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Break a loop after it runs after a certain amount of times?

Asked by 3 years ago

I'm working on a basic wave spawner, I need this loop to end after it runs a certain amount of time.

local spawnamount = game.Workspace.Live.spawnamount.Value
local multiplier = 20 -- the amount that will eventually add onto the total amount after a wave.
local shrieker = game.ReplicatedStorage.Shrieker

while true do wait(1)
    local shriekerclone = shrieker:Clone()
    shriekerclone.Parent = workspace
    shriekerclone.HumanoidRootPart.Position = game.Workspace.spawnpart.Position


end

have no idea what to do here, I can usually find something on the wiki to help me but not today so.

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use an if statement and then put break inside it, just the word break greatneil80 2647 — 3y
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well obviously, I need to know how I can break it after a certain amount of times the loop has played Masmixel 21 — 3y
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A for loop malachiRashee 24 — 3y

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Answered by 3 years ago
Edited 3 years ago

Running it for a certain amount of time...you can use a variable and add onto every second, and then use an if then statement to determine if the variable is the amount of seconds that have passed, then using break to break the loop

For example;

local spawnamount = game.Workspace.Live.spawnamount.Value
local multiplier = 20 -- the amount that will eventually add onto the total amount after a wave.
local shrieker = game.ReplicatedStorage.Shrieker
local seconds = 0 -- your new variable

while true do
    wait(1)
    seconds = seconds + 1 -- adding a second every time
    if seconds == 6 then -- lets say you want this to go on for 6 seconds
        break -- breaks the loops
    else -- its not at desired time
        local shriekerclone = shrieker:Clone()
        shriekerclone.Parent = workspace
        shriekerclone.HumanoidRootPart.Position = game.Workspace.spawnpart.Position
    end
end

Though I took the format you used, while true do, you can also use the repeat - until loop

Example;

local spawnamount = game.Workspace.Live.spawnamount.Value
local multiplier = 20 -- the amount that will eventually add onto the total amount after a wave.
local shrieker = game.ReplicatedStorage.Shrieker
local seconds = 0 -- your new variable

repeat
    seconds = seconds + 1 -- adding a second every time
    local shriekerclone = shrieker:Clone()
    shriekerclone.Parent = workspace
    shriekerclone.HumanoidRootPart.Position = game.Workspace.spawnpart.Position
    wait(1)
until seconds == 6 -- repeating until variable "seconds" = 6

Links:

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Conditional-Statements-in-Lua

https://developer.roblox.com/en-us/articles/Loops

Hope this helps

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Good answer Xapelize 2658 — 3y
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