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How to find a players name in workspace using a value?
Can somebody please help me? I'm making a hide and seek game where a random player is selected as seeker and they have a higher walking speed. However, I don't know how to find that player in the workspace. I am fairly new to Roblox scripting and can someone help me out. Thanks!
here is the script:
01 | while true do |
02 | local player = game:GetService("Players") |
03 | if workspace.TimeDifference.Value == 2 and script.SeekerPicked.Value == 0 then |
04 | local randomPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayers() |
05 | [math.random(1,#game.Players:GetPlayers())] |
06 | script.SeekerName.Value = randomPlayer.Name |
07 | print (script.SeekerName.Value) |
08 | workspace.(script.SeekerName.Value).Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 30 |
09 | end |
10 | wait(0.01) |
11 | end |
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Here is the fixed version:
1 | while true do |
2 | local player = game:GetService("Players") |
3 | if workspace.TimeDifference.Value == 2 and script.SeekerPicked.Value == 0 then |
4 | local randomPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayers()[math.random(#game.Players:GetPlayers())] |
5 | print (randomPlayer.Name) |
6 | local humanoid = randomPlayer:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") |
7 | humanoid.WalkSpeed = 30 |
8 | end |
9 | end |
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Thanks but it says that "randomPlayer is not a valid member of Players." Anyway to fix that? Thanks! kavancraft59 11 — 5y
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Whoops! Sorry, I edited the script and it should work now. DesertusX 435 — 5y
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don't worry if you can't help with this, but if you can, what does "attempt to index nil with WalkSpeed" mean? Thanks! kavancraft59 11 — 5y
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I edited the script again. I'm not sure if this would work, but just try it anyways. DesertusX 435 — 5y
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It says the same thing? I will try and figure out why. Thanks for your help though! kavancraft59 11 — 5y
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No problem! Since I helped, could you please accept my answer? DesertusX 435 — 5y
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01 | while true do |
02 | local player = game:GetService("Players") |
03 | if workspace.TimeDifference.Value == 2 and script.SeekerPicked.Value == 0 then |
04 | local randomPlayer = game.Players:GetPlayers() |
05 | [math.random(1,#game.Players:GetPlayers())] |
06 | script.SeekerName.Value = randomPlayer.Name |
07 | print (script.SeekerName.Value) |
08 | workspace[script.SeekerName.Value].Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 30 |
09 | end |
10 | wait(0.01) |
11 | end |
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Thanks, but that makes everyplayer walk faster not only the seeker. Please help! Thanks! kavancraft59 11 — 5y
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It's because of the while true, the condition on line 3 is true for too long, you should have a way on detecting if it already ran, maybe add a debounce, or increase the wait time Leamir 3138 — 5y
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in your script, you should index with square brackets instead of parenthesis.
Sample:
01 | local a = Instance.new('Part',workspace); |
02 | a.Name = 'Lunchable'; |
03 |
04 | local b = workspace.Lunchable -- the period is for syntactic sugar |
05 |
06 | local c = workspace['Lunchable'] -- with square brackets (note that i used a string to index Lunchable); |
07 |
08 | local d = workspace[a.Name] -- the name property uses a string |
09 |
10 | print(b==c) -- > true |
11 | print(c==d) -- > true |
12 |
13 | -- since variables b and c are the same and variables c and d are the same |
14 | -- that means variables b and d are the same too |
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Thanks, but I tried that and it made every player walk faster. I just want the seeker to walk faster. Please help if possible! Thanks! kavancraft59 11 — 5y
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Thats because you have a while loop on and use a random player every .01 seconds so you end up making every player faster SoftlockedUnderZero 668 — 5y