Touching a block will display that players name on a gui

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#1

So I have been working on a game and in the game, I wanted to make it so when someone in the game touches a block it will display that person’s name on a GUI, with some other text ofc.

Example being -
Tom352 touches the block
“Tom352 - Found it”

I have a little script and if you want to adapt to it here it is

local brick = script.Parent
local debounce = true

local function doSomething(otherPart)
if debounce and otherPart.Parent:FindFirstChildWhichIsA(“Humanoid”) then
debounce = false
print(“Hello”)
wait(2)
debounce = true
end
end

local connection = brick.Touched:Connect(doSomething)

brick.Touched.Connect(brick.Touched, doSomething)
brick.Touched:Connect(doSomething)

If anyone knows how to do this i would really appreciate some help.

Thank you

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#2

Maybe do like:

local player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherPart)

part.Gui.TextLabel.Text = player.Name -- Replace with whereever your gui is ect

Tell me if thats wrong.

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#3

You don’t need to Connect your events like that, I don’t know why you’d wanna do it like that

You could just simply detect using the GetPlayerFromCharacter function

local brick = script.Parent
local debounce = true
local GUI = workspace.Part.BillboardGui

local function doSomething(otherPart)
    local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherPart.Parent)
        if debounce and Player then
            debounce = false
            GUI.TextLabel.Text = Player.Name
            print("Hello")
            wait(2)
            debounce = true
        end
    end
end

brick.Touched:Connect(doSomething)

@GamingExpert0312 You’re only referencing the BodyPart that the Touched event detected, so that would instead result as a nil value

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#4

I keep forgetting to add .Parent.

#5

This is what happens when you miss small mistakes ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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#6

Sorry I’m a little new to this but I have Part with the script you sent in it and I have a GUI with a frame and a TextLabel under StarterGui but when I run the game and step on the part I get this error

GetPlayerFromCharcter is not a valid member of Players “Players”

I changed the local GUI in the script you sent to
local GUI = game.StarterGui.Gui.Text.TextLabel

I might be overcomplicating things but i am a little new so bear with me

#7

I darn mistyped something dang it

Also don’t use the StarterGui in a Server Script, that’ll only be replicated to the server

But instead, change it to a LocalScript and parent your brick variable to where you want to touch your brick:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

local brick = --Your brick here
local debounce = true

local function doSomething(otherPart)
    local Target = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherPart.Parent)
        if debounce and Target == Player then
            debounce = false
            PlayerGui.Gui.Text.TextLabel.Text = Player.Name
            print("Hello")
            wait(2)
            debounce = true
        end
    end
end

brick.Touched:Connect(doSomething)
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#8

You ARE AN AMAZING PERSON THEN YOU SOOO MUCH

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#9

I swear I’m not but thanks aha

#10

wait I just have one more question is there any way I can make it so when someone touches the part it will display the text to everyone on the server, not just myself.

or is that too difficult to do

#11

Well, you’d need to use a RemoteEvent for that which can handle server-client transportation

I don’t think it’d be too hard, but you would need to reference the Touched Event as a server script that’s parented in your Part again:

local brick = script.Parent
local debounce = true
local Event = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

local function doSomething(otherPart)
    local Player = game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(otherPart.Parent)
        if debounce and Player then
            debounce = false
            Event:FireAllClients(Player.Name)
            print("Hello")
            wait(2)
            debounce = true
        end
    end
end

brick.Touched:Connect(doSomething)

And then on your LocalScript that will change the GUI that should be parented inside the StarterGui:

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local Event = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RemoteEvent")

Event.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(PlayerPartName)
    PlayerGui.Gui.Text.TextLabel.Text = PlayerPartName
end)
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