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Re: FE and looping through players via local script?

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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 03:06 PM
for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
--stuff
end

How would I use a remote function/event for this?
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powerhotmail123 is not online. powerhotmail123
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03 Jun 2015 04:08 PM
As far as I know, you can't loop through players in a local script due to security reasons.

To use a RemoteFunction/Event you would do this:

--Server Script
local RF = Instance.new("RemoteFunction", game.ReplicatedStorage)
RF.Name = "RF"

local PlayersTable = {}

for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
table.insert(PlayersTable, v)
end

RF.OnServerInvoke:connect(function(player, argument)
if argument == "ShowPlayers" then
return PlayersTable
end
end)

--Local Script
local RF = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RF")

local PlayersTable = RF:InvokeServer("ShowPlayers")

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DeviousDeviation is not online. DeviousDeviation
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03 Jun 2015 04:10 PM
"As far as I know, you can't loop through players in a local script due to security reasons. "

lolwat

OP why do you need to use a re?

u should add filtering - devious
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rayk999 is not online. rayk999
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03 Jun 2015 04:17 PM
lolwat[2]
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powerhotmail123 is not online. powerhotmail123
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03 Jun 2015 04:26 PM
lolwat [why?]

Huh?

I tried and it didn't work...

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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 04:38 PM
Because if I try to loop through the players via local script, it won't work because of filtering. It will igve me an error saying PlayerGui is not a valid member of Player, I have the correct waitforchilds etc. I have to use a remote function/event to loop through the players for this to work then.
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rayk999 is not online. rayk999
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03 Jun 2015 04:46 PM
Editing the PlayerGui's with FE is your problem, not because you can't loop through the players (which u can)
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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 06:49 PM
@power I got this error message

19:48:34.938 - OnServerInvoke is a callback member of RemoteFunction; you can only set the callback value, get is not available
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iSpecializinq is not online. iSpecializinq
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03 Jun 2015 06:51 PM
use the following events

Event:FireServer()
Event:FireClient()
Event:FireAllClients()

Event.OnServerEvent
Event.OnClientEvent
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nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP is not online. nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP
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03 Jun 2015 07:01 PM
Idiot, a localscript runs on the player's computer. The player's computer can only access their own PlayerGui. Just have a localscript that sets the localplayer's gui only, or if you're too stupid, then don't use FE considering that the number of exploiters on Roblox has decreased significantly.
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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 07:04 PM
I'm basically just trying to clone a gui to all the players..i dont know why this has to be so difficult for me. This isn't working...

--server script?
local RF = Instance.new("RemoteFunction", game.ReplicatedStorage)
RF.Name = "RF"
guiClone = gui:Clone()

function RF.OnServerInvoke(player,argument)
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
guiClone.Parent = v.PlayerGui
end
end

--local script?
local RF = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("RF")

local clone = RF:InvokeServer("CloneGui")
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iSpecializinq is not online. iSpecializinq
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03 Jun 2015 07:05 PM
@nQ

My chat system did it just time.

But im wrewriting it to use fireallclients.

Anyways, you just misinformed him; it works, but not advisable.
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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 07:05 PM
@nQ, why don't you just hop off for once.
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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 07:10 PM
I can't seem to figure out how to loop through the players in the server script, then pass the gui from the local script, to the server event.
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03 Jun 2015 07:16 PM
@iSpecializinq
What the hell are you even talking about?
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nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP is not online. nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP
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03 Jun 2015 07:17 PM
I can already tell you it's a bad practice to create the RemoteEvent inside the script rather than creating it inside ReplicatedStorage, then storing it in a variable, but that is the most I can do to help you since I'm not sure what you're trying to do.
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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 07:22 PM
I want to do this:

--server script
1. Iterate over all the players
2. Import a gui from a local script and clone into the players' PlayerGuis

--local script
1. Clone the gui, send that gui to the server script

I'm am trying to get a gui from my playergui, clone it into all the other player's guis. With filtering enable, I can't just use "for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do" in a local script and clone it into the players.
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nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP is not online. nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP
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03 Jun 2015 07:23 PM
Do you not already have the GUI on the server?
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gergy008 is not online. gergy008
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03 Jun 2015 07:23 PM
I use game.Players:GetChildren() all the time in my local scripts. It works fine, that's with FE turned on.
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03 Jun 2015 07:25 PM
The GUI is located in my PlayerGui, but it will only change with my own specific player settings. I want all the players to see these settings too, thus wanting me clone the gui from my playergui to their player guis.
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LeitrisArcade is not online. LeitrisArcade
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03 Jun 2015 07:29 PM
Send the stats through a RemoteEvent to the server, then distribute them to the clients through ClientEvents.

( ͡ಠ ͜ʖಠ)
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nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP is not online. nQqzRYVpIKA5jLP
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03 Jun 2015 07:29 PM
Then just send to the remoteevent the settings you changed.
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gergy008 is not online. gergy008
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03 Jun 2015 07:30 PM
Right, I understand now.

So you could have some kind of server event that will listen to requests to modify all players GUIs, then have a listener in the GUI that will be triggered by the server with the changes required.

Then you just need to fill in the middle. Work out what changes to do and where on the clients, and how to get the request from the client and verify it, and send the changes to clients.

I'm pretty sure you're using documentation already, but links help, so I'll give you one:
http://wiki.roblox.com/index.php?title=RemoteFunction_and_RemoteEvent_Tutorial
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TimeTicks is not online. TimeTicks
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03 Jun 2015 07:30 PM
Okay this is my error. I thought is was because of FE.


local cell = player.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Cell"):Clone()

for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
cell.Parent = v.PlayerGui.MainGui.Main.Frame.List.Cells
end

--playergui is not a valid member of player
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03 Jun 2015 07:31 PM
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