So, I made this script that works:
local time = 120
for i = 1, 120 do
wait(1)
time = time - 1
script.Parent.Text = tostring(time)
end
But when you die, the whole clock resets. Can somebody add a line that makes it so it doesn't reset? Thanks!
Original Answer
The easiest way I can think of doing this would be to clone a GUI into every character that spawns, while keeping the time in a server script. Put this in a script that is in the workspace, and a gui in the script:
local gui = script.TextLabel -- This line assumes you have a TextLabel with the script as it's Parent, change it as you wish.
local time = 120
for i = 1, 120 do
wait(1)
time = time - 1
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:connect(function(character)
gui:Clone().Parent = player.PlayerGui
gui.Text = tostring(time)
end)
end)
You're countdown script will now count down from 120 to 0 once while putting a GUI on you're screen each time you re spawn.
Resetting and Reapplying
The best way to do this, in my opinion, would be to make the original countdown script itself a function. Then, when the function is called, it will start the countdown.
local gui = script.TextLabel -- This line assumes you have a TextLabel with the script as it's Parent, change it as you wish.
local time = 120
function countdown() -- Declared the function 'countdown'
for i = 1, 120 do
wait(1)
time = time - 1
end
game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:connect(function(character)
gui:Clone().Parent = player.PlayerGui
gui.Text = tostring(time)
if time == 0 then -- Checks if the countdown is done
gui:Destroy()
-- Add in an event you wish to happen when the countdown finishes here
wait()
time = 120 -- Resets the countdown
end
end)
end)
end
countdown() -- Now every time this is called, it will run the function
Now, you can add on anything to this script and just call the function countdown when you want the countdown to start.
Thanks !
But can this script loop? Like when its done the countdown, does it do it again?
Right now the script does not, but you could make it loop. Would you like some help with that too?
Yes
Check out my new edit, subtitled 'Resetting and Reapplying'
Put this code in the Gui
local time = tonumber(script.Parent.Text)
for i = time, 0, -1 do
wait(1)
script.Parent.Text = tostring(i)
end
And in a global script
for i = 120, 0, -1 do
game.StarterGui.CLOCK.Text = i --or whatever its called
wait(1)
end
thanks you!
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What's the purpose of this script?
the only way that you could create a global countdown would be to make this a server script and have some way that each player would receive the value from the script
Can you tell me the script golden?