Scripting Helpers is winding down operations and is now read-only. More info→

How can I send a value through filteringEnabled when a player isn't called?

Asked by

5 years ago

I'm making a script which will allow players to see the name of a song playing from a song ID. The song would be playing from the server inside speakers all around the build. I'm trying to get this information from the server to each player but I don't have a player argument to send through filteringEnabled because all that this script is meant to do is shuffle through a playlist and send a song ID to speakers, a Player is not being called. How can I make this work?

Server Side


soundsource = game.Workspace.Speakers:FindFirstChild("SpeakerSource").SoundSource
speaker = script.Parent
playlist = script.Parent.PlaylistTest:GetChildren()
shuffle = math.random(1,#playlist)
ID = playlist[shuffle].Value
SongID = speaker.Value

    soundsource.Ended:connect(function()

        wait(2)
        repeat wait(.001)
            if speaker.Value == ID then
                shuffle = math.random(1,#playlist)

                ID = playlist[shuffle].Value

            end
        until
            speaker.Value ~= ID

        speaker.Value = ID
        print("Selected Song")
        SongID = speaker.Value
        game.ReplicatedStorage.GSI:FireClient(SongID)
    end)

Client Side


remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("GSI")
SongName = script.Parent.Text


remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(songID)
    local asset = game:GetService("MarketplaceService"):GetProductInfo(songID)
    SongName = "Song Playing: "..asset.Name
end)

1 answer

Answered by

User#19524 175

5 years ago

Lines 2 and like 7 of your `LocalScript` won't work. You’re just assigning `SongName` to the current `Text` of `script.Parent`, and line 7 does not change the text. You’re just reassigning `SongName`. To fix this:

local SongName = script.Parent

SongName.Text = "TEXT HERE"

That will work.

To answer your question, if you don’t want to get the player and still fire the remote, you can use `FireAllClients`, to fire to all of the clients. Else, you need to get the player.

-- Line 24

game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").GSI:FireAllClients(SongID)

Thanks! I never heard of FireAllClients until now, incredibly useful. BronzedMocha 60 — 5y

How can I send a value through filteringEnabled when a player isn't called?

1 answer

Lines 2 and like 7 of your LocalScript won't work. You’re just assigning SongName to the current Text of script.Parent, and line 7 does not change the text. You’re just reassigning SongName. To fix this:

That will work.

To answer your question, if you don’t want to get the player and still fire the remote, you can use FireAllClients, to fire to all of the clients. Else, you need to get the player.

Answer this question

Lines 2 and like 7 of your `LocalScript` won't work. You’re just assigning `SongName` to the current `Text` of `script.Parent`, and line 7 does not change the text. You’re just reassigning `SongName`. To fix this:

To answer your question, if you don’t want to get the player and still fire the remote, you can use `FireAllClients`, to fire to all of the clients. Else, you need to get the player.