how would I go about writing a script that calculates the value gained per second? like cash flow | Roblox Studio Community | Page 1

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:06 AM

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I get the formula and what I have to do to some degree, but since I'm fairly new to programming I just can't wrap my head around this yet
Essentially what I'm trying to do is have a gui show the player how much income they're receiving per second, like cookie clicker basically, so i need to figure out how to get a value acquired over a period of time

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:10 AM

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Hey you still need some help?

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@sturdy sage

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Can I see what you got started on so far?

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:10 AM

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hey, yeah

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i went through a lot of renditions i'm not sure if i can go back

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though i can share my ideas

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:14 AM

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So what is the period of time

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This should be pretty simple I can help you out no problem

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:15 AM

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HELLO

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HELLO

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@final portal

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:15 AM

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what

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:15 AM

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lets help him

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can we help you inertia

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:15 AM

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alright thanks man, so i want the cash per second to update dynamically, but over 3 seconds maybe?

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:15 AM

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HELLO INERTIA

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:15 AM

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yoo

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:16 AM

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sturdy sage alright thanks man, so i want the cash per second to update dynamically, but ove...

i feel like you could just display the value itself just like that within the code

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this is in gui right?

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:16 AM

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yeah

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:16 AM

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YEAH

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YEAH

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:16 AM

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and the cash flows every second right?

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:17 AM

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@sturdy sage so in order to show it on your GUI you need some sort of saving system to keep track of the money the player has earned thus far right?

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:17 AM

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yeah, it could be a variable or even a numbervalue instance

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:18 AM

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final portal and the cash flows every second right?

it's as often as the player clicks and as often as the auto upgrades pump out cash

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:18 AM

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AREN TO THE RESCUE

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WOO HOO

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OOO

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AREN

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TAHT SOUNDS A BIT COMPLEX

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@final portal

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what do you think

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what should we do

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:19 AM

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mellow gorge <@456226577798135808> so in order to show it on your GUI you need some sort of s...

yeah i've got int values

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:19 AM

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sturdy sage it's as often as the player clicks and as often as the auto upgrades pump out ca...

yeah, whatever the value you gave you should just immediately be able to use the value

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:19 AM

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tribal verge WOO HOO

i like this guys energy

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🔥

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:20 AM

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@sturdy sage allright if you got them stored in a table then you can set up a script for click amount money earned as well as upgrades passive income earned. Save it to the same table or datapoint and reflect that number onto your UI

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that is how I do it everytime in this scenario

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:20 AM

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DAMN

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BYE

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YOU ARE FUCKING SMART

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WTF

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OK

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LETS GO

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@final portal

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LETS RECRUIT HIM

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LETS GO

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AREN

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:21 AM

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unfortunately, i must stop for now

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:21 AM

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WHTA DO YOU THINK ABOUT WAHT HE SAID

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ok

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but I NEED UR OPINION

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ON WHAT HE SAID

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:21 AM

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yeah that would also work

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:21 AM

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what was your way

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is it easier

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can you tell me

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:21 AM

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well, idk how the dude structured his system

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my way would be able to just grab the value just like that

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alr i gtg cya

last raven Jun 19, 2024, 5:22 AM

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sturdy sage I get the formula and what I have to do to some degree, but since I'm fairly new...

uhhh u can just get the average

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:22 AM

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HOW WILL YOU STORE THE VALUE

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IF YOU JUST GRAB IT

last raven Jun 19, 2024, 5:22 AM

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like every 5 second, calculate how much you've made

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and divide that by 5

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to get ur avg income per second

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:22 AM

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@sturdy sage Oh sorry, forgot to add after you save the income you can just do math

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so for example I am coding a game right now to calculate clicks per second

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:23 AM

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LETS GO

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LETS GO

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:23 AM

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local clicksPerMinute = (clickCount / elapsedTime) * 60

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it would be something like that

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but instead just use your datapoint save

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and instead of minute calculate for seconds

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:24 AM

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OKOK

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HES SO SMART

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WTF

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SO SMART

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:25 AM

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aight thank yall a bunch, i'll see if i can attempt to comprehend this and make it work

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:25 AM

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mellow gorge and instead of minute calculate for seconds

gotchu

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:26 AM

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Yeah no worries, if you want an idea how I set my variables as well here you go

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local currentTime = tick()
        local elapsedTime = currentTime - startTime

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:26 AM

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@rustic arch

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WHY U NO SMART LIKE THIS GUY

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WHY NOT

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BUT IM THE SMARTEST

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IM SMARTETER ALL OF U

rustic arch Jun 19, 2024, 5:27 AM

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bro

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what the fuck is your problem with me

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you're so fucking childish annoying piece of shit

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:27 AM

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ANGER ISSUES

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ANGER ISSUES

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ANGER ISSUES

mellow gorge Jun 19, 2024, 5:27 AM

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0.0 wtf is going on

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:27 AM

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😭

rustic arch Jun 19, 2024, 5:27 AM

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idk with that guy

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he be pressing me for days now for unknown fucking reason

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:28 AM

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unforch

rustic arch Jun 19, 2024, 5:28 AM

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i just helped someone he couldnt help

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and he got mad

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:29 AM

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i think he's just messin with ya man

rustic arch Jun 19, 2024, 5:29 AM

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nah that dude is jealous

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lmao

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:30 AM

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💀 lmao

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 5:31 AM

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im back, i think i completely missed the point here so ima say sorry and just leave

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 5:32 AM

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ur good, thanks for helping

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 5:57 AM

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@sturdy sage

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so

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did it work

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did u get help

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 6:05 AM

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still figuring a few things out, but i think i'm close

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 6:22 AM

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who helpd the most

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@sturdy sage

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 6:23 AM

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i'm grateful for everybody equally but i think bye did do the most work

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 6:23 AM

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@rustic arch

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I HATE YOU

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YOU ARE SO MEAN TO ME

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LOOK HOW NICE

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INTERTIA IS

sturdy sage Jun 19, 2024, 6:24 AM

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you're going to get yelled at 😭

stray harborBOT Jun 19, 2024, 6:24 AM

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rustic arch Jun 19, 2024, 6:30 AM

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sturdy sage you're going to get yelled at 😭

nah

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that dude has no friends

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he wants some attention

tribal verge Jun 19, 2024, 6:31 AM

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@rustic arch

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NOT YOU

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YOU WERENT THER CHAMPION

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 7:11 AM

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i never thought id see rsd beef

hybrid comet Jun 19, 2024, 9:13 AM

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uuh is this solved

final portal Jun 19, 2024, 10:23 AM

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hybrid comet uuh is this solved

kidna?

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we gave solutions and ways to do it

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rn inertia is just trying to implement it

#how would I go about writing a script that calculates the value gained per second? like cash flow