[SOLVED] Custom Player Nametag Script

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 10:29am

I’m trying to make it so when the player joins the game, they’ll get a nametag. The issue is when I tried to make this script a LocalScript, it worked but it wouldn’t show for anyone else. So far, I’ve tried to put the code in a normal script, but then it said “20:24:56.855 Workspace.bringtixbackalready.PlayerName:3: attempt to index nil with ‘Character’ - Server - PlayerName:3”

NAMETAG SCRIPT:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerID = Player.UserId
local Character = Player.Character
local PlayersName = Player.Name
local userId = Player.UserId
local thumbType = Enum.ThumbnailType.HeadShot
local thumbSize = Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420
local content, isReady = Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(userId, thumbType, thumbSize)
local Name = game.ReplicatedStorage.PlayerName:Clone()

Name.Parent = Character.Head
Name.PlayerNameText.Text = PlayersName
Name.PlayerImage.Image = content
if PlayerID == 190661926 then
	local text = Name.PlayerNameText
	local add = 10
	wait(1)
	local k = 1
	while k <= 255 do
		text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(k/255,0/255,0/255)
		k = k + add
		wait()
	end
	while true do
		k = 1
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255,k/255,0/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
		k = 1
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255 - k/255,255/255,0/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
		k = 1
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0/255,255/255,k/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
		k = 1
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0/255,255/255 - k/255,255/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
		k = 1
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(k/255,0/255,255/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
		k = 1
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255,0/255,255/255 - k/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
		while k <= 255 do
			text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255 - k/255,0/255,0/255)
			k = k + add
			wait()
		end
	end
end

Edit: I made script check player ID instead of username

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 10:37am

You’re trying to get the local player in a server script…

You can keep it as a LocalScript, just use Players.PlayerAdded event to clone it and give it to the player that just joined. Do something like this:

game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    localscript:Clone().Parent = player.PlayerScripts -- or if the localscript is parented to a gui, clone the gui and parent it to player.PlayerGui
end)

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 10:48am

is the script for this code a normal script or a LocalScript?

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 10:49am

It’s a server script, commonly known as normal script. I highly recommend to put it in ServerScriptService.

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 11:03am

Ok I set up the script but I changed up the original a bit and now it’s showing this error:
" 20:54:17.447 Players.bringtixbackalready.PlayerGui.PlayerName.PlayerName:5: attempt to index nil with ‘FindFirstChild’ "

This is the part of the script i changed:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerID = Player.UserId
local Character = Player.Character
local Head = Character:FindFirstChild("Head") --Part I added
local PlayersName = Player.Name
local userId = Player.UserId
local ThumbnailTypes = Enum.ThumbnailType:GetEnumItems()
local RandomThumbnail = ThumbnailTypes[math.random(1, #ThumbnailTypes)]
local thumbType = RandomThumbnail
local thumbSize = Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420
local content, isReady = Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(userId, thumbType, thumbSize)
local Name = script.Parent

Name.Parent = Head --Part I changed
Name.PlayerNameText.Text = PlayersName
Name.PlayerImage.Image = content
if PlayerID == 190661926 then
	local text = Name.PlayerNameText
	local add = 10
	wait(1)
	local k = 1

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 11:15am

Change local Character = Player.Character to local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()

and local Head = Character:FindFirstChild("Head") to local Head = Character:WaitForChild("Head")

Tell me if it works.

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 11:20am

It works, but it’s basically the same output as my first issue

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 11:41am

Just to make sure, the code I gave you is a Server Script/Script or a LocalScript?

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 11:42am

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 11:43am

Put the local script in StarterPlayer > StarterPlayerScripts

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 11:44am

21:43:58.767 PlayerScripts is not a valid member of Player “Players.bringtixbackalready”

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 11:47am

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 11:56am

I guess i’m actually dumb.

Okay, you need only one script, that’s the server script. You detect whenever a player joins with Players.PlayerAdded, then wait for the character to load, and then you clone the gui and parent it to the character’s head.

Something like this:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
        game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameGUI"):Clone().Parent = character.Head
    end)
end)

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 12:01pm

Sticky_Sweat:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
        game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameGUI"):Clone().Parent = character.Head
    )
end)

It works now, but the player’s information only displays on their screen.

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 12:11pm

Yeah, if you modify the GUI properties within a LocalScript only they will be able to see it, in order to make it work on the server you have to modify the GUI properties in the server script.

-- The same script but a bit modified
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
        local ready, content = game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(player.UserId, Enum.ThumbnailType.Headshot, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420)
        local gui = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameGUI")
        gui:Clone().Parent = character.Head
        gui.PlayerNameText.Text = player.Name -- or player.DisplayName
        -- etc...
    end)
end)

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 12:13pm

so you’re telling me basically I just have to delete the local script and copy all of its data over to the serverscript?

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 12:14pm

Otherwise the other players won’t be able to see the Nametag data. You could use RemoteEvents and many other things but this is the easiest and fastest solution I know.

Sticky_Sweat · August 26, 2022, 12:17pm

Oh, and by the way, if you’re going to transfer the code from the local script to the server script, don’t forget to change local Player = Players.LocalPlayer to local Player = player and local Character = Player.Character to local Character = character

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 12:18pm

It didn’t work
here’s the script

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local ThumbnailTypes = Enum.ThumbnailType:GetEnumItems()
		local RandomThumbnail = ThumbnailTypes[math.random(1, #ThumbnailTypes)]
		local thumbType = RandomThumbnail
		local PlayerID = player.UserId
		local ready, content = game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(player.UserId, RandomThumbnail, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420)
		local gui = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameGUI")
		gui:Clone().Parent = character.Head
		gui.PlayerNameText.Text = player.Name -- or player.DisplayName
		if PlayerID == 190661926 then
			local text = gui.PlayerNameText
			local add = 10
			wait(1)
			local k = 1
			while k <= 255 do
				text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(k/255,0/255,0/255)
				k = k + add
				wait()
			end
			while true do
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255,k/255,0/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255 - k/255,255/255,0/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0/255,255/255,k/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0/255,255/255 - k/255,255/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(k/255,0/255,255/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255,0/255,255/255 - k/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255 - k/255,0/255,0/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
			end
		end
	end)
end)

OH WAIT I THINK I KNOW THE ISSUE

bringtixbackalready · August 26, 2022, 12:32pm

Nevermind it didn’t work I tried to change the gui variable to player.Character.head but it only made the player’s username change. When i tried to make the image be the player’s icon it kept giving me an error

error: 22:35:33.489 Unable to assign property Image. Content expected, got boolean
script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
		local ThumbnailTypes = Enum.ThumbnailType:GetEnumItems()
		local RandomThumbnail = ThumbnailTypes[math.random(1, #ThumbnailTypes)]
		local thumbType = RandomThumbnail
		local PlayerID = player.UserId
		local ready, content = game.Players:GetUserThumbnailAsync(player.UserId, RandomThumbnail, Enum.ThumbnailSize.Size420x420)
		local gui = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("PlayerNameGUI")
		local PlayerGuiName = gui:Clone()
		PlayerGuiName.Parent = character.Head
		PlayerGuiName.PlayerImage.Image = content
		PlayerGuiName.PlayerNameText.Text = player.Name -- or player.DisplayName
		
		if PlayerID == 190661926 then
			local text = gui.PlayerNameText
			local add = 10
			wait(1)
			local k = 1
			while k <= 255 do
				text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(k/255,0/255,0/255)
				k = k + add
				wait()
			end
			while true do
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255,k/255,0/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255 - k/255,255/255,0/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0/255,255/255,k/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(0/255,255/255 - k/255,255/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(k/255,0/255,255/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				k = 1
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255,0/255,255/255 - k/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
				while k <= 255 do
					text.TextColor3 = Color3.new(255/255 - k/255,0/255,0/255)
					k = k + add
					wait()
				end
			end
		end
	end)
end)