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Cloning, GUI's, Text Editing help?

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So, the script doesn't do the function nor does it clone the GUI into the player. Any help would be appreciated.

What it's meant to do -Clone a billboard GUI above the player's head. -Player's name here, random injury here.

local names = {
	Common = {
		"Chest Pain";
		"Abdominal Pain";
		"Broken Leg";
		"Broken Arm";
		"Headache";
	};
	eh = {
		"Toothache";
	};
	Rare = {
		"Foreign Object";
	};
}

local common,eh,rare = .6,.9,1
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr)
	plr.NameDisplayDistance = 0
	plr.CharacterAdded:connect(function(chr)
	local random = math.random()
	local gui = script.BillboardGui:Clone()
	if random >= 0 and random <= common then
		gui.TextLabel.Text = names.Common[math.random(1,plr.name, #names.Common)]
	elseif random >= common and random <= eh then
		gui.TextLabel.Text = names.eh[math.random(1,plr.name, #names.eh)]
    elseif random >= eh and random <= rare then
		gui.TextLabel.Text = names.Rare[math.random(1,plr.name, #names.Rare)]
	end
		gui.Parent = chr
		gui.Adornee = chr:WaitForChild("Head")
	end)
end)
Anonymous

2 comments

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Might help if you move the Adornee line and the gui.Parent line to where it clones.

Anonymous#
0

@Thundermaker300 Now says "Label"

Anonymous#

1 answer

✓ Accepted answer

I made your random injury picker clearer, and the script should be cleaner because of it. I also think it will help if you Parent the BillBoardGui to the PlayerCharacter's Head, after you set the adornee. Let me know if this helped!

local function sum(tab)
	local sum = 0
		for _, value in pairs(tab) do
			sum = sum + value
		end
	return sum
end

local function overflow(tab, seed)
	for i, value in ipairs(tab) do
		if seed - value <= 0 then
			return i, seed
		end
		seed = seed - value
	end
end

local InjuryRarity	= {3,3,3,3,3,2,1} -- Frequency relative to eachother
local Injuries		= {"Chest Pain", "Abdominal Pain", "Broken Leg", "Broken Arm", "Headache", "Toothache", "Foreign Object"}

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr)
	plr.NameDisplayDistance = 0
	plr.CharacterAdded:connect(function(Character)
		-- Get random injury
		local seed			= math.random(1, sum(InjuryRarity))
		local chosenKey		= overflow(InjuryRarity, seed)

		local gui = script.BillboardGui:Clone()
		gui.TextLabel.Text = Injuries[chosenKey]
		gui.Adornee = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
		gui.Parent = Character:WaitForChild("Head")
	end)
end)
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