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Randomly Choosing Two Players From a Table? [Gamescript timeout]

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LukeGabrieI 73
5 years ago

Sorry for reposting another question, how would I go upon selecting two random players from a table? I'd find that for my game, it'd be more efficient than choosing two players from a team, since I'd only be changing their teams from one to another. (Might not make sense, but just know I'd be using a lot of teams if I did the other method)

local teams = game:GetService("Teams")
local matchmaking = teams:WaitForChild("Matchmaking")

local round1 = matchmaking:WaitForChild("Round 1")
local round2 = matchmaking:WaitForChild("Round 2")
local round3 = matchmaking:WaitForChild("Round 3")

local PlayingTable = {}

for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
    if v.Character then
        table.insert(PlayingTable, v.Name)
        local Players = game.Players:GetPlayers()
        local Chosen1 = PlayingTable[math.random(1, #PlayingTable)]
        local Chosen2 = PlayingTable[math.random(1, #PlayingTable)]
        repeat Chosen2 = PlayingTable[math.random(1, #PlayingTable)] until Chosen2 ~= Chosen1 --I'm getting a Gamescript timeout here
        print(Chosen1)
        print(Chosen2)
    end
end

Thanks,

LukeGabrieI

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Answered by
awesomeipod 607 Moderation Voter
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago
 
local PlayingTable = {}

local pair1 = {}
local pair2 = {}

function getPair(table)
    if #PlayingTable >= 1 then 
        --inactive variables--
        local p1 = nil
        local p2 = nil

        --loop to get two different numbers--
        repeat wait()
            p1 = math.random(1, #PlayingTable)
            p2 = math.random(1, #PlayingTable)
        until p1 ~= p2

        --add players to pair1 table--
        table.insert(table, PlayingTable[p1])
        table.insert(table, PlayingTable[p2])

        --remove chosen players from playing table--
        --(to make sure if you fire getPair again it won't chose players from a pair table)
        table.remove(PlayingTable, PlayingTable[p1])
        table.remove(PlayingTable, PlayingTable[p2])

        --print names--
        if #table == 2 then 
            print(table[1].Name .. " vs " .. table[2].Name)
        end
    end
end

function cleanPair(table)
    if #table >= 1 then 
        for i = 1, #table do 
            table.remove(table, table[1])
            table.remove(table, table[2])
        end
    end
end

function choosePairs()
    getPair(pair1)
    getPair(pair2)
end

function cleanPairs() -- fire this function when the game ends
    cleanPair(pair1)
    cleanPair(pair2)
end

--fire function
choosePairs()
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