Teams:GetPlayers() returning Instance Objects and not Player Objects

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1

Hello, I have been trying to make an script in which it requires to get the players of an certain team and their character. However, I have been unable to do this, since the script for some reason returns Instance objects when I do Team:GetPlayers() instead of player objects, making me unable to get the player character.
Here is the line of code.

local homeTeamPlayers = Teams["Home Team"]:GetPlayers() --get list of home team players
	local awayTeamPlayers = Teams["Away Team"]:GetPlayers() --get list of away team players

And here is what im trying to do

	for i,v in pairs (awayTeamPlayers) do
		print(v.Character)
		print(v)
		print(tostring(v.Character))
		local kitClone = awayKit:Clone()
		if(v.Character:FindFirstChild("Shirt")) then
			v.Character:FindFirstChild("Shirt").ShirtTemplate = randomKit2
		else
			kitClone.Parent = v.Character
		end
		
	end
2

Could you please show the entire script please? When you do print(v.Character) what shows up in console?

3

print(v.Character) gives me null, but print(v) gives me the name of the player

function module.giveTeamKit()
	local homeTeamPlayers = Teams["Home Team"]:GetPlayers() --get list of home team players
	local awayTeamPlayers = Teams["Away Team"]:GetPlayers() --get list of away team players
	local randomKit1 = kitIDs[math.random(1,#kitIDs)]
	local randomKit2 = kitIDs[math.random(1,#kitIDs)]
	local homeKit = Instance.new("Shirt")
	homeKit.Name = "HomeKit"
	local awayKit = Instance.new("Shirt")
	awayKit.Name = "AwayKit"
	homeKit.ShirtTemplate = randomKit1
	awayKit.ShirtTemplate = randomKit2
	for i,v in homeTeamPlayers do
		local kitClone = homeKit:Clone()
		kitClone.Parent = v.Character
	end
	for i,v in pairs (awayTeamPlayers) do
		print(v.Character)
		print(v)
		print(tostring(v.Character))
		local kitClone = awayKit:Clone()
		if(v.Character:FindFirstChild("Shirt")) then
			v.Character:FindFirstChild("Shirt").ShirtTemplate = randomKit2
		else
			kitClone.Parent = v.Character
		end
		
	end
end
4

Since .character is technically an instance, it wouldn’t even be able to be properly printed. Are there any errors that show up?

5

18:35:35.947 nil - Server - ModuleScript:35
This is what happens when I print(v.Character)

7

Try using :GetChildren and see if that works instead of get players

8

Now it isn’t working at all, it isn’t doing anything.

9

v.Character is nil if the player is dead or if the player’s character hasn’t loaded in yet

10

So how would I wait until characters have loaded in for this script to execute?

11

When do you run the script?

I think you should skip over players that haven’t loaded in yet, so they don’t get put into a team and maybe even a game without knowing about it.

12

You are not returning the players from the module script… add return (value you want to give to the script calling). Also since print(v) == the players name you could reference the player by typing Players[v].Character for example.