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Random player picker works when there's only one player, but errors when there's multiple?
I'm trying to make a round system that'll randomly pick a player for a role, it does work when there is only one player, but fails when there are multiple players.
Snippet:
1 | local RandomPlayer = game.Players:GetChildren()[math.random(1,#game.Players:GetPlayers())] |
2 | if RandomPlayer.Team.Name == "Lobby" then |
3 | RandomPlayer.TeamColor = BrickColor.new("Lapis") |
4 | RandomPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid").JumpPower = 0 |
5 | workspace.OfficeChair.Seat:Sit(RandomPlayer.Character:WaitForChild("Humanoid")) |
6 | game.ReplicatedStorage.NightGuardLocal:FireClient(RandomPlayer) |
7 | end |
Output:
1 | 21:59:41.895 - ServerScriptService.Script:18: bad argument #2 to 'random' (interval is empty) |
2 | 21:59:41.907 - Stack Begin |
3 | 21:59:41.908 - Script 'ServerScriptService.Script', Line 18 |
4 | 21:59:41.908 - Stack End |
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if your trying to make a script that picks a random player I wouldn't do it using remove functions? I would do it in the main game loop if you're doing a mini game or mini game mechanics. What you would want to do is something more like this :
1 | local PlayerTable = {} |
2 |
3 | for i,player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do |
4 | table.insert(PlayerTable,player.Name) |
5 | end |
6 |
7 | local RandomPlayer = game.Players:FindFirstChild(PlayerTable[math.random(1,#PlayerTable)]) |
What this dose is it will get all the players in the game and put them in a table. Then it will get one random player using > math.random(1,#PlayerTable)]
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I hope this helped :) EthanFins 104 — 5y
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Not sure if I wasn't waiting long enough, or if this just fixed the issue. (I was waiting 1 second), but either way thanks for the help! CaptainAlien132 225 — 5y