GUI Transperency doesn't change in real time

[cobalt forge]

I have a for loop that gradually put the transparency of a frameGUI lower and lower, but the problem is that it doesn't change in real time, the data property does keep changing but nothing happens on the screen until the end of the loop

[mossy fossil]

its because Transparency value is 0-1

not 1-100

also i recommend using Tweens instead of for loops

[granite bone]

wait you can use tweens for transparency?

[mossy fossil]

you can use tweens for almost every property that has numbers

i mean like Transparency, Size, Position, Density, Value, etc

[granite bone]

i see

[cobalt forge]

oh my god

thank you so much

[cobalt forge]

why is that ?

is tweens just better than for loops on these occasions ?

[mossy fossil]

its more optimized, more clear, etc

smoother animation

[fleet sundial]

you can use tweens for almost every property

[cobalt forge]

makes sense, I will use it more then, I thouhgt it would be less optimized

[fleet sundial]

especially scales

[cobalt forge]

Quick question before I put this thread as solved, how do i make the frame cover the entire screen?, because when i play, the frame only covers a part of the screen, but the toppart where the roblox logo is, it doesnt cover that for some reason, and also some tips for better coding ? 🥺

[mossy fossil]

enable GuiInSet property in ScreenGui

[fleet sundial]

enable a property called IgnoreGuInSET

[cobalt forge]

🙏 you are god on earth

[cobalt forge]

arigato gosaiamsu

but fr thank you so much yall

[fleet sundial]

Doitashimashite

[glossy cipher]

tweens are much easier and smoother than for loops

you can also customize it very throughly with tweens unlike for loops which require additional scripting

for example on tweens you can set easing styles for the tweens to make it do things like slowly fade in or out

or make it reverse when after it does the tween

[cobalt forge]

that is true, but i dont sometimes I'm a bit too scared of using functions all the time, since I'm learning, I think using pre-made functions may result in bad habits and lack of knowledge on the future, since I will just use them, but don't know how to create them, but I guess I should stop worrying too much about such

[cobalt forge]

tweens do seem hella useful

[glossy cipher]

it would actually be a bad habit to rely on for loops to make effects like those

tweens are better in the long run unless you need to script custom behavior during the tween

[cobalt forge]

Oh shi really ?

[obsidian yoke]

** You are now Level 2! **

[glossy cipher]

even then you can still make custom behavior during tweens

[cobalt forge]

lol

[glossy cipher]

well yes because for loops just make it time consuming and difficult to do

the one thing I think that makes for loops better than tweens for those effects is if you're scripting custom behavior during the tween that controls the tween as well

but other than that tweens are generally better for every use case like that

[cobalt forge]

I see, so tweens are just generally better for transactions ?

transitions*

idk why i said that

[glossy cipher]

it really just depends on what it is you're trying to do

if you're trying to transition a number to another number smoothly then use tweens

if you're trying to do something like decrease a value linearly until it reaches another value then use for loops

[cobalt forge]

doesnt tweenservice also provide a linear event ?

[glossy cipher]

best example I can think of is like if for example you're trying to gradually decrease the range of a light until it reaches zero, then use tween service

however if you're doing something like, for example, making a clock tick down to zero, use a for loop for that instead of a tween

[glossy cipher]

yeah

[cobalt forge]

ohhhh

makes senseee

[glossy cipher]

using tweenservice for something purely depends on what it is that you're actually trying to do with the number

[cobalt forge]

got it, well I willl try to use more functions then

like premade functions from the roblox lib

[glossy cipher]

also something i don't know if other people mentioned is that tween service actually works with alot of things that involve numbers

something that is really hard to code with a for loop most likely is actually really easy with a tween

for example smoothly transitioning the color of a brick to a different color

whereas a for loop would require a bunch of lines of code reconfiguring all rgb values with calculations to transition to the color you want, tween service is as simple as stating the color you want it to change to, and then just playing the tween

[cobalt forge]

hmmm, so I should focus on using functions, not only because they can be more effiecient, its also easier for other people to understand it aswell ?

[glossy cipher]

wdym

functions are just functions

you can put a tween inside one and call it perhaps

functions are different things entirely from tweens

[cobalt forge]

no no yea, like when i'm saying functions, I'm saying like "TweenService", CFrame.look at and etc..

like instead of just trying to invent the wheel, I should just use tools that roblox already offers

[glossy cipher]

I guess

tweens are just more efficient and easier to use than making transitions yourself in for loops

[cobalt forge]

got it, thank you man, imma use it more often then