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How do I fix this?

Asked by 9 years ago
function onPlayerEntered(newPlayer)
    local stat = Instance.new("BoolValue",newPlayer)
    stat.Name = "Playing"
    stat.Value = false
end

game.Players.ChildAdded:connect(onPlayerEntered)
while true do
        for _,v in pairs (game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
            for _,v in pairs (v:GetChildren()) do
                if v.Name == "Playing" then
                    if v.Value == true then
                        script.Parent.Value = script.Parent.Value + 1
                    end

                end
            end
        end
wait()
end

How do I make it so it doesn't keep adding onto the numbervalue? I know this has to do with the while true do, but is there a certain loop that i can use that doesn't repeat previous ones?

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Answered by 9 years ago

I see by your coding style, you are setting up your game to fail in the long run. As an example, I am going to provide you some code which: 1) Could improve your coding style. 2) Create a more secure game.

local PlayerManager={} do
    PlayerManager.RegisteredPlayers={};
    local Methods={};
    local Metatable={__index=Methods};

    function Methods:Destroy()
        PlayerManager.RegisteredPlayers[self.UserId]=nil;
    end;
    function Methods:IsPlaying()
        return self.Data.IsPlaying;
    end;
    function Methods:ToggleIsPlaying()
        self.Data.IsPlaying=not self.Data.IsPlaying;
        return self:IsPlaying();
    end;

    local function RegisterNewPlayer(Player)
        local Data={};
        Data.IsPlaying=false;
        Data.Score=0;
        Data.UserId=Player.userId;

        return setmetatable({Data=Data},Metatable);
    end;
    function PlayerManager:Get(Player)
        local RegisteredPlayer=self.RegisteredPlayers[Player.userId];
        if (not RegisteredPlayer) then
            RegisteredPlayer=RegisterNewPlayer(Player);
            self.RegisteredPlayers[Player.userId]=RegisteredPlayer;
        end;

        return RegisteredPlayer;
    end;
end;

local NewPlayer;
game:GetService("Players").PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    NewPlayer=PlayerManager:Get(Player);
    print("New player ".. Player.Name .." has joined the game!");

    if (GameEventIsOccuring) then -- example
        NewPlayer:ToggleIsPlaying();
    end;
end);
game:GetService("Players").PlayerRemoving:connect(function(Player)
    PlayerManager:Get(Player):Destroy();
end);

If you have any questions or concerns on what my code does, feel free to

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