hi. i'm a beginner scripter and i need help.
building a streetlight automatic system thing. turn off day and turn on night. can someone help me fix it? it isn't working?
if game.Lighting.ClockTime == "6" then
script.Parent.Enabled = false
elseif game.Lighting.ClockTime == "18" then
script.Parent.Enabled = true
end
any help would be helpful. tysm y'all
So, for starters, write more "clean" script.
Anyway, as some people pointed out in the comments, the script does not loop. Next is the fact that we have to assume that the script is in the light. If it is not, this explains why (you used script.Parent.Enabled = true). If it is, I would move it into the part the light is parented by.
The script I would try would be something along the lines of...
local Light = script.Parent.Light --[[light's name here, for now I'll just use "Light"--]]
local Lighting = game.Lighting
Lighting:GetPropertyChangedSignal("ClockTime"):Connect(function()
local time = Lighting.ClockTime
if time == 6 then
Light.Enabled = false
elseif time == 18 then
Light.Enabled = true
end
end)
Also: Just noticed this, but you don't need quotes with numbers. You only need quotes for anything (starting) with non-number characters (with exceptions for certin things like true) like "world856" and "what in the world" compared with 84FallingTree or 7
WITW tysm for helping, now i understand ee
doesn't work.
dude doesnt work
he probably meant Lighting:GetPropertyChangedSignal("ClockTime")
I also typed this in ScriptingHelpers, so I might have some errors. Typo-proof as needed.
--- I attempted to fix some of my simple errors (I haven't scripted in months) ---
worked, thanks!
np
while true do
wait()
if game.Lighting.ClockTime == "6" then
script.Parent.Enabled = false
elseif game.Lighting.ClockTime == "18" then
script.Parent.Enabled = true
end
end
causes too much lag
tried this lmao
you dont need the quotation marks, it is a value not a string. also, try putting the wait after the if statement to reduce the lag.
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it only runs once
maybe wrap it in a GetPropertyChangedSignal event