How do you identify if a certain leaderstat exists?
Reposted due to no answers after 4 weeks.
So, I have been trying to make a sword fighting typed game, with only one person doing it at a time. I have added a leaderstat value named "Status" to show when each player would take their turn (ex. Fighter 1, Fighter 2, Fighter 3, etc.) and I have a working script (will be provided) that can identify fighter 1 first, and fighter 2 second. Once they get identified, they just need to get teamed, and then another script takes over and runs them through the whole game. After a bit of time using that script, I noticed that some people do leave the game for whatever reason, and I wanted to add a fix that can jump from Fighter 1 to Fighter 3, so long as Fighter 2 no longer exists in the game. Every fix I have tried only seems to A) break with no problems in the output B) get Fighter 2 to go before Fighter 1 or C) somehow runs all players at the same time even though the game is only compatible for 1 player. Does anybody have a fix?
Note that this is my first project using active leaderboard scripting, and that any fixes you may have will need to be explained very simplified / broken down for me. Thanks!
Here is the working part of the script.
local players = game.Players:GetChildren()
for i = 1,#players do
local stats = players[i]:WaitForChild("leaderstats")
local Status = stats:WaitForChild("Status")
if players[i].stats.Status.Value == "Fighter "..game.Workspace.StatScript.Fighter.Value then -- This what the strategy I originally used. After the first player finishes, the value goes up by 1, and when the game restarts, the value goes back to 1.
players[i].Team = game.Teams["Current Fighter"]
script.Script.Disabled = false -- As long as the above command works and the player is teamed, this script being enabled should take care of the whole game.
end
end
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If Fighter2 doesn't exist in the game anymore, why look for the next player in the list when you can move them down?
local Players = game:GetService('Players')
local function UpdatePlayersAfter(Position: number, Difference: number | nil)
-- set defaults if variable isn't set when the function is called
if Difference == nil then
Difference = -1
end
-- loop through players, and get their current position
for __index, Player in ipairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
local PlayerCurrentPosition = tonumber(Player.stats.Status.Value:gsub('%D', '')) -- get the current position as a number
if Position < PlayerCurrentPosition then
Player.stats.Status.Value = 'Fighter' + tostring(PlayerCurrentPosition-1)
end
end
end
Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(Player)
local LeavingPlayerStat = tonumber(Player.stats.Status.Value:gsub('%D', '')) -- get the current position as a number
UpdatePlayersAfter(LeavingPlayerStat)
end)
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