Tool not going into players backpack

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#1

I was trying to make it so that when you click on a cake, it gives you a cake to eat. When I try to click on the cake it gives me this error in the output bar: Workspace.ChocolateCake.GiveCake:6: attempt to index nil with ‘Backpack’ - Server - GiveCake:6
Here is my code:
local ClickDetecter = script.Parent.ClickDetector
local CakeTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Food["Chocolate cake"]:Clone()
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

ClickDetecter.MouseClick:Connect(function()
CakeTool.Parent = player.Backpack
end)

#2

If this is in a server script:

local ClickDetecter = script.Parent.ClickDetector

ClickDetecter.MouseClick:Connect(function(player) -- MouseClick passes the player who clicked
   local CakeTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Food["Chocolate cake"]:Clone()
   CakeTool.Parent = player.Backpack
end)
#3

You cannot define the Local Player in a Server Script

however you can use the ClickDetector's MouseClick parameter which is the Player object as shown in the above post

#4

Add it in LUA boxs so we see it maybe a bit clear?

local ClickDetecter = script.Parent.ClickDetector
local CakeTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Food["Chocolate cake"]:Clone()
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

ClickDetecter.MouseClick:Connect(function()
CakeTool.Parent = player.Backpack
end)

And, you define localPlayer in a script. Here is the fix:

local ClickDetector = script.Parent.ClickDetector
local CakeTool = game.ReplicastedStorage.Food["Chocolate cake"]
local player = game.Players

ClickDetector.MouseClick:Connect(function()
local CakeToolClone = CakeTool:Clone()
CakeToolClone.Parent = player.Backpack
end
#5

You can’t define local player in a script, because it’s the server, there isn’t a local player.

That would be referencing the Players service, not an actual player, so this code would error.

#6

That wouldn’t work even if it was a local script since you’re defining the playerService.

#7

make sure that your code is in a local script; you can’t get the local player from a normal script

#8

If your code is a server script:

local ClickDetecter = script.Parent.ClickDetector
local CakeTool = game.ReplicatedStorage.Food["Chocolate cake"]

ClickDetecter.MouseClick:Connect(function(plr)
local tool = CakeTool:Clone()
tool.Parent = plr.Backpack
end)
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