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Is there any way to get a script to return to a certain line of code? (SOLVED)

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NoahsRebels 99

5 years ago

Edited 5 years ago

I've made this script that selects a random player to be a leader for each team in my game and it works fine, although I wanted to know if that upon a player leaving the game (specifically the leader) if there was a way to start the script over but avoid waiting 10 minutes again to select a new leader. I know how to use the PlayerRemoving event, but I don't know if there's a way to return to a line of code instead of starting the script over. For Example:

1function IfLeftGerman(User)
2   if User.Name == GermanLeader.Name then
3   -- return to line of code 
4end
5 
6game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(IfLeftGerman)

This is my code right now:

01local Players = game:GetService('Players')
02local pCount = Players:GetPlayers()
03 
04while true do
05    wait(600) 
06 
07   -- Where I want the script to restart if the leader leaves
08 
09    if #pCount < 2 then
10    print("Not Enough Players To Make Leader!")
11    else
12 
13    French = game.Teams.French:GetPlayers()
14    Germans = game.Teams.Prussians:GetPlayers()
15 
16    GermanLeader = (Germans[ math.random(#Germans)])
17    FrenchLeader = (French[ math.random(#French)])
18 
19    Tag = Instance.new("NumberValue", GermanLeader.Character)
20    Tag.Name = "LeaderTag"
21    TagScript = game.ServerScriptService.Holder.TagScript:Clone()
22    TagScript.Parent = Tag
23    TagScript.Disabled = false
24 
25    Tag1 = Instance.new("NumberValue", FrenchLeader.Character)
26    Tag1.Name = "LeaderTag"
27    TagScript1 = game.ServerScriptService.Holder.TagScript:Clone()
28    TagScript1.Parent = Tag
29    TagScript1.Disabled = false
30 
31       -- PlayerRemoving event would go here
32 
33    end
34end
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I believe I could still make the script work with another method, although it'd be a lot longer and messy. I want to know if there was a simple way to return to a certain line in a script.

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Answered by

pidgey 548

5 years ago

Yes, the PlayerRemoving event would go there. When the playerremoving event fires, check if that player is the german leader. If it is, let the script know to start over. The script will know when to start over when it has finished waiting 600 seconds, OR if the german leader has left (you can just keep waiting in a while statement that checks both of these statements)

01while true do
02    if #game.Players:GetPlayers() >= 2 then --if the amount of players in this game is 2 or more
03        --pick new players
04        French = game.Teams.French:GetPlayers()
05        Germans = game.Teams.Prussians:GetPlayers()
06 
07        GermanLeader = (Germans[ math.random(#Germans)])
08        FrenchLeader = (French[ math.random(#French)])
09 
10        Tag = Instance.new("NumberValue", GermanLeader.Character)
11        Tag.Name = "LeaderTag"
12        TagScript = game.ServerScriptService.Holder.TagScript:Clone()
13        TagScript.Parent = Tag
14        TagScript.Disabled = false
15 
16        Tag1 = Instance.new("NumberValue", FrenchLeader.Character)
17        Tag1.Name = "LeaderTag"
18        TagScript1 = game.ServerScriptService.Holder.TagScript:Clone()
19        TagScript1.Parent = Tag
20        TagScript1.Disabled = false
21 
22        local left = false
23        game.Players.PlayerRemoving:Connect(function(player) --when a player left
24            if player ~= GermanLeader then --if the player that left is not the german leader, then
25                return --you shall not pass
26            end
27 
28            left = true --this player has left, let the loop know
29        end)
30 
31        local timeThis = os.time()
32        while (os.time() - timeThis) < 600 and left == false do --while this amount of seconds have passed is less than 600 and the player hasnt left yet,
33            wait() --keep waiting
34        end
35    --we are done waiting, the loop will start over now
36    end
37 
38    wait()
39end
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It worked! Thank you so much, this cut the code down about 40 lines. NoahsRebels 99 — 5y

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