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I'm having trouble making a 5 min, resetting timer. Can you help?

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I'm trying to edit a script that creates a 5 minute timer on TextLabel on a SurfaceGui on a part. The edit I'm making to the script is to make the timer reset.

Here is the original script-

local min = 5
local sec = 0 
local mic = 0 
	
while true do
		mic = mic - 2
		if mic <= -1 then
			sec = sec - 1
			mic = 59
			if sec == -1 then
				min = min - 1
				sec = 59
				if min == -1 then
					min = 0
					sec = 0
					mic = 0
				end
			end
		end
		if min <= 9 and sec <= 9 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":0" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min <= 9 and sec <= 9 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":0" ..sec..":" ..mic
		elseif min <= 9 and sec >= 10 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min <= 9 and sec >= 10 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":" ..sec..":" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec <= 9 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":0" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec <= 9 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":0" ..sec..":" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec >= 10 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec >= 10 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":" ..sec..":" ..mic
		end
		wait()
	end

Here Is the edited script-


local min = 5
local sec = 0 
local mic = 0 

while true do
	while true do
		mic = mic - 2
		if mic <= -1 then
			sec = sec - 1
			mic = 59
			if sec == -1 then
				min = min - 1
				sec = 59
				if min == -1 then
					min = 0
					sec = 0
					mic = 0
				end
			end
		end
		if min <= 9 and sec <= 9 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":0" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min <= 9 and sec <= 9 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":0" ..sec..":" ..mic
		elseif min <= 9 and sec >= 10 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min <= 9 and sec >= 10 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = "0" ..min.. ":" ..sec..":" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec <= 9 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":0" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec <= 9 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":0" ..sec..":" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec >= 10 and mic <= 9 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":" ..sec..":0" ..mic
		elseif min >= 10 and sec >= 10 and mic >= 10 then
			script.Parent.Text = min.. ":" ..sec..":" ..mic
		end
		wait()
	end
end

I assumed that adding an extra-

while true do
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end

I could make the timer repeat but it's not working, can you please help me

Anonymous

1 answer

✓ Accepted answer

Fixing your script seemed very tedious, here's a version that should suit you much better. The function does all the heavy lifting of converting the time into an appropriate string, and the while loop will adjust the text. 

local timer = 300 -- seconds

function clockConversion(seconds)
	if seconds <= 0 then
		return "00:00"
	else
		mins = string.format(".f", math.floor(seconds/60))
		secs = string.format(".f", math.floor(seconds - (mins *60)))
		return mins..":"..secs
	end
end

while wait(1) do
	script.Parent.Text = clockConversion(timer)
	timer -= 1
end
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Thanks

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