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GUI Timer Countdown?

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10 years ago

01--List of Map Selections
02local maps = ("DownwardSpiral")
03local boardbasic = game.ServerStorage["HoverBoardBasic"]
04local STGUI = game.StarterGui.SystemGUI.Frame.Label
05--Message and Map Randomizer
06DownwardSpiral = game.Lighting.maps.DownwardSpiral
07--Timer--
08local timer = game.ReplicatedStorage["Time"]
09--Main Game Script--
10while true do
11    STGUI.Text = "Loading..."
12    print("Loaded")
13    wait(5)
14    game.workspace.IntermissionMusic:Play()
15    STGUI.Text = "Intermission-"..timer.Value
16    print("Displayed")
17    wait(60)
18    game.workspace.IntermissionMusic:Stop()
19    end

I'm creating a countdown timer for my game, and I don't want to write 122 lines of useless messaging code. I'm using a StringValue in the ServerScriptStorage and I set it to a number. I'm trying to make it display on the GUI counting down. It displays, but any method I tried didn't make it countdown. Here is my progress system for the game, and I write it as I go. My question is what code should I use to make it count down, and where to put it? Should I put it in a separate script or in the main?

Please reformat your code with CodeBlock in order to make it more readable. RedCombee 585 — 10y

Just fixed it PhantomR 0 — 10y

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Tkdriverx 514

10 years ago

View the hierarchy here. The actual GUI size, color, etc. can be anything you like. Also, the name of the scripts don't matter, so they can be anything you want.

Make sure you have FilteringEnabled set to true.

"ServerScript"

01local timeValue = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Timer")
02local timerActive = false
03 
04-- YOUR CODE HERE (MOST LIKELY RANDOM FUNCTIONS, ETC.) --
05 
06while true do -- Infinite loop
07    -- YOUR CODE HERE (PRE-TIMER) --
08    timerActive = true
09    timeValue.Value = 60 -- The time it starts with.
10 
11    while timerActive do
12        wait(1)
13 
14        timeValue.Value = timeValue.Value - 1
15 
16        if timeValue.Value <= 0 then -- Can also check for other conditions
17            timerActive = false -- Stop the loop
18        end
19    end
20 
21    timeValue.Value = -1 -- Clears the client-side timer to just "--:--"
22    wait(3) -- Mostly for debugging so the "--:--" can be seen before being reset.
23 
24    -- YOUR CODE HERE (POST-TIMER) --
25end
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"LocalGui"

01local gui = script.Parent
02local label = gui:WaitForChild("Background"):WaitForChild("TimerLabel")
03local timeValue = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("Timer")
04 
05function formatTime(input)
06    local output
07 
08    if type(input) ~= "number" or input < 0 then -- Makes sure it's a number, OR if it's a number and it's a negative number.
09        output = "--:--"
10    else
11        local formatString = "%i:%.2i" -- This is just a formatting string.
12        local seconds = math.floor(input % 60)  -- input % (modulo) 60 gets the remainder of the division of input and 60. Ex: input = 65; 65 % 60 is 5
13        local minutes = math.floor(input / 60) -- math.floor rounds numbers down towards negative infinity. Just in case input / 60 is a decimal, it becomes a whole number.
14 
15        output = formatString:format(minutes, seconds)
16        -- The "%.2i" in the formatting string adds leading zeros if the number is less than 10. No conditional if statements needed!
17    end
18 
19    return output
20end
21 
22timeValue.Changed:connect(function()
23    local timeString = formatTime(timeValue.Value)
24 
25    if timeString then
26        label.Text = timeString
27    end
28end)
29 
30-- YOUR CODE HERE --
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The -- YOUR CODE HERE -- is where your code should go.

I hope this helped. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me or just post a comment on this answer.

I also noticed that you created a table incorrectly on your first line. It should be curly braces ({}), not parenthesis (()).

Answered by

dyler3 1510

10 years ago

You could use this for the countdown. It would show the time remaining(i) until it reaches 0 and would end.

1for i=60,0,-1 do --Sets the timer to 60 seconds, counting down by 1 until it reaches 0
2wait(1)
3STGUI.Text = "Intermission-"..i
4end

downvoted xD Konethorix 197 — 5y

this works too and is a really short script. ahsan666666666666 264 — 4y

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