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Ifs and Loops?

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I'm trying to make a SurfaceGUI with a GUI, which are linked, you press a button in the gui which changes a value, That works.

What I'm trying to do now is have the surface gui display one of two phases. Custom Messages, or looped messages.

local nextMsg = 20

local titles = { --Titles
    "Need Help?";
    "REMEMBER:";
    "REMEMBER:";
}
local title = script.Parent.Title
local cont = script.Parent.Content
local content = { --The content
    "Use the 911 callbox to get help!";
    "Stick to the speed limit! People are trying not to get hurt!";
    "Trespassing is a crime! Trespassing on other's properties will get you arrested!";
}
math.randomseed(os.time())
local emergency = workspace.CMessages.Value
while wait()  do 
	if emergency == false then
	   	for i, r in ipairs(titles) do
	        title.Text = titles[i];
	        cont.Text = content[i];
	        wait(nextMsg)
	    end
	elseif emergency == true then
		title.Text = "Park Emergency"
		cont.Text = game.Workspace.CMessages.EMessage.Value
	end
end

The question for those who don't understand

How do I get this to work, because when I change the value to true, it changes, but when I change it to false, it doesn't go back to the looping. Why?

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2 comments

0

So, what exactly do you need help with? Your question is kind of confusing.

Anonymous#
0

Don't use elseif for that! USE ELSE!

Anonymous#

1 answer

✓ Accepted answer

##Problem

Your emergency variable was being set outside of the while loop. While the while loop was running, the value could never be changed.

##Solution

I have modified the script to use the .Changed event since it is a more efficient way of checking if a value has changed rather than a while loop. Every time the Changed event is fired the script will provide the bool value. The script will go through the if statement and will make the necessary changes. I removed the math.randomseed() function since you never used math.random() in your script.

##Final Script

local nextMsg = 20

local titles = { --Titles
    "Need Help?";
    "REMEMBER:";
    "REMEMBER:";
}
local title = script.Parent.Title
local cont = script.Parent.Content
local content = { --The content
    "Use the 911 callbox to get help!";
    "Stick to the speed limit! People are trying not to get hurt!";
    "Trespassing is a crime! Trespassing on other's properties will get you arrested!";
}

workspace.CMessages.Changed:connect(function(emergency)
    if emergency then
        title.Text = "Park Emergency"
        cont.Text = game.Workspace.CMessages.EMessage.Value
    else
        for i,r in ipairs(titles) do
            title.Text = titles[i]
            cont.Text = content[i]
            wait(nextMsg)
        end
    end
end)

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