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No errors yet my local script will not do its job, what's wrong?

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3 years ago

01local text = script.Parent:WaitForChild("NotAdmin")
02 
03local tr = text.TextTransparency
04 
05local function w()
06    wait(0.05)
07end
08 
09 
10print("Enabled text")
11tr = 0.9
12w()
13tr = 0.8
14w()
15tr = 0.7
16w()
17tr = 0.6
18w()
19tr = 0.5
20w()
21tr = 0.4
22w()
23tr = 0.3
24w()
25tr = 0.2
26w()
27tr = 0.1
28w()
29tr = 0
30print("Waiting for 4 seconds")
31wait(4)
32tr = 0.1
33w()
34tr = 0.2
35w()
36tr = 0.3
37w()
38tr = 0.4
39w()
40tr = 0.5
41w()
42tr = 0.6
43w()
44tr = 0.7
45w()
46tr = 0.8
47w()
48tr = 0.9
49w()
50tr = 1
51print("Disabled text")
52wait(5)
53script.Disabled = true
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It prints as expected but does not actually change the "TextTransparency". Please help ;)

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Answered by

MarkedTomato 810

3 years ago

Edited 3 years ago

First of all, this code is just too long, we can make this so much shorter using TweenService or a for loop.

For this to work, just insert a LocalScript into the TextLabel.

Tweening

01local TweenService = game:GetService("TweenService") -- retrieving TweenService
02local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(
03    5, -- The period of time it takes to tween
04    Enum.EasingStyle.Linear, -- This is an easing style
05    Enum.EasingDirection.Out, -- This is an easing direction
06    -1, -- This is the number of times the tween will run. Setting this to -1 means it will run indefinitely
07    true, -- This means whether it will reverse the tween
08    0) -- This is a delay before the tween starts in seconds
09local properties = {TextTransparency = 1} -- [[The property we're trying to change. Also, make sure to get the spelling of the property correct cause it will result in an error]]
10 
11local TextLabel = script.Parent -- This is just the reference for our TextLabel
12 
13TweenService:Create(TextLabel, tweenInfo, properties):Play() --[[ This creates our tween and instantly plays if you don't want the tween to instantly start playing just create a variable for it and play it]]

For loop

01local TextLabel = script.Parent -- Referencing the Text label
02 
03for count1 = 0, 1 ,0.1 do
04 
05    TextLabel.TextTransparency = count1
06    wait(0.05) -- the wait between each iteration
07end
08 
09for count2 = 1, 0, -0.1 do
10 
11    TextLabel.TextTransparency = count2
12    wait(0.05) -- the wait between each iteration
13end
14 
15--[[
16In the for loop, we're setting the variable to the following numbers.
17The first number represents the starting position,
18the second number represents the end position and
19the third number represents the increment.
20For this case, we're setting the TextTransparency to the control variable.
21If the increment value is not defined then by default it will be 1
22]]
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Any questions? Just reply to my answer.

Thanks a ton! I used the for-loop method and edited the for-loop integers to fix one small issue but it now works. PaleNoobs 37 — 3y

No errors yet my local script will not do its job, what's wrong?

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