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On update functions, or a better way of detecting updates?

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UnityAlex 36
9 years ago

Hello! I am trying to make a script, in the player's starter gui, which detects their kills, and adds it to their team's score. I need to make sure this only happens when their kills change, because if I don't, it will constantly add to the team's score.

while true do
    wait()
    kos = script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Value
    wait(1)
    if script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Value ~= kos then
        teamc = script.Parent.Parent.TeamColor
        if teamc == BrickColor.new("Bright blue") then
            print("blue")
            game.Teams.Blue.Score = game.Teams.Blue.Score +             script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Value
    elseif teamc == BrickColor.new("Bright red") then
        print("red")
        game.Teams.Red.Score = game.Teams.Red.Score + script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Value
    elseif teamc == BrickColor.new("Bright green") then
        print("green")
        game.Teams.Green.Score = game.Teams.Green.Score + script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Value
    elseif teamc == BrickColor.new("Bright yellow") then
        print("yellow")
        game.Teams.Yellow.Score = game.Teams.Yellow.Score + script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Value
    end
    end
end

This is what I have, and it doesn't work. The problem seems to be that the KOs value is always equal to their stat, but I want it to be equal to their stat at that time, so I can test their most recent stat to see if it has changed. Thanks in advance :)

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Great, can we see your attempt at using the changed event? This is not a request site. M39a9am3R 3210 — 9y
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I showed you... I am using it, then testing their team color and updating that team's score. This is not a request UnityAlex 36 — 9y
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Well you gave us no indication what went wrong with your script, and what it sounds like you want us to set up a Changed event function for you. M39a9am3R 3210 — 9y
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Fine, I'll edit the question. UnityAlex 36 — 9y

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Answered by
darkelementallord 686 Moderation Voter
9 years ago

Used the Changed event on the instance value:

script.Parent.Parent.leaderstats.KOs.Changed:connect(function()
    -- Do stuff
end)

Or, alternatively, you could use a serverside script and just manually record each kill.

ResetEvent = function(Humanoid)
    Humanoid.Died:connect(function()
        if Humanoid:FindFirstChild("creator") then
            --Killer = Humanoid.creator.Value
        end
    end)
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(Player)
    repeat wait() until Player.Character

    local Humanoid = Player.Character:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")

    ResetEvent(Humanoid)

    Player.CharacterAdded:connect(function(Character)
        ResetEvent(Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid"))
    end)

end)

This might work... And of course depends on what you're using to detect kills in the first place...

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