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Detecting when the local player has died?
I'm attempting to make a GUI that displays the amount of lives the player has. Each time they die they are supposed to lose a life. I placed into the Workspace a local script with the following code.
1 | local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer |
2 | G_lives = 3; |
3 |
4 | if (player.health == 0) then |
5 | G_lives = G_lives - 1 |
6 | print(G_lives) |
7 | end |
I'm getting no output from this though, and I'm not exactly sure why. Could anyone explain the flaw in my code?
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The health isnt in the player, its in the Character or the Character's humanoid. This means you have to go player.Character.Humanoid.Health or player.Character.Health Gavinboy3000 98 — 6y
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You can’t get the health from the Player object. You get it from the Humanoid.
1 | local plr = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer |
2 | local char = plr.Character or plr.CharacterAdded:Wait() |
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4 | char.Humanoid.HealthChanged:Connect(function(newHealth) |
5 | print("The new health of the humanoid is:", newHealth) |
6 | end) |
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i was gonna answer before u but my internet went out Gavinboy3000 98 — 6y
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I changed my code as shown below, any ideas why it still won't work for me? GarryGecko99 30 — 6y
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The health isnt in the player, its in the Character or the Character's humanoid. This means you have to go player.Character.Humanoid.Health or player.Character.Health
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So I changed it so it's using the Humanoid to detect if the health is 0, but it's still not working. I have the code in a local script under Workspace. Any ideas why it's still not picking anything up? GarryGecko99 30 — 6y
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I changed my code to this:
1 | local player = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer |
2 | local char = player.Character or player.CharacterAdded:Wait() |
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4 | if (char.Humanoid.Health == 0) then |
5 | G_lives = G_lives - 1 |
6 | print(G_lives) |
7 | end |
I'm still not getting any output though. Did I misuse the information you guys gave me, or is it possibly because I have the localscript under workspace and it should be somewhere else?
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You shouldn’t wrap your if statement in brackets like you did on line 4. Remove them. Your LocalScript should be under StarterGui, StarterPack, or StarterPlayerScripts. User#19524 175 — 6y
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You should put your if statement inside a HealthChanged event like I did. User#19524 175 — 6y