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How to use PlayerAdded event?

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Hello. I have this sort of intro script. It fixes the camera and rotates it, with a GUI and TextButtons.

Anyway, I want this script to only run once, when the player first joins. Currently, it runs when the player joins AND when the player respawns.

It doesn't need to use PlayerAdded. I just thought that'd be the best way to do it. I've already attempted it with no results.

local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera 
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local plr = Players.LocalPlayer
local camPart = game.Workspace.camPart
local playClicked = false

repeat wait() until plr.Character
camPart.Transparency = 1 
camera.CameraType = "Scriptable"
camera.CFrame = game.Workspace.camPart.CFrame

-- I spawn this function so the while loop can execute while the rest of the code does as well.
spawn(function()
    while true do
        if playClicked then break end
        camera.CFrame = camera.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0,0.005,0)
        wait()
    end
end)

-- Takes control from the player and enables the GUI.
script.Parent.Enabled = true
plr.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 0
plr.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0

-- We need to de-activate the GUI, restore default camera, break the while loop, and restore player controls.
script.Parent.play.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	script.Parent.Enabled = false
	camera.CameraType = "Custom"
	playClicked = true
	plr.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 50
	plr.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 16

end)
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3 comments

0

Where is this script located? SPS, StarterGui etc?

Anonymous#
0

It's a LocalScript inside of a ScreenGUI.

Anonymous#
0

Okay so, if you only want it to run once, you can either handle this from StarterPlayerScripts, or you can disable the ResetOnSpawn property of your ScreenGui provided it doesn't break it. I always handle my UI from StarterPlayerScripts.

Anonymous#

2 answers

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before I start, I'm going to make the assumption that this is a localscript in the player and not the player's charcter

Basic explanation

The playeradded event fires when a player joins the game, in other words, when the player object is created. It is particularly useful for creating leaderstats, overhead guis, and chat tags. Ex:

game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	local ls = Instance.new("Folder")
	ls.Name = "leaderstats"
	local coins = Instance.new("IntValue")
	coins.Name = "Coins"
	coins.Value = 2
end)

Local scripts

The player added event is effectively useless in local script because a local script is cloned into the player object from starter gui, starter pack,and starter player scripts. To clone the script into the player object, the player object has to exist first, and the playeradded event fires when a player object is created which is before the local script is cloned into the player.

So something like this will never fire: 

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	print("hi"..plr.Name)
end)

alternatively, if you do this, it will

game.Players.LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
	print("hey")
end)

(assuming it isnt in the character, if it is, then it doesn't work)

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So is there any way to make my script work only when the player joins, and not when they respawn?

Anonymous#
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Because CharacterAdded fires every time they respawn.

Anonymous#

Once you use playerAdded, you can also use CharacterAdded since the game recognizes this event being fired once. Hint, when the character is finally added.

local camera = game.Workspace.CurrentCamera 
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local plr = Players.LocalPlayer
local camPart = game.Workspace.camPart
local playClicked = false

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(funtion(Char)
		camPart.Transparency = 1 
		camera.CameraType = "Scriptable"
		camera.CFrame = game.Workspace.camPart.CFrame
		script.Parent.Enabled = true
		plr.Character.Humanoid.JumpPower = 0
		plr.Character.Humanoid.WalkSpeed = 0
		while true do
			if playClicked then break end
			camera.CFrame = camera.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(0,0.005,0)
        		wait()
		end
	end)
end)
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PlayerAdded doesn't catch LocalPlayer's add.

Anonymous#

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