Very simple tweening script doesn't work?

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I’m new to scripting, so apologies if this post is structured poorly as it is my first ever.

Basically, I’m trying to have it so when a player joins the game, they see an intro gui that slides out of the way after a little bit.

Problem is though, it just doesn’t move. I’ve watched dozens of tutorials, gone over several similar questions, and changed the code a bunch. I’ve made sure that the coordinates are right, as well. It’s probably some little thing that I didn’t notice, so please help.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	wait(1)
	game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.Intro.Frame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(-2,0,0,0),"Out","Elastic",2,false)
end)

This script, and the screengui, are located in StarterGui

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Is this a server script or a local script?

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It’s a local script, which I think is the right one to use

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I think you can do it like this instead

Put a localscript inside of the Intro ScreenGui with this code

wait(1)

script.Parent.Frame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(-2,0,0,0),"Out","Quad",2,false)

Also, LocalScripts cannot use PlayerAdded, that’s why your code didn’t work

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PlayedAdded can be trigged in a local script, but it won’t work if your trying to detect the LocalPlayer that joined.

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I see, I thought it didn’t work in general. Sorry for the misinformation

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What would be the correct way of doing this then?

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Use the script that @EmbatTheHybrid provided.

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repeat wait(0.5) until player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui") 
--your code

Instead of PlayerAdded Function

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As @IEnforce_Lawz mentioned, my script should work fine for your needs, I don’t believe it requires any changes. If you want it to work after the player’s character has been added, I could you can use this instead

local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait()

wait(1)

script.Parent.Frame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(-2,0,0,0),"Out","Quad",2,false)

Both will work regardless

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repeat wait(0.5) until player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")

Why not just

player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")

?

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Oh yea make sense. But it can sometimes infinite yield.

if player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui") then
--your code
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local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

repeat wait(0.5) until player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui") 

wait(1)

script.Parent.Frame:TweenPosition(UDim2.new(-2,0,0,0),"Out","Quad",2,false)

This works, thanks everybody!

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You dont need to add wait(1) if its not needed.

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I don’t want it to happen right away, I’ll be editing the wait to make it perfect later

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The

repeat wait(0.5) until player:FindFirstChild("PlayerGui")

Is not needed, if the script is running, then PlayerGui already exists

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Mark your post as the solution to help people who view this topic in the future.

Its his script, let him do what he desires.

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If it infinitely yields, it will infinitely yield, not return nil. It doesn’t keep running the script until the PlayerGui exists.

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