What do you want to achieve?
I have created a shop GUI that is triggered by a ProximityPrompt that gives the player a tool from ServerStorage when they click on a text button; however, when they click on the button, the tool isn’t given to them.
What is the issue?
The money is removed from the player’s leaderstats; however, the tool isn’t given to them.
What solutions have you tried so far?
I tried using a shop for another game as a reference; however, for that system, it’s just a part with a click detector—in this game, it’s a GUI button. I’ve tried looking up other shop GUI tutorials online; however, they’re using ReplicatedStorage instead of ServerStorage (I’m trying to use ServerStorage).
Here’s the layout of the Explorer & my GUI Button scripts: Button Explorer Layout “VBear” is the specific button I’m using as an example ToolGiver LocalScript
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local folder = game:GetService("ServerStorage"):FindFirstChild("Food")
local subFolder = folder:FindFirstChild("Cafe")
local icecream = game.ServerStorage.Food.Cafe["Ice Cream"]
local backpack = player.Backpack
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
local newicecream = icecream:Clone()
newicecream.Parent = backpack
end)
MoneyLocalScript
local debounce = false
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not debounce then
debounce = true
game.ReplicatedStorage.TakeCash:FireServer()
wait(0.1)
debounce = false
end
end)
ServerStorage Layout ReplicatedStorage Layout
Let me know if there is any more information I can give to you to help figure out my issue Thank you!
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local debounce = false
script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
if not debounce then
debounce = true
player.leaderstats.Money.Value -= "whatever amount"
wait(0.1)
debounce = false
end
end)
for the toolgiver:
you’ll have to fire a server event and then put the tool in the backpack
From my understanding, I’d have to trigger an RE and connect it to a script in ServerScriptService … but how would I write the ServerScript in ServerScriptService?
I have multiple tools in my game so I don’t want to create an RE & a ServerScript for each one.
Basically you’d make a remote event that accepts the tool’s name as an argument. On the server, you’d find the tool from its name and give it accordingly.
You can’t access ServerStorage and ServerScriptService via LocalScripts. Also as this script is local effects will be local. Given tool will be local (no other players will see it) and changes to the map will be local. LocalScripts are made expecially for gui’s that are local. To manage players (to give tools, teleport, give money, etc.) use server Scripts. Communicate between server and clients by RemoteEvents.
game.ReplicatedStorage["whatever the name is"].OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, toolname)
if toolname == "VBear" then
local ic = game.ServerStorage.Food:WaitForChild("Ice Cream"):Clone()
ic.Parent = plr.Backpack
end
end)
So on your client you would fire the remote event with the name of the tool:
RemoteEvent:FireServer("Lemonade")
Then you would have to handle it on the server:
RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player,toolName)
local Tool = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild(toolName)
if Tool then
Tool:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
end
end)
This would be the most simplified way of doing it.
The first script (simplified, undefined variables) would be the script used by the button, the second script would go in ServerScriptService as a “Script” and handle the remote event.
Do I have to create an RE for every tool name & a ServerScript for every tool with this method? So an RE named “Ice Cream” and another named “Chocolate Ice Cream” and then separate ServerScripts in ServerScriptStorage like:
["Ice Cream"].OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, "Ice Cream")
local Tool = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("Ice Cream")
if Tool then
Tool:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
end
end)
["Chocolate Ice Cream"].OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, "Chocolate Ice Cream")
local Tool = ServerStorage:FindFirstChild("Chocolate Ice Cream")
if Tool then
Tool:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
end
end)
Then I placed a Script in ServerScriptStorage named “GiveToolScript”
local GiveTool = game.ReplicatedStorage
ServerStorage = game.ServerStorage
GiveTool.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player, toolName)
local Tool = ServerStorage.Food.Cafe:FindFirstChild(toolName)
if Tool then
Tool:Clone().Parent = player.Backpack
end
end)
If I were to use the same script for multiple tools would I write:
game.ReplicatedStorage["GiveTool"].OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, toolname)
if toolname == "VBear" then
local ic = game.ServerStorage.Food.Cafe:WaitForChild("Ice Cream"):Clone()
ic.Parent = plr.Backpack
if toolname == "CBear" then
local ic = game.ServerStorage.Food.Icecream:WaitForChild("C Ice Cream"):Clone()
ic.Parent = plr.Backpack
--etc. etc.
end
end)
UI is local (only currect player see and cointrols it) and it should be controlled by the LocalScript (server Scripts will not work). You want to buy something for example: You got a UI with displayed product and button to buy it. LocalScript catches a click and sends an informations (what product to buy) to server via RemoteEvent/RemoteFunction. Server Script verifies it and if player can buy it then changes the balance and gives player the bought thing.
Thank you!