Value is not counting down despite no errors in output. How do I fix this?
CODE:
local AI = script.Parent.Parent.Timer.PositionNumber
local Lighting = game.ServerStorage.Freddy
local World = game.Workspace.Animatronics.Freddy
local Footstep = script.Parent.Parent.Timer.RemoteFunction.Footstep.Sound
repeat game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:Wait() until AI.Value == 5
script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value = (math.random(10,15))
while game.Workspace.DoorL.Closed.Value == true do
wait(1)
script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value = script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value -1
end
So basically when I press a button on a model the boolean value turns true, and pressing it again makes it false. And this script makes it so when something certain happens a counter is randomly set, and having the mentioned BooleanValue set to true should subtract it every second its true. All the setups dont have problems, the BooleanValue changed, the DoorCounter gets randomly set,
But the main problem is getting the counter to go down when the BooleanValue is True
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4 answers
Apparently, the while loops only get(s) called essentially, so you should put the while loop like this. I think the issue was because of the loop, if the while loop gets called even once then it will break the script, and you need to check whether it's not true.
while workspace.DoorL.Closed.Value == true do
if not workspace.DoorL.Closed.Value then
wait(1)
script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value = script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value -1
end
end
I have a timer gui script maybe you can use it if you cant find a solution (280 is the amount of seconds)
local time = 280
for i = time, 1, -1 do
wait(1)
script.Parent.Text = i
end
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Improvements
Use :GetService() for the ServerStorage and Workspace services
Use :WaitForChild() to make sure an instance exists before using it
Explanation
Once your code gets to the while loop, the condition is checked, however, once that condition is false, then any code after the loop will run and you will be unable to have the loop occur again.
Instead, you can move the condition inside the loop as a if statement and change the condition value to true. Another option is using :GetPropertyChangedSignal() if you need to run any code after the loop. You can also use break to exit out of the loop.
Revised Server Script
local Par = script.Parent
local DTimer = Par:WaitForChild("DoorTimer")
local DPar = Par.Parent
local AI = DPar:WaitForChild("Timer"):WaitForChild("PositionNumber")
local Footstep = DPar:WaitForChild("Timer"):WaitForChild("RemoteFunction"):WaitForChild("Footstep"):WaitForChild("Sound")
local Lighting = game:GetService("ServerStorage"):WaitForChild("Freddy")
local WS = game:GetService("Workspace")
local World = WS:WaitForChild("Animatronics"):WaitForChild("Freddy")
local Closed = WS:WaitForChild("DoorL"):WaitForChild("Closed")
repeat
game:GetService("RunService").Stepped:Wait()
until AI.Value == 5
DTimer.Value = (math.random(10, 15))
while true do
if Closed.Value == true then
wait(0.99)
DTimer.Value = DTimer.Value - 1
end
wait(0.01) -- to prevent an infinite loop
end
Try using a while true do loop with an if statement saying if the door is closed. If it's closed then break out of the loop.
while true do
wait(1)
script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value = script.Parent.DoorTimer.Value -1
if not game.Workspace.DoorL.Closed.Value then
break
end
end