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wait for child not working (roblox studio)

local find = script.Parent    
find.Touched:Connect(function(touched)
local de = find:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
if de == true then
    print("we found a human!")

end

end)

is not working?? I'm new to this but i just don't understand!

Solution

  • The reason why your script is not functioning as intended is because :FindFirstChild() will return an object. (not a boolean)

    So your statement is practically stating

    local part = Instance.new("Part")
if part == true then -- Part does not equal true

    The solution is quite simple. When :FindFirstChild() doesn't find anything it will return nil. So just make sure that it `~=~ nil

    local find = script.Parent    
find.Touched:Connect(function(touched)
    local de = touched.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    if de ~= nil then -- checking if a humanoid was found
        print("we found a human!")
    end
end)