code-discussion

[hasty mesa]

stepped runs at 240

heartbeat runs at 240

[iron kraken]

local i = 0;

while true do
if i == 10 then
i = 0;
task.wait();
end;
end;

how does this even work lul i isnt incremented?

[hasty mesa]

it dosn't

have to increase i

[tepid musk]

i wrote that shit on mobile lmao

[iron kraken]

i dont think that does what u want tbh

[hasty mesa]

it would run a task more times per frame

making it faster

[tepid musk]

?

[iron kraken]

i dont think thats slower than while task.wait() do end

[tepid musk]

bro i want to speed it up

what

[iron kraken]

wait how does that speed it up

[tepid musk]

my end goal is to "speed" up my while loop, it has to be a while loop, because the slowest runservice event (heartbeat) is too fast

[tepid musk]

???

[iron kraken]

how is that faster tho?

[tepid musk]

how can "timed waits" not be faster?

[iron kraken]

what even is ur goal anyways

[hasty mesa]

at 60 fps each of them run 60 times per frame

[tepid musk]

the latter, you wait after each loop, the former you wait essentially after each 10th

[hasty mesa]

it runs multipel tasks per frame

instead of 1

[iron kraken]

how

[hasty mesa]

each task runs 10 times

[iron kraken]

🤔

[hasty mesa]

before yielding

[tepid musk]

...

[iron kraken]

i dont get it tbh

[hasty mesa]

how so

explain what you don't get

[iron kraken]

ur saying ur creating multiple tasks in the first version?

and by creating multiple tasks it speeds up the while loop?

[hasty mesa]

no it runs

multiple task

it runs the same task multiple times

lets say you are creating parts

with the if i == 10 ... then you create 10 parts per frame

with just while task.wait() do you create 1 part per frame

[iron kraken]

ok

i thinkn i have to consult chatgpt

how r u making new tasks without calling task.spawn or smthing

[hasty mesa]

its not making a new task

local i = 0;
local function _task()
    Instance.new('Part',workspace)
end
while true do
    if i == 10 then
        i = 0;
        task.wait()
    end
    i+=1
   _task(()
end

take this for example

[tepid musk]

how did you get syntax highlighting??

back ticks doesn't have it

[iron kraken]

add lua after the backticks

[hasty mesa]

```lua
{CODE}
```

[balmy zenith]

lua after first 3

[hasty mesa]

thats slower than a frame

usually

[tepid musk]

local string = 'hello world'
print(string);

neat

[hasty mesa]

assumign 60 fps task.wait(1/60) would run 30 times per frame

because the taskscheulder won't be accurate

so some frames would be skipped

[tepid musk]

this is my current test setup

[hasty mesa]

https://gafferongames.com/post/fix_your_timestep/ look into an accumulator

[tepid musk]

I can't use RunService, as it's too fast

[hasty mesa]

nvm you did 0.16

not 0.016

yeah but sometimes dt would be less than a frame

[iron kraken]

u can ignore frames on renderstepped tho 🤔

[hasty mesa]

so the delayed thread would be skipped and not run

yeah

[tepid musk]

that's essentially what I had with, I'm saying what's a good time to wait?

[hasty mesa]

accumaltor loop is better as you can have it run around the fps

[tepid musk]

I essentially want the lowest possible wait in a while loop

as no wait hangs the script

[hasty mesa]

then check start-os.clock()

[balmy zenith]

so just use like render stepped with no waits

[hasty mesa]

until its bigger then a threash

[tepid musk]

isn't renderstepped clientside only?

[hasty mesa]

i just copied what they sent

[balmy zenith]

yes so use like heartbeat for smth else

[tepid musk]

again, it has to be a while loop lmao

runservice is too fast

[hasty mesa]

run as much as you can then yield

check time using os.clock()-start

[balmy zenith]

then how fast you want to run it? you said fast as possible..

[hasty mesa]

this is what i'm talking about

[tepid musk]

so, use an accumulator, and essentially accumulate 60 before task.wait, because it's the fps is usually 60fps?

[hasty mesa]

not 60

you check if os.clock()-start >= 1/60 - THRESH

then yield

[tepid musk]

as fast as possible in a while loop lol

[tepid musk]

and whats a good number for the thresh constant

[hasty mesa]

depends on your task

if its a longer task then thresh should be larger

is its a very fast task then it can be smaller

[tepid musk]

see that's the thing, im making an A* pathfinding, which is obviously dynamic, so the task complete time varies

i was trying to think of a formula, like ((start - end).magnitude / walkspeed) / n

[iron kraken]

u dont need a while loop bruh

[tepid musk]

https://tenor.com/view/brilliant-move-chess-gif-gif-12778297347705243197

[iron kraken]

bruh

[balmy zenith]

and why a while loop?

[tepid musk]

because the "lowest" RunService event (.heartbeat) is too fast

[iron kraken]

but u can just not do anything before the time is up

renderstepped:connect(function()
   if time ready then
      --do the stuff when time is ready
   end
end)

i believe this is feasible?

🤔

[tepid musk]

has to be a while loop, runservice is too fast

i need something in the middle, while true do wait is too slow, and the latter is too fast

[iron kraken]

so this doesnt work 🤔

hmmm

[tepid musk]

im considering what hao said, an accumulator

local yield_interval = (1 / 60) * FRAMES
local last_yield_time = os.clock()

while true do
    -- work

    local now = os.clock()
    if now - last_yield_time >= yield_interval then
        task.wait();
        last_yield_time = now;
    end;
end;

[iron kraken]

o_o

interesting

[tepid musk]

it should* work, but it would be too fast

[iron kraken]

i see

[balmy zenith]

.. everyone suggested to use a basically cooldown so you can set the refresh rate so it isnt too fast 🤦

[tepid musk]

no where was the word "cooldown" mentioned lol

i was already using "timed waits", and they recommended an accumulator, which is essentially the same thing, just more precise

[wet wharf]

why are you guys devving i-frames

what typa of shenanigans you guys up to

[wet wharf]

this is kinda impractical

[balmy zenith]

very

[tepid musk]

iframes? I'm making a pathfind system lmao

[tepid musk]

mind sharing your reasoning?

[wet wharf]

youre practically skipping a beat but in a impractical way

holdon lemme rewrite what i would use essentially

[balmy zenith]

its a roundabout way to yield

[tepid musk]

literally that's the whole point

i don't want to yield every loop

[balmy zenith]

so might as well just do task.wait

[tepid musk]

..

[balmy zenith]

it does the same thing

[tepid musk]

it doesn't dude

[balmy zenith]

it does

[tepid musk]

did you even read any of the messages I put lol?

[hasty mesa]

hes not using it to yield

hes using it to run something

[balmy zenith]

true but same behavior in the end

[hasty mesa]

instead of yielding per iteration

[tepid musk]

no I am, but I dont want to yield each loop

[tepid musk]

bingo

[tepid musk]

it's not lmao

[hasty mesa]

its yielding when its near the frame

[tepid musk]

one is waiting every second, the other is only every nth second

[balmy zenith]

would legit be same as task.wait(time you want)??

[hasty mesa]

nah

[wet wharf]

local tfps = 60  
local fby = 15 
local yieldint = (1 / tfps) * fby
local lastyield = os.clock()

while task.wait() do
    local now = os.clock()
    if now - lastyield >= yieldint then
        task.wait()  
        lastyield = now
    end
end

take that for a spin

[balmy zenith]

oh wait

[tepid musk]

buddy this is literally the same code lol

[balmy zenith]

would it even run at a constant rate

[hasty mesa]

his goal is to run as much iterations as he can without lagging

[balmy zenith]

yep

[wet wharf]

yeah so task.wait()

[hasty mesa]

I have a similar system along with my scheduler

if the iteration gets to expensive pause it to allow other tasks to run

and resume it at the next reuption point

[tepid musk]

sharing is caring 🙏

[wet wharf]

@tepid musk idk how to explain it just the one you were running doesnt define much so it would skip a beat and not work how youre intending

[balmy zenith]

so its running at the max speed, and yielding as to not run too fast

[hasty mesa]

yeah

[hasty mesa]

it won';t

[tepid musk]

what?

[hasty mesa]

your curent versiopn would skip

and also be slower

[wet wharf]

where am i overstepping

[hasty mesa]

from line 9 to line 6

it yields for 1 frame

then yields for another

then runs a task

yours will also run at rate of 1 iteration per frame

[wet wharf]

he is not trying to make an iframe i thought this is for fighting game such as a game like brawlhalla or smashbros where you need iframes intentionally

[hasty mesa]

hes not making an iframe

[tepid musk]

would this even work? because your condition is checking if the elapsedtime is >= os.clock

[hasty mesa]

he wants to a loop to run as much iterations as it can

[wet wharf]

avoiding iframe and holding max load

[hasty mesa]

without going over the frame balance

[wet wharf]

ahhh i see

[tepid musk]

hm?

what's the output reading?

[wet wharf]

sorry @tepid musk i thought wrong i thought trying to make an iframe

post console/output

when ran

[tepid musk]

all good lmao, the accumulator worked

show the output

[inland wren]

Are you testing in studio?

[tepid musk]

show this window after trying

[wet wharf]

how to send picture

[tepid musk]

if it's a screenshot you just snapped, you can press CTRL + V

[inland wren]

Like this

[tepid musk]

else click the little + icon

[wet wharf]

view click output icon

[tepid musk]

the new layout is ugly as hell

[wet wharf]

i dont have option

[tepid musk]

mobile?

[wet wharf]

just say use apps

no pc

[tepid musk]

your window doesn't look like this?

[wet wharf]

it does but when i click + just says use apps not upload file

[tepid musk]

you can always drag the image on to the discord app

[wet wharf]

ah yes still not allowing

[tepid musk]

try in a dm or group

maybe it's this server

[timber prism]

someone sell me a script that lets me change the color of my username above my head in game

[tepid musk]

do you have a custom overhead ui?

more

show me the yellow line

[timber prism]

Nope just regular

[tepid musk]

im guessing it's inf wait for child

[tepid musk]

I don't think you can change that, you have to create your own overhead ui system

where's the script

show me the explorer

this

https://tenor.com/view/hog-exploding-exploding-hog-funny-idiot-gif-13702011850125732811

[dusky swift]

wsp

its gonna be semi horror

[tepid musk]

why not just learn programming

why would a programmer make a game for you, when they could just make them game by and for themself

[balmy zenith]

fr

what do you even bring to the table if you need 3 other roles

[dusky swift]

i can semi build but i need ppl to help cuz i cannot do everything myself

but trust me i got a fire idea its simple tho

i can send u the idea in dms

[inland wren]

Is it in a Google doc or are you going to type it to me one line at a time

[dusky swift]

i have like a whole layout

[inland wren]

Is it organized and coherent for others to read?

[dusky swift]

yes

its more of a description but it says everything

wanna see the description in dms?

[iron kraken]

whats the idea

[dusky swift]

dms

[pearl inlet]

Pretty much
Applications are tests, so you're required to prove your work
Its annoying, ik
But those are the rules after all

[balmy garden]

If I have a humanoid attach to an another humanoid
What is a good way to make one attach to the other freely
Like the second humanoid can move freely while being attached to

[iron kraken]

rope constraint or smthing

[snow raft]

i can just ask chat gpt to add comments and you guys wouldnt know wouldnt it just be easier to interview people

im not going to do the gpt thing

can I pick some like 200 line code and make it 100 lines with comments so i dont have to go through 400

[inland wren]

Nah just comment on what each section does

[snow raft]

i thought i was doing that

[inland wren]

@hasty mesa did mine and half my comments were just like “this part counts”

[snow raft]

these are what my comments look like

😭

[hasty mesa]

what

[inland wren]

🚬

[hasty mesa]

i've never been in the PA dep

[inland wren]

You weren’t? I swear the name was like @wise turtle oh

Yall are different people

O.O

[marsh kelp]

try it. don't forget to tell us if you got banned ( we need a scapegoat )

[sharp creek]

he realized 💔

[spring token]

i dont see why this wouldnt work

damn i left and lost all my skill roles

if i use roblox-ts can i still get the lua programmer role

[wheat pumice]

you're not writing lua code, now are u?

[rose notch]

USD

[digital fog]

Even the maggots were gagging at the new roblox UI

[digital fog]

If I write ANY language other than lua (niche languages like Pine Script) will I still get the programmer role?

[sage nest]

Yea

[digital fog]

W

Wait how do I prove myself worthy of the programmer role

Is there a test like the scripting role?

[next shadow]

yo how do i fix this camera thing where it hides the parts in my game for a split second. its like a weak ahh occlusion culling or something

[digital fog]

Maybe try preloading parts before the game loads in

If streamingenabled is on it might also be taking a second to load the parts before you can see them

[next shadow]

nah it happens when u look at a certain direction, all parts are already loaded

[static forum]

Hey guys does anyone know how to get smooth realistic water

[fathom igloo]

Model it idk

[earnest bridge]

Y’all’s recommend putting comments?

[merry wolf]

Check bio for cheap builder and good quality

[balmy zenith]

no, ideally your code would be perfectly readable without comments

[shell ravine]

hey guys so i have this unique sliding system im working on and theres a small issue

you can sort of kick off walls cause i set the debounce too low should i patch this or keep it

its pretty cool but at the same time not intended

[south bridge]

keep it

especially if you have like twisty maps

it'd be cool

[shell ravine]

alright

[safe lagoon]

hong lu.......

[gentle trench]

Wsp, how are y'all ?

Im looking for a good Scripter

Come dm if your interessed

[glossy swan]

funny thing https://devforum.roblox.com/t/worder-word-your-checks-to-be-readable-and-understandable/4008587

[keen forge]

hey bros

i cannot send videos until im bronze 3 or something right ?

[shut quail]

yo ik its not lua but I need some help with my front page for my portfolio website. Should I put the navbar on the bottom on the home page (like in the screenshot) and the navbar on top on other webpages? Or should I just keep them all on top

and yes ik I still gotta add a margin-top here

[potent shell]

Personally if your on a solo project it isn’t really needed as long as u understand what ur doing could help a little with debugging and if someone else reads your code

[tight hill]

nice scam

[earnest bridge]

Makes sense

[hexed cedar]

Not enough Knockback

[shell ravine]

alright, will increase knockback

👍

[hexed cedar]

Depends on what game u tryna make

[potent shell]

I usally use it to separate my variables but that’s just from muscle memory I guess

[earnest bridge]

I just put an enter for each kind of variable

Gona start putting comments on functions

[shell ravine]

fast paced movement shooter

[potent shell]

Yeah u can do that to

[earnest bridge]

Idk if it’s only me, but it doesn’t feel like you are actually hitting the wall

[distant ingot]

hey guys i want to get into scripting but i dont know where to start can yall recommend me vidoes or recources for scripting

[shell ravine]

yeah i need to add animations and maybe some fov/camera changes for that

also its more of like

kicking off the wall

than hitting the wall

[earnest bridge]

Ohh

Makes sense

[cinder basalt]

Amazing

Another mining game

The 500th this month

[austere seal]

no

[cinder basalt]

Everyone is making a mining game

[austere seal]

its studs tho

[shell ravine]

https://youtu.be/tbD2zkynxcc?list=RDtbD2zkynxcc cold take this is the best roblox ost alongside grace ultrasonic faith

[idle musk]

@neat mauve

[earnest bridge]

Damn, every game now is studs

[cinder basalt]

OH WOW YOU MEAN STUDS LIKE 90% OF THEM?

[lean ocean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k5fcz_YKA4

[austere seal]

ya, its my first game

[cinder basalt]

Every single game

[austere seal]

bro give me a mining game pic that is studs

[cinder basalt]

Mining game

[cinder basalt]

Im not gonna go hopping through games to send u that

Search 'mining'

[austere seal]

atleast itll earn some rbx

[cinder basalt]

Lmaooo

[austere seal]

already searched

[earnest bridge]

Studs are kinda good to start tbh

[cinder basalt]

Anything is

Studs are just replacement for creativity

[earnest bridge]

🫠

[cinder basalt]

'Oh yeah i thought stud style would fit my game' = 'I have no idea how to design'

[earnest bridge]

I can’t defend studs more then what I just said

I hate studs too

[cinder basalt]

You can make anything stud and it will work

That saying everyone is shitting studs

New top1 game drops? Let me guess ... STUDS

Frontpage? Studs

[earnest bridge]

Or a roleplay

[cinder basalt]

90% games in dev? Studs

[icy inlet]

lets be real

games just copy eachother

[deep glade]

thats callew following trends

[random nebula]

ci has ridiculously good ost

idk how they did it

[shell ravine]

indeed

[woeful trout]

how do I make a portfolio? Like what website would you guys recommend using for a portfolio without paying for up-time?

[crimson juniper]

Tung tung caseohoni

Tung tung kai cenatini

[swift tartan]

hm

[clever escarp]

I need a scripter who script a horror game, I need somebody who is a beginner but still decently good

[exotic rapids]

why can a vectorforce I made in a local script not be working? (it doesn't affect the part even on the client's side)

[shy cipher]

use the same technique you used in a server script, if it's still not working then you probably forgot something (like setting the force)

[shy cipher]

also I don't think vectorforces on the client is a good idea so I won't be surprised if roblox disabled it on that side

[exotic rapids]

they started working for some reason after a few changes so I think they should be fine now, thanks

[runic quiver]

Why is coding genuinely hard for me to understand bro

I've been trying for the past days to understand scripting but it's not working

[bronze path]

What topics did you try to cover? The experience is different for everyone but there’s recommendations like

• Reading the Creator Hub documentation
• Reading pdfs about the language Luau is derived from, Lua- which might help you understand some more general programming concepts you can tie back to Luau
• YouTube tutorials, although this is a hit or miss depending on the Roblox yter channel, but for general programming concepts, it’s still good
• Studying open source code
• Asking questions about specific things you’re confused about
• There are interactive coding websites you can use to learn some things.

[bronze path]

Are you trying to rush the learning? If you are, just take your time. Even when you understand most of the core concepts, there’s still going to be a lot to cover and a lot to learn.

[fair copper]

finally added camera as finishing touches

[soft hornet]

https://tenor.com/view/uhm-eeh-what-should-i-do-now-what-was-that-uhm-ok-gif-16539046

[runic quiver]

I want to learn Luau as fast as possible

I don't have alot of time

Yk

[runic quiver]

I only did yt tutorials

[bronze path]

Well you’ve met your problem

[bronze path]

You do

It’s harder to learn if you’re putting pressure on yourself like that

[quartz obsidian]

hey

are you interested in job

[latent turtle]

hi

how do i learn script in roblox studio?

[bronze path]

Dms

[quartz obsidian]

did

[bronze path]

Check what I wrote above to someone else

#code-discussion message

Ignore the irrelevant bits but usually people recommend one of those

[soft meteor]

does anyone know how to make a hiring post ?

[tepid musk]

you need perms, try the TalentHub

[turbid quest]

aint no way

"hey want job?"

luck ass

lucky*

[tepid musk]

it's probably like 4k R$ lmao

[turbid quest]

idk

i need opinions

[tepid musk]

on what?

[turbid quest]

do i start with python or luau?

[tepid musk]

luau in my opinion, is easier

[turbid quest]

on one hand, i need luau asap, but everyone keeps saying python will make learning easier and set a better base

[gleaming crypt]

python

[tepid musk]

care to share your reasoning?

[turbid quest]

documentation

[tepid musk]

both have good documentation, luau has less keywords i believe though

[gleaming crypt]

idk it's the easyiest one i ever touched

[turbid quest]

python is easily top 5 most popular programming languages on earth

[tepid musk]

uh okay so it's subjective

[faint dirge]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[turbid quest]

wsp

[tepid musk]

yeah, and lua is also in that top 5...

[gleaming crypt]

luau is hard at some times

[faint dirge]

One message removed from a suspended account.

[tepid musk]

he's asking which is easier / best to start with

[tepid musk]

like what??

[turbid quest]

in what world? only roblox, waw and neovim(i think)use lua

python is used for basically everything atp

[tepid musk]

usages ~= complexity

[gleaming crypt]

like re-making the roblox pyshics again

[tepid musk]

no shit that's physics lmao

[turbid quest]

it is NOT that deep

[gleaming crypt]

ik

but idk an good example

[turbid quest]

ok i will start with luau then

ik i started with brawldev(i think) but i got demotivated

this summer

"who am i kidding? i better learn gdscript"

"hahahaha again"

[tired aspen]

Studs dont have that much to do with any game's success

well it depends, their simplicity is what makes the games so easy to digest

[iron kraken]

its just a style that looks decent and is easy to add

[carmine cairn]

Where can I learn how to make assets in Roblox?

[turbid quest]

wrong channel bromosome

[vernal peak]

bruh im so lost. Why we using pcall when we dont even got data stores

[mint snow]

its common practice and its used to prevent errors during runtime

[sturdy pulsar]

Making games and scripting got 100x easier man

Devforum is the method

😭

[iron kraken]

what

ur using ai to code ur game?

[sturdy pulsar]

Icl these type of Ai just ruines people skills

[sturdy pulsar]

yes and to build

Make gui as well

It might be sloppy but it gets the job done

[iron kraken]

yea idk if thats a good idea for a long term game with many updates

[sturdy pulsar]

it has its own dukes that stores all the data and prompts

with each game containing different files

[median tree]

bro said easy with ai on his second tab

https://tenor.com/view/speed-ishowspeed-ksi-speed-trying-not-to-laugh-speed-laughing-gif-15969897472035948306

[sturdy pulsar]

Hell yes

I got AI doing my work

[frank crow]

can someone help me finish a stamina run system?

[onyx chasm]

ai slop 🤮

[vestal coral]

This server doesn't allow anyone to buy/sell games

[lusty dove]

what software is this

nvm

[zenith ravine]

Help me https://streamable.com/f103nb with my game

[dire mica]

What’s up with the emojis

[ebon frost]

idk

[brisk delta]

yo who uses blender? i cant move my camera to a part

[ebon frost]

look up keybindds

[split hare]

Would requiring 5000 lines of code worth of module scripts at once be bad

[onyx oxide]

cash grab final boss

[charred mountain]

yo

[split hare]

alr thanks

[lapis kestrel]

yooo i need help so i have a teleporting system in my game where you go from like the base kinda to different maps which are in a different experience but i was wondering if there was any was so that if for example if i collected a bandage and went back to the base for the bandage to stay in your inventory if you get what i mean?

[tired remnant]

Datastores.

You shouldn’t be teleporting people to a different experience, just a different place

[topaz crypt]

Someone give tips on moving a character along a bezier like for a super jump move

What ive tried looks buggy asl

Lerped it between points (server)

Tweening was hella bugged

[wanton cloud]

How much have some of yall made from doing scripting commissions?

[sonic copper]

10k roblox for me

[eager spade]

opinion on viewports?

i need a mirror to work

basicly js to replicate lights

[iron kraken]

yes tha twould work

[potent glen]

Hi, if I’m making a movement system wit roblox’s charactercontroller…
can i set MovingDirection + BaseMoveSpeed every frame like a velocity?
I dont want to set HRP’s AssemblyLinearVelocity every frame bc i heard it resets all other forces

[snow raft]

you just havent tried hard enoug

[iron kraken]

yes

[potent glen]

Alr, ty!

[civic karma]

Making a game using AI

[fair copper]

finally fixed characterloading

what typa burnout

[fair copper]

suggest changes script wise ik the ui is trash

[iron kraken]

what kind of game is it

[fair copper]

rpg floor based

[iron kraken]

cool

like dungeon quest

[fair copper]

i hope better

lmao

its got a lore

n rogue-like stuff

[merry jacinth]

hm does anybody knows what Script that implemented this callback has been destroyed while calling async callback this mean

[balmy zenith]

is that a standard roblox error or not

[iron kraken]

doesnt seem like a regular roblox error

[balmy zenith]

yeah

[iron kraken]

but the script that has the callback was destroyed

[balmy zenith]

heck that mean, the one giving the callback?

[iron kraken]

i mean i guess u are passing a function into another function but the original script that called was destroyed maybe 🤷‍♂️

[floral goblet]

guys is adding Roblox api to your games that hard

[lean ocean]

?

[faint smelt]

so hard

[abstract orbit]

Yo

Can someone teach me how to script physics related things ?

[balmy zenith]

physics is mostly math so like

unless you delve into physics algorithms which is probably quite complex and idk bout that

[fair copper]

yo guys how do people make good showcases on roblox playtesting?

[abstract orbit]

Idk

[lethal plover]

You figure this out?

[wheat pumice]

it literally tells u

u forgot to add a listener, i.e. onclientevent

[flat remnant]

is making your own Animate script efficient for combat games?

[proud fable]

updateLeaderstats.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(plr)
gui.Values.Gems.Value.Text = plr.leaderstats.Gems.Value

end) this is not working

[flat remnant]

what's the error message

[proud fable]

Players.Dreambro36.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.GameController:656: attempt to index nil with 'leaderstats' - Client - GameController:656

[flat remnant]

that means it's not getting the player model

(as in the player instance in Players)

[proud fable]

what is the fix?

[flat remnant]

do this instead

local leaderstats = plr:FindFirstChild("leaderstats)"

[proud fable]

updateLeaderstats.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, value, action)
if action == "Sell Blocks" then
plr.leaderstats.Gems.Value += value
elseif action == "Rebirth" then
leaderstats.Gems.Value = 0
leaderstats.Rebirth.Value += 1
end
updateLeaderstats:FireClient(plr)
end)
this is server side

[flat remnant]

then make a check, if leaderstats then --code here--

[azure granite]

is ts even good

[proud fable]

its saying plr is nil

[flat remnant]

ok try doing this then

oh wait I just realized

in your elseif state for rebirthing, you didn't reference "plr" in leaderstats

are you calling the rebirth function or the sell function?

[proud fable]

sell

gives error in client when i try to sell

[flat remnant]

in that case, put the gem count into the fireclient function

(player, gemcount)

so plr.leaderstats.gem.value

or whatever you set it as

then in the client gui, work from there, it shoudl be fixed

[dusky pendant]

https://tenor.com/view/drywall-garfield-gif-20108549

[flat remnant]

(also cuz I'm pretty sure when using fireclient, "onclientevent" already has the player instance as the first argument, so just refer to the gem count there)

[proud fable]

nvm i updated it from server itself instead of again going to client and updating

[flat remnant]

does it update the gui?

[proud fable]

yes

[flat remnant]

fire

[proud fable]

updateLeaderstats.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr, value, action)
if action == "Sell Blocks" then
plr.leaderstats.Gems.Value += value
plr.PlayerGui.ScreenGui.Values.Gems.Value.Text = plr.leaderstats.Gems.Value
elseif action == "Rebirth" then
plr.leaderstats.Gems.Value = 0
plr.leaderstats.Rebirth.Value += 1
end
end)
see

[flat remnant]

oh yeah I didn't think of that since I never worked with guis

you could've also just, changed the params in the client communication and removed the plr arg

[proud fable]

oh lol

[flat remnant]

since plr is already passed

[proud fable]

idk how remote events work fully

[proud fable]

im making a mining game btw lol

[fallow gulch]

whats your issue?

[flat remnant]

right

[flat remnant]

simulator?

[flat remnant]

he wasn't able to update his gui on the client using remotevents

[fallow gulch]

are you updating gui on the server side?

[safe lagoon]

https://tenor.com/view/g-man-hi-gif-15742348383827465307

[craggy steeple]

does anyone know how to disable the character auto swimming upwards when the player isnt moving in water

[flat remnant]

anchor

won't swim at all, won't rotate, problem solved

[craggy steeple]

bruh

[flat remnant]

(pretty sure Humanoid.AutoRotate works)

[fallow gulch]

you can disable individual humanoid states, not sure if you can only disable it swimming upwards without making a custom swimming system

[flat remnant]

yeah

[craggy steeple]

damn ok thanks

[flat remnant]

imo making a custom swimming module would be better since you have more control over it

[fallow gulch]

[runic quiver]

I rlly don't

You don't know what is in my life so you don't know if I have alot of time or not

And I'm telling you that I dont

[proud fable]

ya

[fallow gulch]

do not ever do that 🙏

[proud fable]

i got inspiration from mining simulator

[proud fable]

why

[bronze path]

Either way, I told you what anyone else would tell you

So if you’re choosing to ignore that, you’re just letting that get in the way of learning
Someone else could reply and it’d be a variation of one of the options I listed

[fallow gulch]

guis are instances managed by the client, the server should never directly access it, if you want to update a player's gui, send a signal through a remoteEvent in order to update the displayed data to the player

[flat remnant]

yeah

it's not good practice to handle client instances on the server

#replicationlag

also is a module loader really that good

[void sluice]

Im using motor 6ds to weld my armor to the player

is that good or should i use a normal weld

[fallow gulch]

the server cannot see the player's gui (though that might be cause i do my own gui replication on the client instead of letting statergui handle it)
(server vs client)

[flat remnant]

always use motor6ds (when in terms of characters)

[fallow gulch]

yes

insanely powerful

[flat remnant]

so something like

local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local Cached =  {}

for i, modulescript in ipairs(ReplicatedStorage.Packages:GetChildren()) do
    if modulescript:IsA("ModuleScript") then
        Cached[modulescript.Name] = require(modulescript)
    end
end```

[fallow gulch]

use motor6d if you want your armor to be animated, otherwise use welds

[flat remnant]

don't weldconstraints cause collision issues upon player death

[void sluice]

hm alr, cuz what I do is i have a motor 6d in every armor part, when equipping armor i read an attribute called part0 in the 6d and set the 6d part 0 to that (most likely a limb or the torso)

makes it reuseable

[fallow gulch]

yeah that works

[fallow gulch]

sure, but welds consume less memory than m6ds

[void sluice]

in what sense, whats the point of using em

[flat remnant]

I don't think attributes are very resource intensive so you should be good

[fallow gulch]

module loaders?

[flat remnant]

yes

[flat remnant]

right

[lean ocean]

No

Manual initialization

[fallow gulch]

you can achieve your own manual initialization with a module loader

[flat remnant]

grah ok

[lean ocean]

thats nit manual

not

a module loader loops through ur modules and initializes them

[flat remnant]

alright, and should I use cleanup modules? or are they unnecessary if you always handle garbage collection manually

[fallow gulch]

yeah use trove or maid

you can also make your own one if you wish, they're not that hard to set up

i prefer to use trove for when i make classes

especially if i have a lot of connections to clear up upon destroying

[flat remnant]

so it's basically essential for spatial querying

[fallow gulch]

for anything connection heavy related, and its less things to worry about too

just shove all of your connections to your local trove and clear them up when not needed

[proud fable]

for me it shows the ui in server too

[fallow gulch]

yeah probably cause you rely on startgui to handle the replication

[proud fable]

i have a doubt, why when i mannually change the leaderstats value in server and update it it changes back to 0?

[fallow gulch]

what do you mean by change and then update

[proud fable]

change it in properties

update is through script when i press button

[void sluice]

so i have all my modules work in a .init function where i pass the manager object thru (anim manager) is that kinda the same thing

[somber vault]

show code

[void sluice]

its a client script

[fallow gulch]

yes

[void sluice]

its like ```lua
local Combat = require(character.CharacterModules.Combat).init(manager)

and the rest for the rest

[proud fable]

It's manual updating

[proud fable]

Changing

[lean ocean]

I just do this in server / client for all the necessary modules

local Module = require()
Module.Init()

[fallow gulch]

i have a similar set up too, with a startup function added in case i need to do any yielding actions post initialization

[somber vault]

u probably change on the client

[proud fable]

Yes i change it in client properties, but why does it go back to 0 when updated

[somber vault]

do u update it with a script

[proud fable]

Ya

[somber vault]

send the script

[void sluice]

im not dis advanced, i lowk jus use OOP for my states and anim manager

[fallow gulch]

if you're using states managers/machines you're already doing a great job

[flat remnant]

what are promises?

[fallow gulch]

promises are made to handle asynchronous code/functions

[balmy zenith]

who even uses promises

[wanton pecan]

something people do yet dont follow up to them

most of the times anyways

[sharp path]

howd u get it to look like this

[fallow gulch]

i use vsc with these and the jetbrains mono font

[sharp path]

oh vsc

wish roblox studio had discord pres plugin

[fallow gulch]

you can make one (in theory) using a discord rpc program

customRP i think its called

[sharp path]

I think i tried that

its just very inconvenient

[fallow gulch]

fair

[balmy zenith]

flexing your roblox studio time 🔥

[ebon frost]

so do people code in visual code the import the code into roblox studio

[fallow gulch]

nah use rojo to sync it

[ebon frost]

wdym

[balmy zenith]

usually auto synced by a program like rojo

[ebon frost]

whats the benefits of coding in visual code

[balmy zenith]

more extensions

[fallow gulch]

rojo opens a local webserver to send your code to roblox studio, on studio then there is a rojo plugin to recieve it

[fallow gulch]

and a fully loaded IDE

[balmy zenith]

vsc isnt (really) an ide

[fallow gulch]

true

[random nebula]

vsc can become an ide

but out of the box its just a shitty text editor

[sharp path]

ill start using vscode when i get better at lua

[balmy zenith]

using extensions yeah

i dont find vsc worth cuz i barely use vsc extensions anyway

[random nebula]

i dont find vsc worth it because neovim exists

[fallow gulch]

i wanna learn neovim

do you feel much more profuctive on it than if you were to work on vsc?

[random nebula]

yea

[fallow gulch]

since i know its essentially keyboard shortcut based

[random nebula]

its not really shortcuts

its a modal editor

but yes its keyboard based

[fallow gulch]

yeah that's what i meant, mb

interesting

[balmy zenith]

whens speech to code

[fallow gulch]

i'll definitly look into neovim since i find myself doing more and more terminal related stuff instead of relying on extensions

[random nebula]

with shortcuts you press a bunch of buttons to do one action (ctrl + shift + b for example)

with modal you enter a mode so you dont have to constantly press 50 buttons to do one aciton

[fallow gulch]

very nice

[pastel pine]

Thought this was dev discussion sorry

[flat remnant]

so it's a surefire way to handle connections?

also quick little help, should I make a remoteevent to the server to weld a tool's motor6d to the player's right arm or can this be done on the client exclusively?

[lapis kestrel]

hi um so i have like a teleporting system where when you sit in a car a ui pops up and you choose where to go but like when you teleport it teleports the seat with you anyone know how to fix this

[fallow gulch]

ehhh its more of a way to have python's / typescript's "try" and "catch"

[midnight dock]

my script wont fire

at all
its in player scripts

its just bugging

[fallow gulch]

and you can also follow up on those

[flat remnant]

make the humanoid jump

[flat remnant]

ohhh

[fallow gulch]

is it a localscript or script?

[midnight dock]

local

and im asking ai

[marsh kelp]

Just like irl promise: you promise a friend that you'll come to the party.
The outcome: you either go to the party or you break your promise and go somewhere else.

in a programming terms: we created 1 promise with 2 possible outcomes.
we create a promise and link it with 2 functions.
then we run some code, if the code succeeds, we fulfill the promise... if it fails or throws an error, we reject it.

-- create the promise
local goToParty = Promise.new()

-- the outcomes
function goodFriend()
    print("You're a good friend, promise was fulfilled.")
end

function badFriend()
    warn("You're a bad friend, promise was rejected ( failed ).")
end

 -- pass in the 2 outcomes ( you can have more than 2, but let's leave this for another day )
-- first is onFulfilled, second is onRejected
goToPart:Then(goodFriend,badFriend)

-- code
-- / life

goToPart:Resolve()

-- of course there're many other ways to create/Resolve promises, and that's one of them

• see this for more info https://devforum.roblox.com/t/promises-and-why-you-should-use-them/350825

[midnight dock]

and im asking everying

[fallow gulch]

weird

[midnight dock]

i spent 15 minutes making this script

[marsh kelp]

weld on the server

[midnight dock]

ik how to code idk wth is going on

[fallow gulch]

your script is straight up not being fired?

[midnight dock]

not at all

i got a contextactionservice on the enum.keycode.m

and in the top of hte funtions its print 1

[fallow gulch]

try making a normal script and setting the run context to local

[midnight dock]

and it wont even print

alr igu

[balmy zenith]

ayo what is this propaganda post

lemme read

[midnight dock]

BRO WTFFF

its not showing a error for that either

and i put it in a working script n its not doin either

imma try it in a whole other place

[fallow gulch]

mmm

[midnight dock]

cause i just wanta reactiona t this point

[fallow gulch]

you're sure its not your code itself?

[midnight dock]

im completely

100 percent

full certain its not that code

it wont evne let me send it bro wtf

--//Services
local TweenServices = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local cas = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local UI = PlayerGui:WaitForChild("UI")
local SB = UI:WaitForChild("Scoreboard").SBFrame
local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
--//Variables
local Toggled = false
local Cooldown = false

local function Toggle()
    print(1)
    if Toggled == false and Cooldown == false then
        Toggled = true
        Cooldown = true
        local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.In, 0 , false)
        local tween = TweenServices:Create(UI.Frame, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.084, 0,0.104, 0)})
        local tween2 = TweenServices:Create(SB, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.174, 0,1.1, 0)})
        local tween3 = TweenServices:Create(Lighting.Blur, tweeninfo, {Size = 24})
        tween:Play()
        tween2:Play()
        tween3:Play()
        tween2.Completed:Wait()
        Cooldown = false

elseif Toggled == true and Cooldown == false then
        Toggled = false
        Cooldown = true
        local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.Out, 0 , false)
        local tween = TweenServices:Create(UI.Frame, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.084, 0,-0.8, 0)})
        local tween2 = TweenServices:Create(SB, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.174, 0,0.875, 0)})
        local tween3 = TweenServices:Create(Lighting.Blur, tweeninfo, {Size = 2})
        tween:Play()
        tween2:Play()
        tween3:Play()
        tween2.Completed:Wait()
        Cooldown = false    
    end
end

cas:BindAction("ToggleMenu", Toggle, Enum.KeyCode.M, Enum.KeyCode.DPadDown)
--cas:SetTitle("ToggleMenu", "ToggleMenu")

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, proccessed)
    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.M then
        Toggle()
    end

end)

[fallow gulch]

--//Services
local TweenServices = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local cas = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local UI = PlayerGui:WaitForChild("UI")
local SB = UI:WaitForChild("Scoreboard").SBFrame
local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
--//Variables
local Toggled = false
local Cooldown = false

local function Toggle()
    print(1)
    if Toggled == false and Cooldown == false then
        Toggled = true
        Cooldown = true
        local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.In, 0 , false)
        local tween = TweenServices:Create(UI.Frame, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.084, 0,0.104, 0)})
        local tween2 = TweenServices:Create(SB, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.174, 0,1.1, 0)})
        local tween3 = TweenServices:Create(Lighting.Blur, tweeninfo, {Size = 24})
        tween:Play()
        tween2:Play()
        tween3:Play()
        tween2.Completed:Wait()
        Cooldown = false
elseif Toggled == true and Cooldown == false then
        Toggled = false
        Cooldown = true
        local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.Out, 0 , false)
        local tween = TweenServices:Create(UI.Frame, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.084, 0,-0.8, 0)})
        local tween2 = TweenServices:Create(SB, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.174, 0,0.875, 0)})
        local tween3 = TweenServices:Create(Lighting.Blur, tweeninfo, {Size = 2})
        tween:Play()
        tween2:Play()
        tween3:Play()
        tween2.Completed:Wait()
        Cooldown = false
    end
end

cas:BindAction("ToggleMenu", Toggle, Enum.KeyCode.M, Enum.KeyCode.DPadDown)
--cas:SetTitle("ToggleMenu", "ToggleMenu")

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, proccessed)
    if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.M then
        Toggle()
    end

end)

just so i can read it better

[midnight dock]

thank u

the ai even said it was perfect

do yk how crazy that is

[marsh kelp]

Trying to help with 0 info is not a nice way to suffer

[flat remnant]

oh thanks

now I get it

[fallow gulch]

it's not even printing 1?

[midnight dock]

nope

[flat remnant]

quick little help 2: why does this cause so much lag upon deactivation

--// Services
local ReplicatedStorage = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")

--// Modules
local Bootstrapper = require(ReplicatedStorage["daybreak.Bootstrapper"])

--// Instances
local Remotes = ReplicatedStorage.Remotes

--// Create Functions
local function _Equipped(Player: Player, Tool: Tool)
    local Character: Model = Player.Character
    local animateScript: LocalScript = Tool:FindFirstChild("changedAnims")
    local motor6D: Motor6D = Tool:FindFirstChild("Motor6D")
    
    if animateScript and motor6D then
        local rightArm = Character:FindFirstChild("Right Arm")
        
        if rightArm then
            local animate = animateScript:Clone()
            animate.Parent = Character
            
            animate.Enabled = true

            motor6D.Part0 = rightArm
        end
    end
end

local function _unEquipped(Player: Player, Tool: Tool)
    local Character: Model = Player.Character
    local animateScript: LocalScript = Character:FindFirstChild("changedAnims")
    
    if animateScript then
        animateScript:Destroy()
    end
end

--// Initialize Functions
Remotes["weldTool {Equip}"].OnServerEvent:Connect(_Equipped)
Remotes["weldTool {unEquip}"].OnServerEvent:Connect(_unEquipped)```

[midnight dock]

imma publish game and see if that works

[fallow gulch]

what kind of keyboard do you have? azerty or qwerty

[midnight dock]

qwerty

[midnight dock]

open up dev console and see

[flat remnant]

good idea

[midnight dock]

and its another way to look at performance lemme see

[flat remnant]

no logs

[balmy zenith]

rare ahh usage tho

legit never used it, or find a need to use it

[midnight dock]

https://youtu.be/QBnUHXwMk50?si=rVNi1WrBiK6TffAS

dont mind the video title

[flat remnant]

I was about to resort to this

[midnight dock]

he tells u how to go into the microprofile

[flat remnant]

it might be because I keep destroying and finding the animateScript

[fallow gulch]

why do you have a keycode as the 3rd param, try switching it to a useinputstate

[marsh kelp]

maybe, but it's still a use

[balmy zenith]

what in the cursed naming

[flat remnant]

instances 🤫

shold be variabels

[midnight dock]

how cas works is that its the action title, function to run, buttons to press

[balmy zenith]

its useful when it applies, but it rarely applies and i dont get why some people preach it so much like they use it everyday like promise is life

[midnight dock]

and u can add as many keycodes that u want

cas = contextactionservice

its used for mobile buttons and stuff

[fallow gulch]

yes but the 3rd parameter is an Enum.UserInputState not a keycode

and you have a Keycode

[balmy zenith]

? its legit keycode tho?

[flat remnant]

I'l ltry handling ts in the client instead

and weld on the server

[midnight dock]

i changed it n it still doesnt work

[fallow gulch]

what did you put

[balmy zenith]

Valid input enum items include those within the following: Enum.KeyCode, Enum.UserInputType or Enum.PlayerActions

[midnight dock]

cas:BindAction("ToggleMenu", Toggle, true, Enum.KeyCode.M)

even when i got it wrong i shouldve still gotten an error

i didnt get anything

[fallow gulch]

true is a boolean not a Userstate... try putting Enum.UserInputState.Begin

[flat remnant]

what's the issue you're getting again

[midnight dock]

im not getting anything from this script im trying to run

[flat remnant]

the third param in bindaction is "create touch button", that's not the issue

[swift tartan]

ai ahh script

[midnight dock]

i changed it allready

i even put warn(3) from where the screen starts and i get nothing

[swift tartan]

if anyone needs a scripter for his game,dm me and i'll show you my portfolio

[marsh kelp]

it's not an everyday use... but it’s never bad to learn something new
tbh I never seen anyone say: use promises it’s always the opposite, even to the point of hating on them like they’re a plague

[marsh kelp]

Ty new guy

[midnight dock]

its sum w roblox

its something w roblox

i dont think this is helpable

imma restart im computer

maybe its not taking in any of my edits

[fallow gulch]

show me the contextActionService binding part with the changes made

[midnight dock]

alr

[flat remnant]

send me the script rq I"ve worked with cas a lot, it might be something I've fixed before

[balmy zenith]

yeah but theres some outliers that somehow preach promises as the solution to everything 😭

[balmy zenith]

this is a cursed layout

[midnight dock]

--//Services
local TweenServices = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local cas = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local UI = PlayerGui:WaitForChild("UI")
local SB = UI:WaitForChild("Scoreboard").SBFrame
local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
--//Variables
local Toggled = false
local Cooldown = false
warn(3)
local function Toggle()
print(1)
if Toggled == false and Cooldown == false then
Toggled = true
Cooldown = true
local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.In, 0 , false)
local tween = TweenServices:Create(UI.Frame, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.084, 0,0.104, 0)})
local tween2 = TweenServices:Create(SB, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.174, 0,1.1, 0)})
local tween3 = TweenServices:Create(Lighting.Blur, tweeninfo, {Size = 24})
tween:Play()
tween2:Play()
tween3:Play()
tween2.Completed:Wait()
Cooldown = false

elseif Toggled == true and Cooldown == false then
Toggled = false
Cooldown = true
local tweeninfo = TweenInfo.new(1, Enum.EasingStyle.Exponential, Enum.EasingDirection.Out, 0 , false)
local tween = TweenServices:Create(UI.Frame, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.084, 0,-0.8, 0)})
local tween2 = TweenServices:Create(SB, tweeninfo, {Position = UDim2.new(0.174, 0,0.875, 0)})
local tween3 = TweenServices:Create(Lighting.Blur, tweeninfo, {Size = 2})
tween:Play()
tween2:Play()
tween3:Play()
tween2.Completed:Wait()
Cooldown = false
end
end

cas:BindAction("ToggleMenu", Toggle, true, Enum.KeyCode.M)
--cas:SetTitle("ToggleMenu", "ToggleMenu")

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(input, proccessed)
if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.M then
Toggle()
end

end)

imma rest my pc rq

[fallow gulch]

you still have true as your 3rd parameter, im pretty positive that does not work 🙏

its supposed to be an Enum.UserInputState not a boolean

[flat remnant]

aha...

you didn't make a simple check at the top

make 3 parameters in Toggle(), "actionName, inputState, inputObj", though inputobj won't be needed here

then do "if inputState == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then" and then run all your code there

and of course use the actionname

[fallow gulch]

but Toggle isnt passed as a callback here

[flat remnant]

you set actionname as toggle so do a chcek for that too or there won't be a response

[flat remnant]

in bindaction, the first parameter is the parameter you're passing, and the second one is the function you're calling, the 4th one and onwards are all inputstates/keycodes

[balmy zenith]

to confirm its (name, func, bool, inputs...)

[flat remnant]

yes

[midnight dock]

like local function Toggle(actionName, inputState, inputObj)

[flat remnant]

meaning if he wants to use Toggle he'll have to call the checks in Toggle first, and see if it's getting an inputstate

[flat remnant]

yes, check if it works

I had issues with combat games because of this

[marsh kelp]

different bubble ig.
I had a module script that was a lot harder to use/read without promises... and bc I don't use them everyday and only know the theory I had to do the whole thing from the start ( search up a promisesLib, and learn it )

[midnight dock]

im so fucking done

i dont even think i cant do it anymore

[balmy zenith]

what was the module doing to require promises

[fallow gulch]

where does the bool comes from 😭

[midnight dock]

and i cant post the fucking code

[balmy zenith]

its to show mobile button

[midnight dock]

i might have to just drop ts

[fallow gulch]

hmmmm

i see now

[balmy zenith]

hidden devs should add a way to bypass discord text limit 👍

[flat remnant]

did you do the checks

[flat remnant]

just do "if actionName == "whateveryournameis" and inputState == Enum.UserInputState.Begin then"

[flat remnant]

what am I supposed to make of this

[midnight dock]

yeah

my character turned into a freaking noob

[flat remnant]

bro? 💀

that's not supposed to happen, likely a replication issue because of ping

[fallow gulch]

that's how it supposed to be, put whatever functionality in your toggle function

[marsh kelp]

a customer manager script?
where new customers entering the shop should go trough a life cycle

function Customer.start(self: fullCustomer)
    self._step = self._step + 1
    
    if self._step > #customerLife then
        self:finishedLife()
        return
    end
    
    local promise = promiseModule.new()
    
    promise:Then(function()
        self:start()
    end
    ,function()
        self:leaveStore()
    end)
    
    customerLife[self._step](self,promise)
end

function Customer.spawn(self: fullCustomer,promise: promiseModule.promise)
    local newCustomer = self.customer:Clone()
    self.customer = newCustomer
    newCustomer.Parent = spawnInFolder
    
    newCustomer:PivotTo(
        CFrame.new(self._shop.customerSpawn.Position,self._shop.entrance.Position)    
    )
    
    promise:Resolve()
end

function Customer.enterShop(self: fullCustomer,promise: promiseModule.promise)
    local model = self.customer
    local humanoid = model:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    if not humanoid then 
        promise:Reject()
        return
    end
    
    local goTo = newPath(humanoid,model.PrimaryPart.Position,self._shop.entrance.Position)
    if goTo then
        promise:Resolve()
    end
end

customerLife = {
    Customer.spawn,
    Customer.enterShop,
    Customer.headToCashier,
    Customer.headToCounter,
    Customer.finishedLife -- leave shop/destory
}

[midnight dock]

thats how i put it

[balmy zenith]

dont see why you need a promise here?

[midnight dock]

whats the issue even

[marsh kelp]

maybe there's another way to do it... that ensures that each step will wait for the one before it to finish, without yeilding the whole script

[marsh kelp]

no issue, just showing the code

[marsh kelp]

how would you do it?

[flat remnant]

is this cool or no

--// MalevolentDawn

--// Settings
local cameraHeight = Vector3.new(0, 1.5, 0)
local cameraSmoothness = 0.15

--// Services
local RunService = game:GetService("RunService")

--// Variables
local Character = script.Parent
local Humanoid = Character:FindFirstChildOfClass("Humanoid")

local HumanoidRootPart = Character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
local Head = Character:FindFirstChild("Head")

--// Create Functions
local function lerpCamera(deltaTime)
    local targetOffset = HumanoidRootPart.CFrame * CFrame.new(cameraHeight)
    local offsetVector = targetOffset:pointToObjectSpace(Head.CFrame.Position)
    
    local currentOffset = Humanoid.CameraOffset
    
    Humanoid.CameraOffset = currentOffset:Lerp(offsetVector, deltaTime)
end

--// Initialize Functions
RunService.RenderStepped:Connect(lerpCamera)

[midnight dock]

im going through a crisis rn

[balmy zenith]

well what is the purpose of the promise currently?

[flat remnant]

man I'm done making the tool weld

I'll just use moon animator later and easyweld it

[balmy zenith]

if promise somehow fails(how?) itll leave the store instead of start/enter?

[flat remnant]

from what I understand promises basically ensure a resolve in case a function runs into a roadblock

[balmy zenith]

yes so whats the roadblock here

[midnight dock]

its fucked

i even take everything outt he scirpt

and just say warn(3)

and niothing

[balmy zenith]

yo script in the void

[flat remnant]

yeah no it's a roblox issue then

[midnight dock]

this whole game ging in the trash

[flat remnant]

didn't see the script 💔

[balmy zenith]

wheres your script located

[midnight dock]

playerscripts

[marsh kelp]

yes... I'll try to make it go to the previous step but not now

well what is the purpose of the promise currently?
keeping track of the cycle/steps, and running the next one after it finishes

function Customer.start(self: fullCustomer)
    self._step = self._step + 1
    
    if self._step > #customerLife then
        self:finishedLife()
        return
    end
    
    local promise = promiseModule.new()
    
    promise:Then(function()
        self:start()
    end
    ,function()
        self:leaveStore()
    end)
    
    customerLife[self._step](self,promise)
end

[midnight dock]

local script

[balmy zenith]

should run tehn

[midnight dock]

stayed up all night

working on this game

[marsh kelp]

there was a few other issues that I had before switching to promises... but I don't remember them :(

[flat remnant]

man don't worry

it's probably just a roblox bug since no script is running

• your character turned into.. an abomination

[balmy zenith]

and how would :start fail

[flat remnant]

so it's likely a replication bug

give it a few days

[marsh kelp]

try adding any print at the first line and see

[marsh kelp]

the cycle will tell it

function Customer.headToCashier(self: fullCustomer,promise: promiseModule.promise)

    if not foundCashier then
        promise:Reject()
    end
    
    -- code

    local function moveInQueue(to: Vector3)        
        if not goTo then
            promise:Reject()
            return
        end
    end

    -- code

    queueManager.add(foundCashier,queuePos,moveInQueue, function()
        print("Left")
        promise:Resolve()
    end)
end

[midnight dock]

--//Services
local TweenServices = game:GetService("TweenService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local cas = game:GetService("ContextActionService")
local Player = Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = Player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local UI = PlayerGui:WaitForChild("UI")
local SB = UI:WaitForChild("Scoreboard").SBFrame
local Lighting = game:GetService("Lighting")
--//Variables
local Toggled = false
local Cooldown = false
warn(3)
this is the only thing in the script

[balmy zenith]

so you delegated the implementation of leaving to promises instead of your actual code 🗿

what you couldve done is replace all those :rejects with :leavestore

and all resolves with :start

[midnight dock]

maybe i gotta update studios

[marsh kelp]

but what if I wanted to change :leavestore ?
or wanted to make the reject function call the previous step? then add a new step before in between older ones?

[midnight dock]

fuck roblox studios

why am i the only one with this problem

[balmy zenith]

then you should add all changes in leavestore

and if you want to do other than leave store

then you should add another method that contains leavestore in it

hell you can even name it :reject if you wanted to

[midnight dock]

i even

made a new place

n put the script in there

[wheat pumice]

send a ss of ur explorer

[midnight dock]

imma stop scripter

start hacking

[wheat pumice]

u wont be successful at that if you fail with a simple task

good luck

[midnight dock]

its a roblox thing

[wheat pumice]

doubt it

[midnight dock]

talk wha tu know cat person

[wheat pumice]

youre the only one having that issue

what

[midnight dock]

it wont even print one

[wheat pumice]

speak English ?

[midnight dock]

do u think ima wizard

[wheat pumice]

the opposite

[midnight dock]

and whats the opposite of a wizard

[wheat pumice]

send a ss of ur explorer

[wheat pumice]

you.

[midnight dock]

u dont think

[wheat pumice]

special

[midnight dock]

this is why ur a cat person

[wheat pumice]

what are u even saying

[midnight dock]

wizards are special

[wheat pumice]

youre special in a different way...

[midnight dock]

all of gods children are special

but u though, special chromosomes

[wheat pumice]

God is fake ❌

[midnight dock]

God is great

[marsh kelp]

idk why but it seems off to me

[midnight dock]

he might help you with your mental challenges

imma pray for u cat person 🙏🏿

[wary vigil]

Why are we talking about god in code discussion?

[midnight dock]

Why are we not?

[wary vigil]

Because this is the code discussion area?

[midnight dock]

its not an area

its a channel

[wary vigil]

Alright 💀

[robust wyvern]

Bro these devs who build are horrid

I can’t even find a good builder for Roblox studio

This is sickening

[wary vigil]

I know a good one but wouldn’t recommend him cause he’s hella pricey

[wheat pumice]

mreow

mrrp mrrp mrewow

[robust wyvern]

The problem is the bad ones reply quickly

[wheat pumice]

:3333

[robust wyvern]

The good ones take days to respond

So I get no where bro

[wheat pumice]

just get good urself

easy fix

[robust wyvern]

No no

[wary vigil]

Building is a art not everyone’s good at it imo

[robust wyvern]

I already have a lot of work to do

[wheat pumice]

just.. get good at art!

[midnight dock]

typical behavior

[wary vigil]

I 3D model halfway decent yet my building is still trash

[robust wyvern]

Why do u think im hiring people ?

I could make an entire game by myself but it would take to long and I don’t have time

[fallow gulch]

imo waiting is worth if the guys are professional and good at their work and keep updating you on their progress

[robust wyvern]

They respond like every 12-24 hours

It’s horrid

[wary vigil]

This is why I prefer programming

Way easier

[robust wyvern]

Bro

😭😭

[midnight dock]

i can build n program

these builder be taxin

[wary vigil]

You check out what I posted in creations I’m looking for feedback

[midnight dock]

like they the next devinci

[robust wyvern]

Ik how to code in Lua

[fallow gulch]

i know a good builder that answers normally

do you want his contact?

[robust wyvern]

But being able to build something and actually be good at it is something else

[robust wyvern]

Sure

[fallow gulch]

add him, its_skyheaven

[wary vigil]

If that don’t work out and you have a big boy budget I know one who responds but he’s gonna charge you a lot 💀

[robust wyvern]

How much

Is a lot

[wary vigil]

It’s depend on what you wanted

[robust wyvern]

What’s his average life

Price

Sorry I’m on mobile rn

[wary vigil]

No clue on his prices I trade scripts with him for builds

But he could show you his work

Good stuff

[robust wyvern]

scripts?

Like exploits?

[wary vigil]

No like Roblox scripts ?

I make them for him he builds for me

[robust wyvern]

Yeah that’s what they call Roblox exploits

[wary vigil]

Scripting for his game

In return he builds for mine

Is exploiting ?

[robust wyvern]

Ahh I see.

Alr well I’ll dm its_skyheaven

[robust wyvern]

Preciate it

[fallow gulch]

🙏

[marsh kelp]

I wanted to go and switch the script to without promises.
but I had 2 questions... and what if the code errors? what if I wanted to use threads in the cycle?
for the first question it's easy, just a pcall will do

[balmy zenith]

your code shouldnt error or else it is unfinished/designed badly

[marsh kelp]

but idk about the second

[balmy zenith]

wym by 2nd

[marsh kelp]

what if I wanted to use threads in the cycle?

[balmy zenith]

what does that mean

"threads" "cycle" ??

[marsh kelp]

why not? I pathFind inside the cycle... and it's normal for it to error/get stuck

[balmy zenith]

then pcall any expected errors

[marsh kelp]

Sorry
thread: task.spawn
cycle: functions inside of this ( idk what to call it )

for i,v in customerLife do
  v()
end

customerLife = {
    Customer.spawn,
    Customer.enterShop,
    Customer.headToCashier,
    Customer.headToCounter,
    Customer.finishedLife -- leave shop/destory
}

[balmy zenith]

so just use threads?

whats stopping you

[wary vigil]

Spawn function exists

Or just use plain old coroutines

Oh wait

I just read the whole post 💀

[lapis sierra]

lf excellent LUAU scripter

[fervent bay]

z

[wary vigil]

Python >

[fossil pecan]

who wanna help me script a thing in my game, for portofilo (no payment)

shouldnt take long

some might already have it

[lapis sierra]

your one of these ppl yeah

[marsh kelp]

I think were going in circles... so how would you rewrite this code without promises?

function Customer.start(self: fullCustomer)
    self._step = self._step + 1
    if self._step > #customerLife then
        self:finishedLife()
        return
    end
    
    local promise = promiseModule.new()
    
    promise:Then(function()
        self:start()
    end
    ,function()
        self:leaveStore()
    end)
    
    customerLife[self._step](self,promise)
end

-- functions inside of the cycle can yield, error
-- and they shouldn't care if new functions got added/removed from the cycle ( customerLife )
function Customer.enterShop(self: fullCustomer,promise: promiseModule.promise)
    local model = self.customer
    local humanoid = model:FindFirstChild("Humanoid")
    if not humanoid then 
        promise:Reject()
        return
    end
    
    local goTo = newPath(humanoid,model.PrimaryPart.Position,self._shop.entrance.Position)
    if goTo then
        promise:Resolve()
    end
end

customerLife = {
    Customer.spawn,
    Customer.enterShop,
    Customer.headToCashier,
    Customer.headToCounter,
    Customer.finishedLife
}

[balmy zenith]

tf, you have someone to help you with portfolio is crazy

[fossil pecan]

not my portofilo, theirs

[balmy zenith]

🗿

[wary vigil]

Well ok hear me out c# genuinely is better

[fossil pecan]

im not a scripter and i need help

[marsh kelp]

it's a hire 1 get 2 offer

[balmy zenith]

he said no pay

[fossil pecan]

yeah

[marsh kelp]

you can get hired without pay :D

[wary vigil]

Someone should help my boy Alex here out

But it won’t be me

[fossil pecan]

if game is popular

ill still not pay anyone

just kidding

[wary vigil]

He wasn’t kidding