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Is it possible for 2 different remote events to be fired at the same time?

This is what i meant:

Say you have a localscript parented under a text button which fires a remote event under a folder under ReplicatedStorage

Localscript code:

textfolder = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TextFolder")

text = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TextValue") -- This is a string value
textlabel = script .Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("TextLabel") -- the TextButton is parented under a frame and the textlabel is also parented under the frame

text1 = "Hello"
text2 = "My name is Bob"
textchange1 = false
textchange2 = false

textlabel.Text = text.Value
text.Changed:Connect(function()
	textlabel.text = text.Value
end)

script.Parent.MouseButton1Down;Connect(function()
	textfolder.TextChanger1:FireServer(text1) --TextChanger is a Remote Event
	textchange1 = true
end)

script.Parent.MouseButton1Down;Connect(function()
	if textchange1 == true then
		textfolder.TextChanger2.FireServer(text2)
		textchange2 = true
	end
end)

and then you have a script inside serverscriptservice

script code:

textfolder = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TextFolder")

text = game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TextValue")

local function textchange1(player,text1)
	game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TextValue").Value = text1
end

local function textchange2(player,text2)
	game.ReplicatedStorage:WaitForChild("TextValue").Value = text2
end

textfolder.TextChanger1.OnServerEvent:Connect(textchange1)

textfolder.TextChanger2.OnServerEvent:Connect(textchange2)


Now when i click the textbutton the first time, textvalue's value changed, but when i click it the 2nd time, it doesn't.

Is it possible the 2nd remote event (which is supposed to change the value for the 2nd time) TextChanger2, gets fired at the same time TextChanger1 gets fired? (when i press the textbutton)

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✓ Accepted answer

You're using two MouseButton1Down listeners; both are called with every click. You need to conditionally handle it in a single listener.

script.Parent.MouseButton1Down;Connect(function()

	if not textchange1 == true then

		textfolder.TextChanger1:FireServer(text1) --TextChanger is a Remote Event

		textchange1 = true
	else
	 	textfolder.TextChanger2.FireServer(text2)

		textchange2 = true
	end
end)

Edit:

To expand on that; the reason why both were firing is because the first MouseButton1Down listener fired TextChanger1 regardless of textchange1 or textchange2. Because the second listener did conditionally fire it's event; it wouldn't have happened the first click.

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Thank you!

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