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Explanation of :wait?

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iluvmaths1123 198
9 years ago

What does :wait mean instead of wait()?

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TheeDeathCaster 2368 Moderation Voter Community Moderator
9 years ago

To me, I think it ':wait()'s until something loaded, or waits until going on, I have seen this tested before with the CharacterAdded event, and it waited a few before going on, here is an example (Randomly made, sorry if example didn't help);

game.Players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr) --Wheres our wait?
plr.CharacterAdded:wait() --Heres our wait!
print(plr.Character) --Prints the Player's Name
end) --The end for the PlayerAdded event

And as you'll see, it'll wait then print the Player's Character. Hope this helped!

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Thanks dude! iluvmaths1123 198 — 9y
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No problem! :) TheeDeathCaster 2368 — 9y
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Congrats on getting 100 reputation! ;) iluvmaths1123 198 — 9y
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Thanks. Been working very hard on my coding for a long time now, I started out as a -8, but now I worked to a 100+, all that hard work paid off. :) TheeDeathCaster 2368 — 9y
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acecateer 130
9 years ago

Here are some examples of using :wait() just so you get the idea.

game.Players.Player.CharacterAdded:wait()

repeat until script.Parent.ChildAdded:wait().Name == "Child"

repeat until game.Players.Player.Changed:wait() == "TeamColor"
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No, ':wait()' is also used. :P TheeDeathCaster 2368 — 9y
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He means the :wait() method. kevinnight45 550 — 9y
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Yeah, that's what I mean. acecateer 130 — 9y
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Ohhh I see what you mean. You can do 'game.Players.Player.CharacterAdded:wait()' and it would wait for the character to respawn. I thought you meant just 'wait()' acecateer 130 — 9y
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Sorry for whoever got mad enough to dislike my answer just because I misunderstood the question and fixed it. Jeez. acecateer 130 — 9y

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