When a player touches a part, a TextLabel shows

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#1

Hello, I want to make a script that when a player touches a part, the TextLabel shows up. I would like some examples. Thank you.

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#2 
script.Parent.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
    if game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent) then
        game.Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(hit.Parent).PlayerGui.ScreenGui.TextLabel.Visible = true
    else
    end
end)
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#3

Please write your topic in more detail. Tell what solutions you have tried. Poorly written topic. Don’t ask the devforum to write scripts for you.

#4

I’m not asking for the whole script.
I tried this, but it didn’t work.

game:GetService("StarterGui")
local part = script.Parent
local textLabel = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.TextLabel
local players = game.Players

function showText()
	if players.Touched.part then
		textLabel.Visible = true
		wait(1)
		textLabel.Visible = false
	end

	players.onTouched:Connect(showText)
#5

That is happening because you are referring to textlabel in starter gui. All gui in the starter gui gets cloned into player gui. So instead change the variable to game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.TextLabel

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#6

This is all invalid. Check the devhub for more info on touched, am am on phone rn and can’t help until tmrw morning. Also your syntax and logic isn’t good

#7

Use my script in the meanwhile. I’ll explain it tmrw mornjng

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#8

Use Part.Touched event and GetPlayerFromCharacter, check if anything was returned through that function then get the player’s playergui and make the textlabel visble.

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#9

Thanks, I created this script using Roblox’s sample code. There are no errors, or warnings, but the text label doesn’t show.
Here is the script:

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local textLabel = game:GetService("StarterGui")

local part = script.Parent
local function onTouched(part)
	local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
	if not player then return end
	print(player.Name .. " pressed me!")
	game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.TextLabel.Visible = true
end
part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

I have only added

local textLabel = game:GetService("StarterGui")

and

game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.TextLabel.Visible = true
#10

I don’t really want to spoon feed you but here you go I guess -

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

local part = script.Parent
local function onTouched(part)
	local player = Players:GetPlayerFromCharacter(part.Parent)
	if not player then return end
	print(player.Name .. " pressed me!")
	player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.TextLabel.Visible = true
end
part.Touched:Connect(onTouched)

And don’t just blindly copy scripts. Try figuring out whats happening first.

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#11

So, you don’t have to add

local textLabel = game:GetService("StarterGui")?
#12

No, whenever a player joins a game. All the objects located inside StarterGui are cloned and placed inside a folder called “PlayerGui” for each player.

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#13

This basically means that the PlayerGui folder inside player contains the ScreenGui, and TextLabel, and whenever the player touches, the visibility becomes true, right?

I didn’t know that I can use “player”.

#14

Yes! You got it! That’s exactly what’s happening!

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#15

Thanks! I’m trying to understand scripting more, so I can get a better grip. :grinning:

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