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Why is my chat script having this error message?
I'm making this custom chat thingy and my script got a weird error. here is my script: (its in serverscrptservice)
player.Chatted:connect(function(msg)
local m = Instance.new("Hint")
m.Parent = game.Workspace
m.Text = (msg)
wait(1)
if player.Chatted:connect(function(msg)
m:Destroy()
end)
end) -- expected 'then' got end
end)
I changed end) to end but it is still not working so I changed it back. any ideas?
Thanks for reading!
I also added then to it but then it said
Expected identifier got 'then'
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Why do you have an 'if on line 6? RedCombee 585 — 9y
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I want it to detect if another person chatted, then destroy the current message so the messages won't build up on each other. TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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I'll tell you - that's definitely not the way to do it. RedCombee 585 — 9y
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Then, what is? TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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Also, it's not creating a hint every time someone chats. TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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You can't use conditional statements (if and then statements) with functions. Also, what the error meant is your forgot to put a "then." Here's a better version of your script:
player.Chatted:connect(function(msg)
if not workspace:FindFirstChild("PlayerMessageHint") then
local m = Instance.new("Hint", workspace)
m.Name = "PlayerMessageHint"
m.Text = msg
elseif workspace:FindFirstChild("PlayerMessageHint") then
workspace:FindFirstChild("PlayerMessageHint").Text = msg
end
end)
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Thanks! i'll test it. TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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doesn't do anything. TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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Did you define "player"? bobafett3544 198 — 9y
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yep. TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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oh you forgot to capitalize the `workspace`. TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y
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heres a link to an example for my script: http://www.roblox.com/RobloxScreenShot11102014-175958305-item?id=186520561 TroytheDestroyer 75 — 9y