Issues with player count?
My game needs at least two players to begin. My script won't continue even if I have two players in my test server.
while true do
print("this works") -- this prints over and over again even though I am using the Test feature with two players
wait(1)
contestants = {}
for _, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
local humanoid = player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")
if humanoid and humanoid.Health > 0 then
table.insert(contestants, player)
end
end
end
if #contestants >= 2 then
print("we have enough") -- this does not print
break
end
Thanks in advance :)
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3 answers
We can keep track of the quantity of Players by using a Variable and use PlayerAdded and PlayerRemoving event. I'll post any example below. I'l comment you through the script.
local TotalPlayer = 0--Variable that I created to keep track of the Number of players in the game.
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Enter)--Function Fires the PlayerAdded event everytime a player joins a game
TotalPlayer = TotalPlayer + 1--If a Player Joins the game then it adds 1 to the TotalPlayerValue
print(TotalPlayer)--Prints the TotalPlayer Value
end)
game.Players.PlayerRemoving:connect(function(Leave)-- Function fires the PlayerRemoving event everytime a player leaves the game
TotalPlayer = TotalPlayer - 1-- Everytime a Player leaves the game it subtracts 1 from TotalPlayer Value
print(TotalPlayer)-- Print the TotalPlayer Value
end)
wait(1)
if the TotalPlayer > 2 then
print(TotalPlayer.." are in the game")
--Code here
Helpful Links: PlayerAdded PlayerRemoving Variable Parameters
The problem with your code is that you are creating and filling up a table in an infinite loop. Therefore, for every time the loop runs, a new table is created, causing issues with keeping track of what values were already index in what table.
A simple fix would be to create the table contestants outside of the loop.
local players = game:GetService('Players'):GetPlayers()
local contestants = {}
while true do
for index = 1, #players do
local player = players[index].Character
if player and player.Humanoid and player.Humanoid.Health > 0 then
contestants[#contestants + 1] = players[index]
end
end
if #contestants > 2 then
break
end
end
This is basically the same as all the others, but let me script it in my way, because why not? Lol.
local contestants = {}
local req = 2 -- number of players needed
repeat wait() until game.Players >= req
for a,b in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
table.insert(contestants,b)
end
-- add your game code here.
or
local contestants = {}
local req = 2 -- number of players needed
while wait() do
if game.Players.NumPlayers >= req then
break
end
end
-- add your game code here.
There's actually a lot of ways to do this. This is just a very easy way of doing it.
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