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how do I make it appear only when the player enters the game?

Asked Jan 21, 2020513 views3 answers

how do I make it appear only when the player enters the game? I created a script to make a welcome text appear on the screen when the player enters the game. The problem is that every time the player dies, the message appears again when it should appear only once at the beginning of the game. Script:


wait(4)
screen = script.Parent
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'W'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'We'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Wel'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welc'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welco'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcom'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome '
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome t'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to '
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to L'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to La'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lav'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava '
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava R'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava 	Ru'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava Run'
wait(5)
screen.Text = ''

I also wanted to know how do I detect that the player has entered the game? so that the message appears at the right time.

AnonymousJan 21, 2020

3 answers

✓ Accepted answer

Hello lytew, wonderful question!

Well first off I'd like to tell you that there is a lot more efficient way to do what you're trying to do while saving space in your script!

To get the type-writer effect you're trying to get you can simply do this:

local WelcomeText = "Welcome to Lava Run!" --Change this to what you desire!

for i = 1, #Text do
	screen.Text = (string.sub(Text, 1, i)) 
		wait(.01)
end

Now, moving onto how to make this only appear when the player joins the game, simple!

You can do this script [local script]!

local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local WelcomeText = "Welcome to Lava Run!" --Change this to what you desire!

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function() 
	for i = 1, #Text do
	screen.Text = (string.sub(Text, 1, i)) 
		wait(.01)
	end

repeat wait() until screen.Text == WelcomeText  --Runs a wait() loop until the text is done!

wait(5) 

screen.Text = ""

script:Destroy() -- This will destroy this script after the text appears!
end)

This is a lot more efficient and better, saves you time and room! If I helped you be sure to mark as the solution and Up Vote!

Happy scripting!

AnonymousJan 21, 2020Edited Jan 21, 2020Permalink

3 comments

oh, got it, man. Could you explain something to me? how do I use it and what is the 'for i = 1, #text do' for?

AnonymousJan 22, 2020#

there man, help me? the script didn't work, nothing happens.

AnonymousJan 22, 2020#

Sorry, what's the issue?

AnonymousJan 22, 2020#

To make it so the GUI not appear upon reset, you have to click on the ScreenGUI and go to the properties. On the properties window, it should say ResetOnSpawn or something like that. Make srue that is false. And to detect when the player enters the game I think its

local Players = game:GetService("Players")

Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
       --Your Code
end)

Make sure your Intro's ScreenGUI ResetOnSpawn tick box is false ( not ticked ).

AnonymousJan 21, 2020Edited Jan 21, 2020Permalink

Use the PlayerAdded event. To do it, write down this script:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player()
wait(4)
screen = script.Parent
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'W'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'We'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Wel'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welc'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welco'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcom'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome '
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome t'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to '
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to L'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to La'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lav'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava '
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava R'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava  Ru'
wait(0.1)
screen.Text = 'Welcome to Lava Run'
wait(5)
screen.Text = ''
end)

Hope that helps!

AnonymousJan 21, 2020Permalink

1 comment

You did game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player() when it should be game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)

AnonymousJan 21, 2020#

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