Make Script wait until ModuleScript finished?
Hey guys. Got a bit advanced question!
Let me paste the script first Script \/
while true do
wait(5)
if #game.Workspace.Lobby:GetChildren() >= 1 then
TeleportPlayers()
wait(1)
spawn(function()
GameModules.Mode1()
repeat
wait(1)
until #game.Workspace.InGame:GetChildren() == 1 and GameModules.GameOver == true
Surviver = game.Workspace.InGame:FindFirstChildOfClass('StringValue')
print('Stopped ',Surviver)
end)
elseif #game.Workspace.Lobby:GetChildren() <= 2 then
print('Not enough players in-Lobby (',#game.Workspace.Lobby:GetChildren(),')')
end
end
ModuleScript \/
local GameModes = {}
GameOver = false
function GameModes.Mode1()
print('Mode1')
spawn(function(CountDown)
for i=6,0,-1 do
wait(1)
print(i,' Seconds remaining')
end
end)
wait(15)
end
return GameModes
I want to normal script to wait UNTIL the ModuleScript has finished (after waiting 15 seconds) before the script continues.
I attempted this by doing 'until #game.Workspace.InGame:GetChildren() == 1 and GameModules.GameOver == true'
Is it not waiting because of the Spawn(Function())?
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1 answer
GameOver can only be accessed from the Modulescript because you did not add it to the table that the module returns. Because of this, GameModules.GameOver will always == nil in the first script. In addition, the variable is never changed, anyways. You can make GameOver accessible to other scripts by changing it to this:
GameModes.GameOver = false
One thing to keep in mind about Modulescripts is that they only run once and then return a cached table whenever they are required, so if this causes your GameOver variable to get stuck (been there done that :/) you could do something similar using BindableEvents
Script:
while true do
wait(5)
if #game.Workspace.Lobby:GetChildren() >= 1 then
TeleportPlayers()
wait(1)
-- having this in a separate thread might cause weird behavior because the thread will be waiting while the game is running, but the rest of the script will still be running, so I got rid of the spawn() since there isn't any reason for this to be in a separate thread anyways
GameModules.Mode1()
--with BindableEvents, the "Event" event happens when the BindableEvent is fired. Instead of connecting to it, we can use :Wait() to halt the thread until it is fired.
game.ReplicatedStorage.GameOverEvent.Event:Wait()
Surviver = game.Workspace.InGame:FindFirstChildOfClass('StringValue')
print('Stopped ',Surviver)
elseif #game.Workspace.Lobby:GetChildren() <= 2 then
print('Not enough players in-Lobby (',#game.Workspace.Lobby:GetChildren(),')')
end
end
Module:
local GameModes = {}
Module.GameOver = false
function GameModes.Mode1()
print('Mode1')
for i=6,0,-1 do
wait(1)
print(i,' Seconds remaining')
end
wait(15)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GameOverEvent:Fire()
end
return GameModes