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chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 12:16 AM

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so I wanna make a name system for this game and im wondering how would I make it give a value a string from a table if that makes sense
so like it gives a string value a string that is a random selection from a table

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@chilly lark

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lol how dare u

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😕

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lol here is a example to do```lua
-- Define a table of possible names
local names = {
"Alice",
"Bob",
"Charlie",
"David",
"Eve"
}

-- Select a random name from the table
local randomIndex = math.random(#names)
local selectedName = names[randomIndex]

-- Use the selected name wherever you need it
print("The selected name is: " .. selectedName)

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 12:37 AM

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tysm

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lemme test it out

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 12:42 AM

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chilly lark lol here is a example to do```lua -- Define a table of possible names local name...

how would I add % chances

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for names

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 12:45 AM

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chilly lark how would I add % chances

-- Define a table of possible names
local names = {
  "Alice",
  "Bob",
  "Charlie",
  "David",
  "Eve"
}

-- Shuffle the list of names
for i = #names, 2, -1 do
  local j = math.random(i)
  names[i], names[j] = names[j], names[i]
end

-- Select the first name in the shuffled list
local selectedName = names[1]

-- Use the selected name wherever you need it
print("The selected name is: " .. selectedName)
```for example but not like the way i wanted to do lol

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I dont fully understand that

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welp here is what i made yestday for a random num pic```lua
-- Function to generate random numbers
local function generateRandomNumbers(numIterations, minValue, maxValue)
-- Set default values for minValue and maxValue
minValue = minValue or 1
maxValue = maxValue or 100

-- Initialize the table to hold the counts for each number
local counts = {}

-- Generate the random numbers and increment the count for each number
for i = 1, numIterations do
local rand = math.random(minValue, maxValue)
counts[rand] = (counts[rand] or 0) + 1
end

-- Return the table of counts
return counts
end

-- Example usage: generate 10,000 random numbers between 1 and 100 and print out the percentages
local counts = generateRandomNumbers(10000)
for i = 1, 100 do
local percentage = counts[i] and counts[i] / 10000 * 100 or 0
print(string.format("%d: %.2f%%", i, percentage))
end```

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also if its possible can I make it so like if a players user id is = to (userid) then they get a set name

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for custom names

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:34 AM

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chilly lark also if its possible can I make it so like if a players user id is = to (userid)...

Elaborate further I don't understand

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oh I understand it

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:35 AM

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chilly lark Elaborate further I don't understand

so basically make it so

if game.players.localplayer.userid = {id here} then
selectedname = {Chosen name}

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idk if that is the code

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to make it work

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Yeah you can definitely do that

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I kinda just pulled that out of no where

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Just do that outside of the generate numbers script

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wait is selectedName a variable inside of the player?

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or is it stored somewhere else

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-- Define a table of possible names
local names = {
"Alice",
"Bob",
"Charlie",
"David",
"Eve"
}

-- Select a random name from the table
local randomIndex = math.random(#names)
local selectedName = names[randomIndex]
if game.players.localplayer.userid == "123456789" then
selectedName = Joe
end
-- Use the selected name wherever you need it
print("The selected name is: " .. selectedName)

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like that ?

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also no it isnt

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yes something like that would work just fine

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also thats what I have right now

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but it just gives the player a random name

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also it'd be more useful to make a local variable for player instead of constantly referencing it as game.Players.LocalPlayer

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yeah I would do that in a real script I just did that for an example

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Also put quotes around the name Joe

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alr

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but it seems that the script doesnt detect the userid in the real game

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as I joined with a friend

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and we both spawned with randomly generated names

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I haven't tested this but it might work

-- Define a table of possible names
local names = {
"Alice",
"Bob",
"Charlie",
"David",
"Eve"
}

-- Select a random name from the table
if not plr.UserId = 123456789 -- replace this with your friends user Id or whatever
local randomIndex = math.random(#names)
local selectedName = names[randomIndex]
end
else
local selectedName = "Joe"
-- Use the selected name wherever you need it
print("The selected name is: " .. selectedName)

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lemme test

bright mauveBOT Apr 3, 2023, 2:46 AM

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chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:51 AM

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dont put quotes around the number

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and use 2 equal signs

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wait actually let me remake it

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gimme a sec

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i completely failed on that one

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:52 AM

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chilly lark

eww lol so hows the code going

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work in progress

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xd

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so you want chances for the names?

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I mean I did but it looks really complicated for me right now

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it isn't that hard

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:53 AM

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chilly lark work in progress

lollua if not game.Players.LocalPlayer.UserId ~= '123456789' then

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also do either of u know how to get rid of this really annoying white bar thingy

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it deletes anything when I try typing

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press the insert button on your keyboard

bright mauveBOT Apr 3, 2023, 2:56 AM

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chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:56 AM

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ah thanks

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 2:56 AM

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chilly lark lol```lua if not game.Players.LocalPlayer.UserId ~= '123456789' then```

i entered my previous script into roblox studio and realized i made that error lol

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infact i made many errors

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yikes

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ye i do that sometimes if i do it in discord but in roblox i get no errors

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uh well idk what is wrong with it now

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but its saying smth about x and y

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so show full code

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im still working on mine lol

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chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 3:02 AM

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chilly lark

i dont think u have the correct thing lol and u can use a else not after a end

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would this work?


local name = ""

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local names = {
    "Jane",
    "John",
    "Erik",
    "David"
}

--Get a random name for player
if player.UserId ~= "123456789" then --change this to your user or whatever
    local randomIndex = math.random(#names)
        name = (names[randomIndex])    
        print("Your name is: "..name)
end
if player.UserId == "123456789" then --change this to your user or whatever
        name = "YourName"
    end
    print("Your name is: "..name)
end)

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Nvm tried it and it didn't work

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smhhhh

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lol well im trying something out like with functions and other things

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ah

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 3:03 AM

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chilly lark would this work? ```lua local name = "" game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(fun...

try this```lua
local names = {
"Jane",
"John",
"Erik",
"David"
}

-- Function to generate a random name
local function getRandomName()
local randomIndex = math.random(#names)
return names[randomIndex]
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local name = ""
-- Get a random name for the player, unless it's the specified user ID
if player.UserId ~= "123456789" then --change this to your user or whatever
name = getRandomName()
else
name = "YourName"
end
print("Your name is: "..name)
end)

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I'm usually good with math related things and this is literally the easiest of math things

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 3:04 AM

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chilly lark I'm usually good with math related things and this is literally the easiest of m...

same even for doing equations for determining the mass, velocity and density of the object

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Name 1

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then ill change to my user id after name 2

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name 2

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so that script works?

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User Id part doesn't seem to work

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still made my name erik

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maybe it would be possible if instead of using the userid

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you checked if the characters name = a specific name

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@chilly lark you had it switched around

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local names = {
"Jane",
"John",
"Erik",
"David"
}

-- Function to generate a random name
local function getRandomName()
local randomIndex = math.random(#names)
return names[randomIndex]
end

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
local name = ""
-- Get a random name for the player, unless it's the specified user ID
if player.UserId ~= "123456789" then --change this to your user or whatever
name = "Sally"
else
name = getRandomName()
end
print("Your name is: "..name)
end)

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you made it where if the players user id was the user id then it randomly generated the name

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and if it wasn't then it chose the set name

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so it works ?

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yh

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just change sally to wtv name u want

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and change the user id to yours

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alr lemme test this out

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tysm btw

chilly lark Apr 3, 2023, 3:19 AM

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chilly lark local names = { "Jane", "John", "Erik", "David" } -- Function t...

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