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Minigame script gone wrong, what should I do?

Asked by 9 years ago

So I created a script for some minigames from a tutorial I watched. I decided to be original, so I also added a ScreenGui for the announcements. Originally, the script looked like this,

minigames = game.Lighting.Minigames:GetChildren()
h = Instance.new("Hint")
while true do
    if game.Players.NumPlayers > 1 then
        h.Text = "Deciding What Game To Play..."
        wait(3)
        rangame = math.random(1, #minigames)
        gamechosen = minigames [rangame]
        h.Text = "Game Chosen!"
        wait(2)
        h.Text = "We Are Playing:" ..gamechosen.Name
        wait(3)
        gamechosenclone = gamechosen:Clone()
        gamechosenclone.Parent = Workspace
        wait(3)
        spawns = gamechosenclone.Spawns:GetChildren()
        for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
            name = v.Name
            check = Workspace:FindFirstChild(name)
            if check then
                checkhumanoid = check:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
                if checkhumanoid then
                    check:Moveto(spawns[i])
                end
            end
        end
        for i = 3, 1, -1 do
            h.Text = "Game Begins In:" ..i
            wait(1)
        end
        for i = 10, 1, -1 do
        h.Text = "Time Left:" ..i
        end
        h.Text = "The Game Has Finished!"
        gamechosenclone:Destroy()
    else
        h.Text = "One Player Is Not Enough!"
    end
    wait(1)
end

This script worked perfectly for me, and I was very happy, but then I added my own twist

minigames = game.Lighting.Minigames:GetChildren()
GuiStatus = game.StarterGui.StatusBar.Main.Status
while true do
    if game.Players.NumPlayers > 1 then
        GuiStatus.Text = "Deciding What Game To Play..."
        wait(3)
        rangame = math.random(1, #minigames)
        gamechosen = minigames [rangame]
        GuiStatus.Text = "Game Chosen!"
        wait(2)
        GuiStatus.Text = "We Are Playing:" ..gamechosen.Name
        wait(3)
        gamechosenclone = gamechosen:Clone()
        gamechosenclone.Parent = Workspace
        wait(3)
        spawns = gamechosenclone.spawns:GetChildren()
        for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
            name = v.Name
            check = Workspace:FindFirstChild(name)
            if check then
                checkhumanoid = check:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
                if checkhumanoid then
                    check:MoveTo(spawns[i])
                end
            end
        end
        for i = 3, 1, -1 do
            GuiStatus.Text = "Game Begins In:" ..i
            wait(1)
        end
        for i = 10, 1, -1 do
        GuiStatus.Text = "Time Left:" ..i
        end
        GuiStatus.Text = "The Game Has Finished!"
        gamechosenclone:Destroy()
    else
        GuiStatus.Text = "One Player Is Not Enough!"
    end
    wait(1)
end

this was the new script, I created a textlabel, parented by a frame, parented by a screengui, under startergui. The script only displays "One Player Is Not Enough" on the screenGUI even if there are multiple players. The actual minigame script only runs up to the cloning of the minigame, then immediately stops and stays. It says "Unable to cast instance to Vector3". What should I fix? What have I done wrong? A link to the actual game here: http://www.roblox.com/Minigames-Bedrock-Alpha-place?id=14079887

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Answered by
2eggnog 981 Moderation Voter
9 years ago

You're only updating the gui in the StarterGui, not the guis for the players. The players will only see the changes when they respawn. Try this:

local minigames = game.Lighting.Minigames:GetChildren()
local GuiStatus = game.StarterGui.StatusBar.Main.Status

function updateGui(text)
    GuiStatus.Text = text
    for i,v in ipairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
        pcall(function()
            v.PlayerGui.StatusBar.Main.Status.Text = text
        end)
    end
end

while true do
    if game.Players.NumPlayers > 1 then
        updateGui("Deciding What Game To Play...")
        wait(3)
        rangame = math.random(1, #minigames)
        gamechosen = minigames[rangame]
        updateGui("Game Chosen!")
        wait(2)
        updateGui(("We Are Playing:" ..gamechosen.Name))
        wait(3)
        gamechosenclone = gamechosen:Clone()
        gamechosenclone.Parent = Workspace
        wait(3)
        local spawns = gamechosenclone.spawns:GetChildren()
        for i,v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
            local name = v.Name
            local check = Workspace:FindFirstChild(name)
            if check then
                local checkhumanoid = check:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
                if checkhumanoid then
                    check:MoveTo(spawns[i])
                end
            end
        end
        for i = 3, 1, -1 do
            updateGui(("Game Begins In:" ..i))
            wait(1)
        end
        for i = 10, 1, -1 do
        updateGui((Time Left:" ..i))
        end
        updateGui("The Game Has Finished!")
        gamechosenclone:Destroy()
    else
        updateGui("One Player Is Not Enough!")
    end
    wait(1)
end

As for your other problem, check to make sure there isn't something called the name already in the Workspace that isn't a model

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