I have a script inside a part, that is supposed to disable a startercharacterscript. ive tried multiple things, like accessing SSS itself and using playerscripts. I need to know how.
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You can only access ServerScriptService with ServerSided Scripts (Regular Scripts) if you’re trying to access ServerScriptService using local scripts, well, you can’t.
well thats the thing, im using a normal script
Oh, well now I’m a bit confused :d
so the context is there’s a script in a proximity prompt that when activated it should be disabling a script in SSS
After testing, I was able to disable a script in SSS, so, the problem seems to probably be somewhere within your code, mind showing your code?
Are there any errors in the output? It’d be helpful if you showed us the script as well.
the exact code is
local part = script.Parent.Parent
local prompt = script.Parent
local anim = script.Carry
local anim2 = script.PickUp
local distanceZ = -2.7
local distanceY = -0.5
local animTrack = nil
local owner = nil
prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
local character = player.Character
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not animTrack then
animTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim)
end
if not part:FindFirstChild("WeldConstraint") then
local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint", part)
part.CanCollide = false
prompt.ActionText = "Drop"
part.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, distanceY, distanceZ)
weld.Part0 = part
weld.Part1 = character.HumanoidRootPart
player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin").Enabled = false
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 25
game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter.Speed.Value = 10
animTrack:Play()
if owner == nil then
owner = player.Name
end
elseif part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint") and owner == player.Name then
prompt.ActionText = "Pick Up"
animTrack:Stop()
part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint"):Destroy()
player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin").Enabled = true
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 50
game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter.Speed.Value = 20
part.CanCollide = true
owner = nil
animTrack = nil
end
end)
the error is line 26 (the place where it waits for the child spin) and ive tried a few different things such as no waitforchild, and player.playerscripts. the error is " PlayerScripts is not a valid member of Player “Players.rickrolledlololXD2"” or something similar when i dont use playerscripts
If that’s the case, the issue might be that the game takes some time to load to create all the stuff so maybe on top of the script add this;
repeat task.wait() until game:Isloaded
usually it takes some time to get to the part that has the proximity prompt so i dont think that’s the case
Where is the script located within the game?
inside a proximity prompt, which is inside a part
The problem is right here
player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin").Enabled = false
Im assuming you’re trying to access StarterPlayerScript, which isn’t possible unless you’re using a Local Script, or, if you want it to be a Regular Script, use of a RemoteEvent.
Here’s a tutorial on RemoteEvents
If you don’t want to learn how to use RemoteEvents (really suggest you should use a remote event), use a Local Script. I would go into detail on how to convert your code into a Local Script but I don’t have your layout of the game. Also a lot of problems would surge up in the future if you were to use Local Script, so again, I suggest you use a RemoteEvent.
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try this:
local prompt = script.Parent
local anim = script.Carry
local anim2 = script.PickUp
local distanceZ = -2.7
local distanceY = -0.5
local animTrack = nil
local owner = nil
prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
local character = player.Character
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not animTrack then
animTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim)
end
if not part:FindFirstChild("WeldConstraint") then
local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint", part)
part.CanCollide = false
prompt.ActionText = "Drop"
part.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, distanceY, distanceZ)
weld.Part0 = part
weld.Part1 = character.HumanoidRootPart
player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin").Disabled = true
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 25
game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter.Speed.Value = 10
animTrack:Play()
if owner == nil then
owner = player.Name
end
elseif part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint") and owner == player.Name then
prompt.ActionText = "Pick Up"
animTrack:Stop()
part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint"):Destroy()
player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin").Disabled = false
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 50
game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter.Speed.Value = 20
part.CanCollide = true
owner = nil
animTrack = nil
end
end)
after using remote events, i get no errors, however the events never fire. can you explain why they don’t?
local part = script.Parent.Parent
local prompt = script.Parent
local anim = script.Carry
local anim2 = script.PickUp
local distanceZ = -2.7
local distanceY = -0.5
local animTrack = nil
local owner = nil
prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
local character = player.Character
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not animTrack then
animTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim)
end
if not part:FindFirstChild("WeldConstraint") then
local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint", part)
part.CanCollide = false
prompt.ActionText = "Drop"
part.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, distanceY, distanceZ)
weld.Part0 = part
weld.Part1 = character.HumanoidRootPart
wait()
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").DisableSpin:FireAllClients("DisableSpin")
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 25
game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter.Speed.Value = 10
animTrack:Play()
if owner == nil then
owner = player.Name
end
elseif part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint") and owner == player.Name then
prompt.ActionText = "Pick Up"
animTrack:Stop()
part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint"):Destroy()
wait()
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").EnableSpin:FireAllClients("EnableSpin")
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 40
game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter.Speed.Value = 20
part.CanCollide = true
owner = nil
animTrack = nil
end
end)
It may be because you are using remoteEvent:FireAllClients() rather than remoteEvent:FireClient().
The difference between these 2 is that FireAllClients, as it says, fires to all players. And FireClient only fires to one player
To use remoteEvent:FireClient() you need the player argument and optional arguments.
Example Code:
aRemoteEvent:FireClient(player, optionalArgs)
And in this case to fix (one line of) your script it should be
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").DisableSpin:FireClient(player)
Assuming you were trying to reference the DisableSpin remoteEvent, you don’t need the "DisableSpin" in the above code as you are already referencing it when doing game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").DisableSpin.
Also clean up your code, one of the main rules in all of coding is Never Repeat Yourself. You can easily do this by making variables and using them.
Example: your humanoid variable can be used to rather than doing player.Character.Humanoid
So do this
humanoid.JumpPower = 25
rather than this
player.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 25
The below code should fix your problems and also cleans up your code
local part = script.Parent.Parent
local prompt = script.Parent
local anim = script.Carry
local anim2 = script.PickUp
local disableSpinEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").DisableSpin
local enableSpinEvent = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").EnableSpin
local SpeedScript = game.ServerScriptService.SpeedSetter
local distanceZ = -2.7
local distanceY = -0.5
local animTrack = nil
local owner = nil
prompt.Triggered:Connect(function(player)
local character = player.Character
local humanoid = character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if not animTrack then
animTrack = humanoid:LoadAnimation(anim)
end
if not part:FindFirstChild("WeldConstraint") then
local weld = Instance.new("WeldConstraint", part)
part.CanCollide = false
prompt.ActionText = "Drop"
part.CFrame = character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(0, distanceY, distanceZ)
weld.Part0 = part
weld.Part1 = character.HumanoidRootPart
wait()
disableSpinEvent:FireClient(player)
humanoid.JumpPower = 25
SpeedScript.Speed.Value = 10
animTrack:Play()
if owner == nil then
owner = player.Name
end
elseif part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint") and owner == player.Name then
prompt.ActionText = "Pick Up"
animTrack:Stop()
part:FindFirstChildWhichIsA("WeldConstraint"):Destroy()
wait()
enableSpinEvent:FireClient(player)
humanoid.JumpPower = 40
SpeedScript.Speed.Value = 20
part.CanCollide = true
owner = nil
animTrack = nil
end
end)
the script is fine, but the script to disable spin (after receiving the signal from remote events) doesn’t work. I think it’s because it just doesn’t receive the signal. heres the script so you can see if i did something wrong
local replicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local spin = game:GetService("StarterPlayer").StarterPlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin")
local function enable()
print("enabled")
spin.Enabled = true
end
local function disable()
print("disabled")
spin.Enabled = false
end
replicatedStorage.DisableSpin.OnServerEvent:Connect(disable)
replicatedStorage.EnableSpin.OnServerEvent:Connect(enable)
It seems that you are using the wrong type of script, the above script you just gave me is a Server Script (regular script). It’s suppose to be a Local Script, and most Local Scripts containing RemoteEvents functions are usually stored in StarterPlayerScripts.
So change the above script to a Local script. Once it’s a local script you can access the Spin script within the player’s StarterPlayerScripts by doing
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local spinScript = player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin")
And to fix your functions you do
replicatedStorage.DisableSpin.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
spinScript.Enabled = false
end)
So to fix your script from above you first gotta change it into a Local Script and place that Local Script inside of StarterPlayerScripts. Which is accessed by
StarterPlayer → StarterPlayerScripts
And then paste the below code into that Local Script
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local spinScript = player.PlayerScripts:WaitForChild("Spin")
local repStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
repStorage.DisableSpin.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
print("disabled")
spinScript.Enabled = false
end)
repStorage.EnableSpin.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
print("enabled")
spinScript.Enabled = true
end)
Note, I removed your function disable() beecause they aren’t really necessary, however if you want to use function disable() then you would do
repStorage.EnableSpin.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
disable() --the brackets() are necessary when calling the function
end)
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Thank you for your help, have a good day!
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