IntValue inside of game.ReplicatedStorage isn't changing??
I have a script inside of a model in workspace that changes an intValue to indicate how many seconds are left inside of one round located in ReplicatedStorage every time a second passes. When I test the game and touch the part that starts a round, the value doesn't change at all. Any suggestions?
function onTouched(part)
local h = part.Parent:findFirstChild("Humanoid")
local timeRemaining = 0
local seconds = game.ReplicatedStorage.Seconds.Value
seconds = 0
if h~=nil then
script.Parent.Position = Vector3.new(-12.15, 621.894, 47.98)
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").SurfaceGui.SIGN.Text = "3"
wait(1)
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").SurfaceGui.SIGN.Text = "2"
wait(1)
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").SurfaceGui.SIGN.Text = "1"
wait(1)
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").SurfaceGui.SIGN.Text = "GO!"
wait(0.5)
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").Transparency = "1"
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").CanCollide = false
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").SurfaceGui.SIGN.TextTransparency = 1
timeRemaining = 300
while timeRemaining > 0 do
wait(1)
timeRemaining = timeRemaining - 1
seconds = seconds - 1
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Water").Position = script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Water").Position + Vector3.new(0,0.1,0)
end
wait(30)
script.Parent.Position = Vector3.new(-12.15, 21.894, 47.98)
script.Parent.Parent.Water.Position = Vector3.new(-12.15, -855.409, -1.52)
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").Transparency = "0"
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").CanCollide = true
script.Parent.Parent:FindFirstChild("Start").SurfaceGui.SIGN.TextTransparency = 0
timeRemaining = 0
end
end
script.Parent.Touched:connect(onTouched)
P.S. I'm new to scripting forums, so I may have formatted a things wrong. Sorry about that.
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1 answer
First, the code reads the value of the IntValue:
local seconds = game.ReplicatedStorage.Seconds.Value
Now a copy of the value is stored in this local variable.
The code then goes on to update that variable, while leaving the IntValue object itself intact:
seconds = 0 -- snip seconds = seconds - 1
The issue is that seconds doesn't actually point to the IntValue in ReplicatedStorage; it is simply a copy of the IntValue's original Value. When the code assigns to seconds, it's kind of like imagining that the IntValue is changed - it doesn't have any effect on the IntValue itself. What you want instead is this:
local seconds = game.ReplicatedStorage.Seconds -- Grab reference to IntValue object seconds.Value = 0 -- modify the IntValue object -- snip seconds.Value = seconds.Value - 1 -- Alternatively, this is now possible on Roblox: -- seconds.Value -= 1