How do I change the text of a TextLabel in without using a local script?
I am trying to make text appear depending on different scenarios, but I can't get the text to change. I looked this problem up and found that it only works in local scripts, but I cannot make this script local because it is in ServerScriptService. How can I get this to work if it can't be a local script?
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Here is the code:
local oldMessage = ""
local minPlayers = 1
local Label = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.GameMessageLabel
function teleportPlayers()
local TeleportTarget = ""
local target = CFrame.new(workspace.StartP1.Position)
print("trying to teleport players")
for i, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
TeleportTarget = (string.format("StartP%s", i))
target = CFrame.new(workspace[TeleportTarget].Position)
player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = target + Vector3.new(0, i * 5, 0)
player.Playing.Value = 1
--add an offset of 5 for each character
end
end
function message(message)
if oldMessage ~= message then
oldMessage = message
print(message)
end
end
function playersCurrentlyPlaying()
for i, player in ipairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
if player.Playing.Value == 1 then return true end
end
return false
end
game:GetService('Players').PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Died:Connect(function()
player.Playing.Value = 0
end)
end)
local playing = Instance.new("IntValue", player)
playing.Value = 0
playing.Name = "Playing"
end)
while(true) do
wait(10)
if #game.Players:getPlayers() >= minPlayers then
if playersCurrentlyPlaying() then
Label.Text = "Waiting for an available arena..."
else
Label.Text = "There are enough players for a new game! Teleporting..."
wait(3)
Label.Text = "Does this work?"
wait(4)
teleportPlayers()
end
else
Label.Text = "Waiting for more players..."
end
end
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2 answers
As said in the Comments, One way to do this would be through Remote Events, so you'd need to change this section:
while(true) do
wait(10)
if #game.Players:GetPlayers() >= minPlayers then
if playersCurrentlyPlaying() then
Label.Text = "Waiting for an available arena..."
else
Label.Text = "There are enough players for a new game! Teleporting..."
wait(3)
Label.Text = "Does this work?"
wait(4)
teleportPlayers()
end
else
Label.Text = "Waiting for more players..."
end
end
to
Server Script
local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent
while true do
wait(10)
if #game.Players:GetPlayers() >= minPlayers then
if playersCurrentlyPlaying() then
local text = "Waiting for an available arena..."
remote:FireAllClients(text)
else
local text = "There are enough players for a new game! Teleporting..."
remote:FireAllClients(text)
wait(3)
text = "Does this work?"
remote:FireAllClients(text)
wait(4)
teleportPlayers()
end
else
local text = "Waiting for more players..."
remote:FireAllClients(text)
end
end
Local Script
local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent
remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(text)
script.Parent.Text = text
end)
Where the script.Parent in the LocalScript is the TextLabel
However, as far as your problem in-game, if you are trying to define "Label" as
local Label = game.StarterGui.ScreenGui.GameMessageLabel
You are using the StarterGui, which will not be visible to the player. Guis that the player can see are located in the PlayerGui inside the Player found in game.Players. With this is in mind, if you test a server, you will find that the PlayerGui is on both the server and the client, however, the player will only see a gui on the Client.
Thus, if you used this to get the gui on the server:
local Label = ""
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local gui = Instance.new("ScreenGui", player.PlayerGui)
local label = Instance.new("TextLabel", gui)
label.Name = "GameMessageLabel"
Label = player.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.GameMessageLabel
end)
The Gui would be manually input, but be invisible to the player.
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You could have that script change a value ,and then have a local script detect if that value has been changed