Why is CFrame not working in this situation?

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#1

Hello everyone! I have been making a bus stop for my game using and for some reason CFrame will not work.

I get the following error:
ServerScriptService.Teleport:5: attempt to index nil with ‘CFrame’ - Server - Teleport:5

Here is the script:
local TeleportEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.TeleportEvent

TeleportEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(Player, Position)

local TeleportPoint = game.Workspace.TeleportPoints:FindFirstChild(Position)

Player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = TeleportPoint.CFrame

end)

#2

I am a little confused. When using :FindFirstChild you mention Position. What is Position defined it?

#3

Position is classified in the function.
It is also looking at the players position.

#4

TeleportPoint is nil, and since you never check if it is nil, it will error.

#5

Exactly what I was going to say. haha

#6

I checked if it is nil and it worked. It took away the error but now the teleport doesn’t work.

#7

That means the position you are teleporting to is invalid/doesn’t exist. I don’t know what’s firing this event, so I can’t really help you.

#8

TeleportPoint

may have a position, but it doesn’t have a
.CFrame

or it is nil

#9

local TeleportPoint = game.Workspace.TeleportPoints:FindFirstChild(Position)

This isn’t fetching a valid instance (as the error indicates), “TeleportPoint” is still a reference to nil after this assignment so when you attempt to index its “CFrame” property an error is thrown/raised as the script thinks you’re attempting to index the “CFrame” property of a nil value (which of course doesn’t exist).