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Why does this script only work in studio?

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IcyArticunoX 355

10 years ago

This is in a LocalScript in an ImageButton in a ScreenGui in StarterGui.

01player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
02timer = script.Parent.Timer
03enabled = true
04 
05function onClick(click)
06    if player.ItemCounter["Quick Mushroom"].Value > 0 and enabled == true then
07        enabled = false
08        player.ItemCounter["Quick Mushroom"].Value = player.ItemCounter["Quick Mushroom"].Value - 1
09        player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 48
10        timer.Visible = true
11        timer.Text = "2:00"
12        minutes = 2
13        for seconds = 120, 0, -1 do
14            local seconds2 = seconds - 60
15            local secondsdisplay = seconds2
16            if seconds == 119 then
17                minutes = 1
18            end
19            if seconds == 59 then
20                minutes = 0
21            end
22            if seconds2 < 10 then
23                secondsdisplay = "0"..seconds2
24            end
25            if seconds < 60 then
26                secondsdisplay = seconds
27            end
28            if seconds < 10 then
29                secondsdisplay = "0"..seconds
30            end
31            if secondsdisplay == 60 then
32                secondsdisplay = "00"
33            end
34            timer.Text = minutes..":"..secondsdisplay
35            wait(1)
36        end
37        player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 24
38        timer.Visible = false
39        enabled = true
40    end
41end
42 
43script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(onClick)
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The script runs just fine in studio, but when playing in-game, an error appears on Line 2 stating that "Timer" is not a valid member of ImageButton. However, when going into Studio, there is indeed a TextLabel in the ImageButton named "Timer". What's going on here?

len means length. It returns the length of a string. Wow I'm late. EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 — 9y

Haha yeah you are, but I appreciate the answer because I still didn't know what len was until now. IcyArticunoX 355 — 9y

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Answered by

Goulstem 8144

10 years ago

The problem is that sometimes the script loads before the actual gui, so 'Timer' may be nil at the moment that your script excecutes.

To fix this, I suggest waiting until 'Timer' has loaded, or check if it has loaded.

Also, your timer could use some touch ups.

01local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
02local enabled = true
03 
04script.Parent.MouseButton1Click:connect(function()
05    script.Parent:WaitForChild("Timer")
06    local timer = script.Parent:FindFirstChild("Timer")
07    local m = player.ItemCounter["Quick Mushroom"]
08    if m.Value > 0 and enabled == true then
09        enabled = false
10        m.Value = m.Value - 1
11        player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 48
12        timer.Visible = true
13        timer.Text = "2:00"
14        local minutes = 2
15        for i = (minutes * 60), 0, -1 do
16            local minutes = math.floor( i / 60)
17            local seconds = i - (minutes * 60)
18            if tostring(seconds):len() < 2 then
19                seconds = tonumber("0"..tostring(seconds))
20            end
21            timer.Text = tostring(minutes)..":"..tostring(seconds)
22         end
23        player.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 24
24        timer.Visible = false
25        enabled = true
26    end
27end)
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This is incredibly helpful. Thanks! (Also, follow-up question: what does "len" mean on line 18?) IcyArticunoX 355 — 10y

Answered by

Senor_Chung 210

10 years ago

`1`	`timer` `=` `script.Parent:WaitForChild("Timer")`

Try that. It might not work tho...

Why does this script only work in studio?

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