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Death Screen GUI not showing up on death?

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So, when my guy dies, I want there to be a screen that says "you died". I tried making this, and it wouldn't work. Here is my code, with a lot of notes.

game:GetService('Players').PlayerAdded:connect(function(player) --getting service
	player.CharacterAdded:connect(function(character)
		character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:connect(function() -- checks for death
			print(player.Name .. " has died!")
			local f = script.Parent.Parent --variable
			local txt = script.Parent --variable
			f.BackgroundTransparency = 1
			txt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
			txt.TextTransparency = 1
			local i = 0 --variable
			while wait(0.01) do --fade effect start
				f.BackgroundTransparency = f.BackgroundTransparency - 0.01 --lose transparency
				txt.BackgroundTransparency = txt.BackgroundTransparency - 0.01 --lose transparency
				txt.TextTransparency = txt.TextTransparency - 0.01 --lose transparency
				
				if txt.BackgroundTransparency == 0.8 then --if at wanted position then
				f.BackgroundTransparency = 0
				txt.TextTransparency = 0
				i = "stop"
				break --ends the script
				
				end
				--if not at wanted position, then retry
			end
			
		end)
	end)
end)

	while wait() do --check if death screen should end
		if i == "stop" then
			wait(5)
			i = 0
			local f = script.Parent.Parent -- renaming variable
			local txt = script.Parent -- renaming variable
			txt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
			f.BackgroundTransparency = 1
			txt.TextTransparency = 1
		end
	end

So, that's basically my code. When I check the output, there are no errors. Please help me out!

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  1. Please note that WHILE LOOPS RUN UNDER A CONDITION. And, your making a check to break it! 2) It is better to use a for loop, as it is easier for your computer doing 0 checks than 10 checks.
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Before I start: If you're doing any sort of interpolation, you will need to learn about TweenService. Read up on it here, as it's what I used to retrofit your code.

What happens in this code is, just like you had it, a function is connected to a player dying. However, I replaced of all the complex fading you were attempting with, again, TweenService. (Have I mentioned you should learn it? ;) ). One section, the top, is for fading everything in. The lower section is for fading it out after a little bit. It's all simple once you learn how to do it. Also, a tip about comments: Don't just label what somthing is, label what it does. Doing that with your comments will help you in the long run. Good luck!

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer --Player that is owner of the localScript
local tweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local f = script.Parent.Parent --variable
local txt = script.Parent --variable
--Initialize Transperencys--
f.BackgroundTransparency = 1
txt.BackgroundTransparency = 1
txt.TextTransparency = 1

--Changeable Variables--
local timeForFade = 1 --How long it takes for fade in and out
local wantedTransparencyOnDeath = 0 --Transparency of the GUI on death
local normalTransparency = 1 --Transparency normally
local timeBeforeGuiFadesAgain = 5 --Delay before fading out
function IDied()
	print(player.Name .. " has died!")
	local quadTweenInfo =  TweenInfo.new(timeForFade, Enum.EasingStyle.Quad, Enum.EasingDirection.Out)

	local goal = {}
	goal.BackgroundTransparency = wantedTransparencyOnDeath
	tweenService:Create(f, quadTweenInfo, goal):Play()
	tweenService:Create(txt, quadTweenInfo, goal):Play()

	goal = nil
	local goal = {}
	goal.TextTransparency = wantedTransparencyOnDeath
	tweenService:Create(txt, quadTweenInfo, goal):Play()
	
	wait(timeBeforeGuiFadesAgain)
				
	local goal = {}
	goal.BackgroundTransparency = normalTransparency
	tweenService:Create(f, quadTweenInfo, goal):Play()
	tweenService:Create(txt, quadTweenInfo, goal):Play()
	
	goal = nil
	local goal = {}
	goal.TextTransparency = normalTransparency
	tweenService:Create(txt, quadTweenInfo, goal):Play()
end
player.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:connect(IDied)

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