate:Clone().Parent = player:WaitForChild(“PlayerGui”)
else
if player.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild(“Spectate”) then
player.PlayerGui.Spectate:Destroy()
end
end
end)
end)

4

Is there anything in the output? It would also help if you could include the indents in your code sample to make the code more readable.

5

Nope, nothing in output. Also devforum won’t let me format the script for some reason, sorry if that makes things harder.

6

There are two issues I can think of:

  1. Sometimes studio randomly doesn’t detect the PlayerAdded event (don’t ask me why, but I’ve experienced it randomly before). Maybe try testing it in-game and then checking the output?
  2. You might not be receiving anything in the output if the conditional on Line 3 is returning false. Try adding a slight wait(.05) buffer under line 2 just to see if it affects anything.
7

I fixed the issue. Thanks for your support.

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8

Mind letting me see the working script, i’m interested and might use it in the future.