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Create a tool that can increase an existing leaderboard's value?

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MexheCo 46
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

Title. I want to make a tool that, when clicked, increases an exsisting leaderboard through a script (not local). I tried to start one on my own, but It didn't work without using a local script.

For some reason, when I use a LocalScript, the two leaderboards called don't match.

Leaderboard Script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
     local leaderstats = Instance.new("Model")
     leaderstats.Name = "leaderstats"
     leaderstats.Parent = player

     local money = Instance.new("IntValue") --We create a new IntValue
     money.Name = "Cash" --this is the name you want the leader-stat to be when it shows up in-game.
     money.Value = 0 --this is the value of money the new player starts out with. To change this, you can add some more code (shown later)
     money.Parent = leaderstats -- Set the money object as a child of the leaderstats object.
 end)

Tool Script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

    local tool = script.Parent

    tool.Activated:Connect(function()
        player.leaderstats.Cash.Value = player.leaderstats.Cash.Value + 1
    end)

end)

Thanks in advance!

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Not an answer but don't use :Connect with a lowercase c cmgtotalyawesome 1418 — 5y
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Updated. MexheCo 46 — 5y

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Answered by
cmgtotalyawesome 1418 Moderation Voter
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

I'm not understanding what the PlayerAdded event is for in your tool script. A tool in the StarterPack of a player will always be placed in the backpack when a player spawns. What this means for you is that the player will be the script.Parent.Parent.Parent (assuming that the script is a child of the tool and not the handle). Knowing this, the script could look like this:

local tool = script.Parent
local player = script.Parent.Parent.Parent

tool.Activated:Connect(function()
    player.leaderstats.Cash.Value = player.leaderstats.Cash.Value + 1
end)

EDIT: it is mandatory that this script is a server script

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Thank you for this simple solution to this very stupid problem :))))) MexheCo 46 — 5y
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Answered by
yHasteeD 1819 Moderation Voter
5 years ago
Edited 5 years ago

For first, your leaderstats script do not contains any errors. In your Tool script use a Server Script and put this code:

local player_name = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Name -- Find player with ServerScript.
local player = game:GetService("Players"):FindFirstChild(player_name) -- Find the player with name.
local leaderstats = player:FindFirstChild("leaderstats") -- Find leaderstats
local cash = leaderstats:FindFirstChild("Cash") -- Currency item.
local cash_for_add = 1 -- Money for player earn
local tool = script.Parent -- Tool location

tool.Activated:Connect(function() -- On click with Mouse in tool
    if player and leaderstats and cash then
        cash.Value = cash.Value + cash_for_add -- Gives the money
    end
end)

Hope it helped :)

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