TextLabel not appearing after cutscene despite GUI being enabled and visible

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Hi everyone

Im working on a horror game where i trigger a cutscene using a RemoteEvent. During the cutscene, I disable a 2D camera script, switch the camera to scriptable, show dialogue with a TextLabel, then restore the normal camera and GUI state.

Everything works except the dialogue label doesn’t appear? even though I set:

dialogueGui.Enabled = true
dialogueLabel.Visible = true
dialogueLabel.Text = "i need to go inside"

What I’ve checked:

  • DialogueGui is a ScreenGui under StarterGui and gets cloned into PlayerGui
  • ResetOnSpawn is false
  • TextLabel is visible, large enough
  • No errors or warnings in the output

here’s the local script btw :point_down:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local PathfindingService = game:GetService("PathfindingService")
local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")

local player = Players.LocalPlayer
local camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

local cutsceneTrigger = workspace:WaitForChild("CutsceneTrigger")
local cutsceneNPC = workspace:WaitForChild("CutsceneNPC")
local animation = ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("CutsceneAnim")
local moveTarget = workspace:WaitForChild("MoveTarget")
local camParts = {
	workspace:WaitForChild("Cam1"),
	workspace:WaitForChild("Cam2"),
}

local fadeGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("FadeGui")
local blackFrame = fadeGui:WaitForChild("BlackFrame")

local dialogueGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("DialogueGui")
local dialogueLabel = dialogueGui:WaitForChild("DialogueLabel")

local camera2DTemplate = nil
local cutscenePlayed = false
local cutscenePlaying = false

local dialogueLines = {
	"???: You shouldn't be here...",
	"???: But it's too late now.",
}

local function showDialogue(lines)
	dialogueGui.Enabled = true
	dialogueLabel.Visible = true
	for _, line in ipairs(lines) do
		dialogueLabel.Text = line
		task.wait(3)
	end
	dialogueLabel.Visible = false
end

local function fadeToBlack(duration)
	blackFrame.BackgroundTransparency = 1
	blackFrame.Visible = true
	local tween = TweenService:Create(blackFrame, TweenInfo.new(duration), {BackgroundTransparency = 0})
	tween:Play()
	tween.Completed:Wait()
end

local function fadeFromBlack(duration)
	local tween = TweenService:Create(blackFrame, TweenInfo.new(duration), {BackgroundTransparency = 1})
	tween:Play()
	tween.Completed:Wait()
	blackFrame.Visible = false
end

local function remove2DCamera()
	local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	local camScript = char:FindFirstChild("Camera2D")
	if camScript then
		camera2DTemplate = camScript:Clone()
		camScript:Destroy()
	end
end

local function restore2DCamera()
	if not camera2DTemplate then return end
	local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
	local newScript = camera2DTemplate:Clone()
	newScript.Parent = char
end

local function lockCameraTo(part, duration)
	return task.spawn(function()
		local startTime = tick()
		while tick() - startTime < duration do
			camera.CFrame = part.CFrame
			RunService.RenderStepped:Wait()
		end
	end)
end

local function moveNPCTo(targetPos)
	local humanoid = cutsceneNPC:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local root = cutsceneNPC:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if humanoid and root then
		local path = PathfindingService:CreatePath()
		path:ComputeAsync(root.Position, targetPos)

		if path.Status == Enum.PathStatus.Success then
			local waypoints = path:GetWaypoints()
			for _, waypoint in ipairs(waypoints) do
				humanoid:MoveTo(waypoint.Position)
				humanoid.MoveToFinished:Wait()
			end
		end
	end
end

local function playCutscene()
	if cutscenePlaying or cutscenePlayed then return end
	cutscenePlaying = true
	cutscenePlayed = true

	remove2DCamera()
	camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable

	local humanoid = cutsceneNPC:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
	local animator = humanoid and humanoid:FindFirstChildOfClass("Animator")
	if humanoid and animator and animation:IsA("Animation") then
		local track = animator:LoadAnimation(animation)
		track:Play()
	end

	lockCameraTo(camParts[1], 5)
	task.wait(5)

	lockCameraTo(camParts[2], 5)
	task.spawn(function()
		showDialogue(dialogueLines)
	end)
	task.wait(5)

	fadeToBlack(2)
	task.wait(1)

	camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Custom
	restore2DCamera()

	fadeFromBlack(2)

	moveNPCTo(moveTarget.Position)
	
	
	cutscenePlaying = false
--------------- ISSUE ----------------
	task.delay(1, function()
		dialogueGui.Enabled = true
		dialogueLabel.Visible = true
		dialogueLabel.Text = "i need to go inside..."
	end)
end
--------------- ISSUE ----------------
ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("StartCutscene").OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
	playCutscene()
end)```
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Try debug with print statements

	task.delay(1, function()
        print("function did run")
		dialogueGui.Enabled = true
		dialogueLabel.Visible = true
		dialogueLabel.Text = "i need to go inside..."
	end)