local dec = game.Workspace.Stages:GetDescendants()
for a,b in pairs(dec) do
local Stage_Value = game.Workspace.Stage_Value.Value
local stage_convert = game.Workspace.Stage_Value.Value + 1
local convert = tostring(stage_convert)
b.Touched:Connect(function(hit)
if hit.Parent:FindFirstChild("Humanoid") then
if b.Name == convert then
Stage_Value = tonumber(b.Name)
end
end
end)
end
It works, but the "number value" never updates, what could I be doing wrong ?
Common mistake. You are wrongly assuming Stage_Value is a reference to the actual Value property. It is not. When you re-assign your variable the Value property will not change, only the variable, and Stage_Value will not change when the Value changes either.
References refer (or "point") to certain data.
For example, functions are passed by reference.
local fn1, fn2, fn1ref;
fn1 = function()
for i = 1, 12 do
print(i^2);
end
end
fn2 = function()
for i = 1, 12 do
print(i^2);
end
end
fn1ref = fn1;
fn1 and fn1ref have the same exact function in memory. fn2 is different from the two even if it has the same exact code. Same indentation, line count, spacing, all that (not that they mean anything too important to the syntax itself but to show the similarities).
print(fn1 == fn1ref); --> true
print(rawequal(fn1, fn1ref)); --> true
--// ^ just to show you there is no __eq metamethod
print(fn1 == fn2); --> false
print(function() end == function() end); --> false
Apart from references there is also values. For example, numbers are passed by value.
local num = 5;
local num2 = num;
num = num * 4;
print(num, num2); --> 20 5
num2 gets a "copy" of num but is not referring to num. Thus, there is different memory and when num is changed num2 does not change.
Make Stage_Value refer to the IntValue/NumberValue object itself and when you need to write to a property use Stage_Value.Value = someNumber and when you need to read something from the object use Stage_Value.Value
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6 comments
What exactly are you trying to do?
Your Touched event should be outside of the loop and the loop should be inside of the event.
I put the code in a code block.
line 4 and 5 are deprecated, they shouldn't be.
No they are not?
@habibibean They are not deprecated. Open your eyes. They're the value and adding 1 to the value.