I am working on a game and I don't need help with any script specifically but I was hoping to get help on an issue I have encountered. I have a script that runs to close certain parts of the map, and has a lot of waits and random sequences. This works fine when I run it, but I want there to be the option for someone to win the game (by being the last one alive) even if the zone isn't fully finished running yet. I also need the zone to start at a point in the main script that will have the player win. I don't have the winner code written yet because I don't know how to incorporate it with the rest of the loop. I hope this is specific enough I know I put quite a bit into this but maybe someone can help :).
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Is there any way to have two scripts running and interact with each other at the same time?
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BindableEvents.
Let's say we have Script A and Script B, both loaded in completely different places in the gamespace.
First, we'll put a BindableEvent in ReplicatedStorage. This is how the two scripts will interact.
Script A looks like this:
while wait(1) do
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Events.GiveANumber:Fire(math.random(1,5))
end
and Script B looks like this:
game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Events.GiveANumber.Event:Connect(function(arg)
print("Wow, Script A just gave me a "..arg.."! Thanks, Script A!")
end)
If we run this, Script A will send a random number between 1 and 5 to the BindableEvent, which will deliver the number to Script B which will output it.
EDIT: If you want to communicate between the server and client or vice-versa, use RemoteEvents. BindableEvents will not work in this situation.
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How does bindableevents differ from remoteevents and remote functions?
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Remoteevents and remote functions are for Client <-> Server communication, while bindableevents are just server to server
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Yes, use BindableEvents.