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lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:28 AM

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I'm currently trying to write a script that changes the UI I have from numbers to letters whenever I press L2 on a controller, but I can't seem to figure out just how to word this value. (I'm coming from normal Lua, so I'm not sure if this is part of the LuaU modifications.)

function PrepareControllerMoves()
    local CurCharacter = Player:GetAttribute("SelectedCharacter")
    local CurMoveset = ModeDisplay.Text
    local Moveset = SSs.Characters[CurCharacter]..Spawn.Main.CurMoveset
    AttemptingToUseMove = true
    
end

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:32 AM

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lucid kettle I'm currently trying to write a script that changes the UI I have from numbers t...

with letters I'm guessing you mean controller buttons, right?

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:32 AM

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Yeah

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:32 AM

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Do you have any place where you store the inputs?

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e.g. a module, an attribute or some value instance

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:33 AM

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I was just gonna replace the strings on the text labels with new strings 😅

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:34 AM

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That would work, just debugging that would be a tad odd

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Anyways, if you know what button you're on and what button correlates to that then you can just do

Display.Text = KeyRequired

which is quite basic, but it's not much more than that

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the diffucult part comes in when managing what keys correspond to what buttons

compact flume May 28, 2024, 9:35 AM

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Btw in case you still wanna know how to: workspace.path["instance name"].Whatever.Value

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:35 AM

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I would really advice you to just store those values somewhere

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:36 AM

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compact flume Btw in case you still wanna know how to: workspace.path["instance name"].Whateve...

how would i append Spawn to that?

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because my main problem is getting to the Text inside of these image labels

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:37 AM

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is asgorespawn one of the potential CurCharacters?

compact flume May 28, 2024, 9:38 AM

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I'm in a car rn so can't really answer

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:38 AM

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sick rampart is asgorespawn one of the potential CurCharacters?

Asgore is

sour craterBOT May 28, 2024, 9:38 AM

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sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:39 AM

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Hang on, do all those have the text labels inside them?

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:39 AM

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yes, they do

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here let me send a quick example of what the ui looks like

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:43 AM

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if so then I would just do:

for _, ImageLabel in SSs.Characters[CurCharacters].Moves.Main.Fire do
  if ImageLabel.ClassName == "ImageLabel" then continue end
  ImageLabel.TextLabel.Text = --the right button
end

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:43 AM

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lucid kettle here let me send a quick example of what the ui looks like

trying to get these numbers to swap

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:43 AM

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sick rampart if so then I would just do: ```lua for _, ImageLabel in SSs.Characters[CurChara...

ah okay

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:45 AM

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that script is the easiest to use if you just have a table of the right keys

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local ButtonTable = {
    ["ButtonName1"] = {
        ["Console"] = "L2",
        ["PC"] = "R"
    },
    ["ButtonName2"] = {
        ["Console"] = "L2",
        ["PC"] = "T"
    }--etc
}

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:45 AM

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here let me try executing it myself to see if i've got this straight

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for _, ImageLabel in SSs.Characters[CurCharacter]["Spawn"].Moves.Main[CurMoveset] do
    if ImageLabel.ClassName == "ImageLabel" then continue end
    ImageLabel.MoveNumber.Text = Button.Name
end
```correct?

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as for the binds let me just

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:50 AM

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lucid kettle ```lua for _, ImageLabel in SSs.Characters[CurCharacter]["Spawn"].Moves.Main[Cur...

yes, depending on how you made the Button Variable

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the main issue is that this will do all textlabels and will most likely set them all to 1 button

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:50 AM

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sick rampart ```lua local ButtonTable = { ["ButtonName1"] = { ["Console"] = "L2",...

So I would still recommend just making a table with them

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 9:51 AM

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yeah working on the table right now

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i'll probably check back in after i'm done just to make sure

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 9:51 AM

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make sure you ping me when you do, for I will probably be dying in blender trying to get these lights to behave how I want them to

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:06 AM

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@sick rampart kinda forgot how to operate tables considering this is the first time i've ever had to use one, how do i call these in the statement?

local Binds = {
        ["One"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "X",
            ["PC"] = "1",
            ["PlayStation"] = "□"
        },
        ["Two"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "Y",
            ["PC"] = "2",
            ["PlayStation"] = "△"
        },
        ["Three"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "A",
            ["PC"] = "3",
            ["PlayStation"] = "╳"
        },
        ["Four"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "B",
            ["PC"] = "4",
            ["PlayStation"] = "◯"
        },
        ["Five"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "LB",
            ["PC"] = "5",
            ["Playstation"] = "L1"
        },
        ["Six"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "RB",
            ["PC"] = "6",
            ["Playstation"] = "R1"
        },
        ["Seven"] = {
            ["XBox"] = "RT",
            ["PC"] = "7",
            ["Playstation"] = "R2"
        },
    }
    
    for _, ImageLabel in SSs.Characters[CurCharacter]["Spawn"].Moves.Main[CurMoveset] do
        if ImageLabel.ClassName == "ImageLabel" then continue end
        ImageLabel.MoveNumber.Text = Button.Name
    end

sour craterBOT May 28, 2024, 10:06 AM

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lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:07 AM

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and also on that note, how do i check what type of controller a player is using 😅

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:12 AM

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I just noticed I made a mistake in the for loop

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Then if ImageLabel… line’s == had to be a ~=

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:13 AM

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ah

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:15 AM

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Now the image label’s name is in the table so we can set the textlabel’s text to

Binds[ImageLabel.Name][CurrentConsole]

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One thing I must add is that I’m not sure how you’re planning on detecting xbox vs playstation. I know you can technically hook up a playstation controller but I never saw anything that can detect xbox vs playstation

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Definitely as the inputs are just made for a gamepad, not xbox/ps specific

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:16 AM

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there isn't?

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i was kind of banking on that

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:16 AM

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Maybe some research can prove me wrong. But I don’t know of any way on how one would do that

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:17 AM

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interesting

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i've never seen a ButtonCross in Enum.Keycode

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sure enough i just tried it and there's no autocomplete for it

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but it definitely works

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:35 AM

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if UIs:GetStringForKeyCode(Enum.KeyCode.ButtonA) == "ButtonCross" or UIs:GetStringForKeyCode(Enum.KeyCode.ButtonB) == "ButtonCircle" or UIs:GetStringForKeyCode(Enum.KeyCode.ButtonX) == "ButtonSquare" or UIs:GetStringForKeyCode(Enum.KeyCode.ButtonY) == "ButtonTriangle" then
        PlayStation = true
    end
``` there has to be an easier way to write this 😭

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:36 AM

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Are you sure? I checked the list of potential keycodes and it’s not present

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Oh getsreuntforketckde hm

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Oh wait

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You’ve found something interesting

compact flume May 28, 2024, 10:38 AM

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You both are still over this 😭

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:39 AM

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lucid kettle ```lua if UIs:GetStringForKeyCode(Enum.KeyCode.ButtonA) == "ButtonCross" or UIs:...

Just make a makeshift switch function by using a table

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:44 AM

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compact flume You both are still over this 😭

almost done thankfully

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:45 AM

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sick rampart Just make a makeshift switch function by using a table

tables…

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i’m gonna go with my exorbitantly long if statement for now because i’ve been coding for three hours and it’s 6 am

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:46 AM

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lucid kettle i’m gonna go with my exorbitantly long if statement for now because i’ve been co...

Well yes, they’re easier to write than a massive if else chain

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I would argue that tables are one of the best things to learn early on in lua

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:47 AM

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i suppose i’ll have to get cracking once again then

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:48 AM

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sick rampart Now the image label’s name is in the table so we can set the textlabel’s text to...

last thing, assumedly
[“XBox”] works in the space of [CurrentConsole], yes?
or would it be [XBox]

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:49 AM

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Yes

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:49 AM

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alright thanks a million

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if something doesn’t work one of my Cur variables must’ve been wrong

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so i should be good from here

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:50 AM

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You can just read the table as an example

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Let’s say the user is on xbox and the code is working on button One

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Then it goes to the Binds table, entry One (name of button) then goes to Xbox (name of console that your if else chain returns) and then returns a string with the correct button (blue)

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:51 AM

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upvote

sour craterBOT May 28, 2024, 10:51 AM

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lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:51 AM

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3 level ups in one forum

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i see how you’re level 50 now

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:55 AM

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lucid kettle i see how you’re level 50 now

64👀

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 10:56 AM

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someone’s dedicated

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 10:57 AM

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only 28k messages 🤷‍♂️

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 3:48 PM

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@sick rampart are you still available 😭

marsh prawn May 28, 2024, 3:59 PM

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Im here, whats the issue @lucid kettle

sick rampart May 28, 2024, 4:24 PM

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lucid kettle <@739209245198909524> are you still available 😭

Yes, avg also offered to help you btw. He’s also very talented

lucid kettle May 28, 2024, 4:25 PM

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marsh prawn Im here, whats the issue <@708469070625898596>

oh apologies

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i figured it out, i was having an issue with ServerScriptService not finding a valid member

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turns out the script i'm working in clones to a localscript in the player's backpack

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which kinda screws with the whole thing i had going

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of referencing serverscriptservice to fix stuff :/

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