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Why does this event only listen once?
I'm having a lot of trouble with a script in my game:
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
wait(1)
game.ReplicatedStorage.UpdateStatus:FireAllClients()
player.Character.Humanoid.Died:connect(function()
print("HUMANOID DIED")
local playerNum
for i, plr in pairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr == player.Name then
playerNum = i
print(player.Name .. "leaving game.")
end
end
table.remove(playersPlaying, playerNum)
print(player.Name .. "leaving game.")
end)
end)
Can someone explain to me why the .Died event only seems to run once? To my knowledge, it should run like this: player joins, event's connected. Whenever the player dies from that point on, the code will run. Is this not the case? If so, can someone explain why? Help is much appreciated.
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I think it has to do with static variables.
Basically, the character can change. Once it dies, it re-spawns a new Character. This might be the reason this is happening.
How can I fix this?
Use a CharacterAdded event. Like so,
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
plr.CharacterAdded:connect(function(char)
wait(1)--I would also maybe remove this
game.ReplicatedStorage.UpdateStatus:FireAllClients()
char.Humanoid.Died:connect(function()
print("HUMANOID DIED")
local playerNum
for i, plr in pairs(players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr == player.Name then
playerNum = i
print(player.Name .. "leaving game.")
end
end
table.remove(playersPlaying, playerNum)
print(player.Name .. "leaving game.")
end)
end)
end)
The Character Added Event Fires Everytime the player's character Respawns, providing a variable of the character.
I hope I helped.
Good Luck!