Stuck on a scripting issue

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#1

So i was planning to add dialogues to my test game, but when I tried to add it there was a problem that I don’t know how to solve. So we all know that to access the playergui we need to do it on a local script, but the changes won’t be made because well it is on a local script. I tried doing this on a normal script but got an error because you cant use “LocalPlayer” in it. Any solutions?

Local Script:

local Player = game:GetService("Players")
local DialougeText = Player.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.DialougeFrame.DialougeText

print("Script starting")

Player.PlayerAdded:Connect(function()
	DialougeText.Text = "After bypassing a heck lot of security, i can now finally see the vault it self! I just need to avoid this lasers..."
	print("waiting")
	wait(5)
	print("waiting done")
	repeat 
		DialougeText.Transparency = DialougeText.Transparency + 0.1
		wait(0.01)
	until
	DialougeText.Transparency == 0
	print("Dialouge text gone")
end)
#2

Try this:

local Player = game:GetService("Players")

print("Script starting")

Player.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
    local DialougeText = player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.DialougeFrame.DialougeText
	DialougeText.Text = "After bypassing a heck lot of security, i can now finally see the vault it self! I just need to avoid this lasers..."
	print("waiting")
	task.wait(5)
	print("waiting done")

	repeat 
		DialougeText.Transparency += 0.1
		task.wait(0.01)
	until

	DialougeText.Transparency == 1
	print("Dialouge text gone")
end)

Make it a server script. You could also use RemoteEvents.

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#3

Maybe you can get the player using Player.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(playervar)) and get the PlayerGui using playervar:WaitForChild('PlayerGui')

#4

What are you trying to do?
The dialogues should be entirely local, no server involved at all.

#5 
local Player = game:GetService("Players")
local DialougeText = Player.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.DialougeFrame.DialougeText

print("Script starting")

Player.PlayerAdded:Connect(function()
	DialougeText.Text = "After bypassing a heck lot of security, i can now finally see the vault it self! I just need to avoid this lasers..."
	print("waiting")
	wait(5)
	print("waiting done")
	repeat 
		DialougeText.TextTransparency = DialougeText.TextTransparency + 0.1
		wait(0.01)
	until
	DialougeText.TextTransparency == 1 << here
	print("Dialouge text gone")
end)
#6

My apologies for all of these other replies being from inexperienced “Devs” who have 0 clue what they are doing, Try this instead:

print("Script starting")

game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local DialougeText = plr.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.DialougeFrame.DialougeText
	DialougeText.Text = "After bypassing a heck lot of security, i can now finally see the vault it self! I just need to avoid this lasers..."
	print("waiting")
	wait(5)
	print("waiting done")
	repeat 
		DialougeText.Transparency = DialougeText.Transparency + 0.1
		wait(0.01)
	until
	DialougeText.Transparency == 1
	print("Dialouge text gone")
end)

Make sure it is a serverscript

#7

That’s literally the exact same script I posted but with different variables.

#8

The transparency was still 0, making the script not work at all. Also “You could also use RemoteEvents.”

#9

I don’t think you need to put the player added if you put it in starter player scripts just change the
local DialougeText = Player.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui").ScreenGui.DialougeFrame.DialougeText
and remove the player.playeradded. Plus, put the script in StarterPlayerScripts.

#10

I didn’t notice the Transparency problem, but also, the actual problem was with the script not running. The problem wasn’t about changing the transparency, it was about how he didn’t know how to reference the player on the server.

You really shouldn’t be going around calling people inexperienced just because someone was trying to help.

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#13

I have read the entire thread.

You don’t need to have a PlayerAdded event handler on the client. The reason for this is that the script will run when the client loads, if the script is in one of the designated locations for local scripts, such as StarterPlayer → StarterPlayerScripts.

Another way you could do this is by using a remote event and have the server dictate what text the player sees. You could also implement a system which will vary the wait time based on the length of the text --OR-- just place a big red ‘X’ on the top right corner of the dialog box and let the player close the window at their convenience.

-- ******** Server Script
local playerService = game:GetService("Players")
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

playerService.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local text = "After bypassing a heck lot of security, i can now finally see the vault it self! I just need to avoid this lasers..."
	replicatedStorage.Events.SendDialogText:FireClient(player, text)
end)

-- ******** Client Script

local playerService = game:GetService("Players")
local childWaitTime = 10

-- Fades in the dialog over one second.
local function dialogFadeIn(object)
	local trans = 1
	while trans > 0 do
		task.wait(0.1)
		trans -= 0.1
		object.Transparency = trans
	end
	object.Transparency = 0
end

-- Fades out the dialog over one second.
local function dialogFadeIn(object)
	local trans = 0
	while trans < 1 do
		task.wait(0.1)
		trans += 0.1
		object.Transparency = trans
	end
	object.Transparency = 1
end

-- Function that returns a delay (in seconds) based on the number of words in
-- a string.  Minimum return value is 5.
local function textDelayValue(str)
	local strArray = string.split(str, " ")
	local dtime = 5 + (#strArray * 0.75)
	return dtime
end

replicatedStorage.Events.SendDialogText.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(displayText)
	local localPlayer = playerService.LocalPlayer
	local playerGui = localPlayer:WaitForChild("PlayerGui", childWaitTime)
	if playerGui then
		local screenGui = playerGui:WaitForChild("ScreenGui", childWaitTime)
		if screenGui then
			local dialougeFrame = gameGui:WaitForChild("DialougeFrame", childWaitTime)
			if dialougeFrame then
				dialougeText = dialougeFrame:WaitForChild("DialougeText", childWaitTime)
				if dialougeText then
					dialougeText.Transparency = 1
					dialougeText.Text = displayText
					ScreenGui.Enabled = true
					dialougeFrame.Visible = true
					dialougeText.Visible = true
					dialogFadeIn(dialougeText)
					task.wait(textDelayValue(displayText))
					dialogFadeOut(dialougeText)
					dialougeText.Visible = false
				end
			end
		end
	end
end)