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How to create a countdown?

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excellentAnarchy 50
9 years ago

Screen Gui> - Holds all below in it.

  1. TextButton>Script - Script changes Value in TextButton named "Time" (NumberValue). - works
  2. Time(NumberValue) - Used by above for wait(Time)
  3. Count(NumberValue)>Script - Script changes Value of Count to Value of Time and Counts it down by doing -1 every 1 second (wait(1)) - doesn't work
  4. Countdown(TextLabel) - Text of it should show Count(NumberValue), a countdown - doesn't work.

Script for 3.Count (not working):

local IntermissionTime = script.Parent.Parent.Time

function Intermission()
    for i = IntermissionTime.Value, 0, -1 do
        script.Parent.Value = i
    end
end

Script for 4.Countdown (not working):

while true do wait(0.4)
if script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Visible == true then
    local sec = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.TextButton.Count
script.Parent.Text = ""..sec.Value.."s"

else print'no'
    end
end

Is there anyone who could help me with this? I can provide you with a model for this, so it's a lot easier to fix... I would really appreciate your time.

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Answered by
0xDEADC0DE 310 Moderation Voter
9 years ago

Your first script didn't work because you didn't call the function, and you had no waits.

local intermissionTime = script.Parent.Parent.Time

function intermission()
    for secLeft = intermissionTime.Value, 0, -1 do
        script.Parent.Value = secLeft
        wait(1)
    end
end

intermission() --calls the function

And for your second script...

while wait() do
    if script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Visible then
        local sec = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.Parent.TextButton.Count
        script.Parent.Text = sec.Value.."s"
    else
        print("no")
    end
end

Those should work. If they don't, PM me on ROBLOX.

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Answered by
EzraNehemiah_TF2 3552 Moderation Voter Community Moderator
9 years ago

Like what AbstractMadness said, there is no wait. The problem is, he changed the Value not the text. With some editing, I made the script work! Also, all I edited was the text.

local intermissionTime = script.Parent.Parent.Time

for secLeft = intermissionTime.Value, 0, -1 do
        script.Parent.Text = secLeft.." seconds left!"
        wait(1)
    end
end

Hope this helps!

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