why is my script not responding

[cyan patio]

pls help

script:

[warped wraith]

hints are deprectaed and you probably shouldnt use them, and also you disable the script whenever anyone joins the game is that what you are trying to do?

[cyan patio]

hints arent deprecated

[warped wraith]

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Hint

[cyan patio]

bruh

roblox sucks

plus im trying to make an loop

without while true do

@warped wraith also ignore the script.enable = false

i didnt mean it to put there

[warped wraith]

so is the problem that the hint doesnt pop up?

or what's the exact issue

[carmine osprey]

** You are now Level 1! **

[warped wraith]

and you might want to change the text from "The game must need more than 4 players to start" to "The game needs more than 4 players to start"

• When you get back, let me know what the goal of the script is. I think I can help you out.

local datatext = Instance.new("Hint",workspace)
datatext.Text = "There must be more than 4 players for the game to start."


repeat task.wait()
    
until #game.Players:GetChildren() ~= 0


local playersR = game.Players:GetChildren()[math.random(1, #game.Players:GetChildren())] -- gets a random player

local StartTime = 10 :: number

task.delay(StartTime, function()
    datatext.Text = "Begin."

end)

Here's my take on what I believe you were trying to do?

This script creates a hint at the top, gets a random player from the player list (which will only be one player but thats up to you) and then waits a select amount of time before saying begin in the hint

[cyan patio]

basically, the goal of the script is, first it detects if there is more than 0 players.
Then, it kills a random player then sets it on a team called "Aliens".
now it gives everyone from a team called "Marines", pistol, they give the Marines pistols. (Pistols are from Lighting).
and yeah

[warped wraith]

Yeah, the script i sent waits for there to detect more than 0 players then runs the rest of the logic you had written. From there, you can kill playersR and add further logic to complete your goal

what you already had should be working if you follow my model

[cyan patio]

Okay.

omg it works!

thank you so much man

[warped wraith]

❤️

Your problem was the script was running before the player loaded in

so it was grabbing a random number from 1-0

which math.random cant do

and it ended up just breaking your code

[cyan patio]

also, a question.

how do i make all players from the marine team get the pistol item?

it seems i put the for i,v then ipairs(idk) and that thing

but it just doesnt work...

[warped wraith]

can you send that script too? preferably using ``lua to send a code block through discord

but yeah you want to sort through the team's players using for loops

[cyan patio]

``local GetPlayers = game.Teams.Marines:GetPlayers()
--> Assigning it as a local variable is faster.
for _, Target in ipairs(GetPlayers) do
pistol.Parent = Target.Backpack
print(Target.Name)

    end

oops

[warped wraith]

when the script runs, what does it print as Target.Name

[cyan patio]

yes

[warped wraith]

what.? 😭

[cyan patio]

oh wait

nvm

i was delusional

[warped wraith]

all g

does your script wait to make sure there are people on the Marine team before iterating throught the players

[cyan patio]

no

[warped wraith]

If you add a check it would prob work

same thing I added in your first script

just wait untill someone joins the team to run the iteration

[cyan patio]

ok

[cyan patio]

(sorry for pinging)

but why this script just loops the noise?

the "noise" is defeat.

[warped wraith]

the looped noise is 'Laugh'?

you have it in a while loop so it is checking constantly and playing it constantly

every tick it checks to see if there are more than 0 players and if not plays the noise

but you don't prevent it from playing more than once so once there are no players left alive, it just keeps playing it over and over

[cyan patio]

yeah

wait hold on

again

im delusional...

that was other script

oopsies

[carmine osprey]

** You are now Level 3! **

[warped wraith]

the way your code block is structured makes the noise play over and over again

[cyan patio]

ohh

[warped wraith]

you can connect the function of lua if players < 0 then to the number of players on a team changing to avoid having to run it over and over again

I haven't really used Roblox's team feature but I'm sure theres a signal for when a player is added or removed from a team

Oh yeah its Team.PlayerRemoved

https://create.roblox.com/docs/reference/engine/classes/Team#PlayerRemoved

[cyan patio]

it worked

thanks

i should start learning way more variations

[warped wraith]

no problem 👍

most people avoid while loops for general purpose because they are expensive and normally don't suit functions the best

Usually there are other events that can be connected to your function to make it more efficient or you can use RunService's Heartbeat or RenderStepped to get constant checks

I reccommend checking those out if you haven't before

[cyan patio]

actually nevermind

[cyan patio]

im back bt

@warped wraith what i wanted to say is

that the script isnt transfering players to an team + kill all of them.

btw

the looped "wait()"s are to make the player fully from the team

[carmine osprey]

** You are now Level 8! **

[cyan patio]

(when you die you become an ghost, if not killed by an alien)

if you get killed by an alien

you become an alien

[warped wraith]

Yeah you probably want to rewrite that

there's 100 different ways to make that better

when the player dies, check if the person who killed them was an alien and if so, change their team... once

if not, make them a ghost

[cyan patio]

no no

when YOU die.

you become an ghost

but if you get killed by an alien

you become an alien

get what i mean?

im just saying the spammed wait()s are so you cannot be an ghost while dying.

and it ignores the ghost team

then turns it into marine

gdt what i meangt?

[warped wraith]

Yes, but there are better ways to do that than using wait()

you should handle the team changing when you die instead to determine if they should be a ghost or an alien

[cyan patio]

i could not do that

its part of the game's lore.

when you die by yourself you become an ghost

[warped wraith]

Could you not add a check into the Humanoid.Died to see how they died

and then handle it accordingly from there?

[cyan patio]

???

oh right

uhm

[warped wraith]

okay so, when you die alone you become a ghost, when you die by and alien you become an alien

right?

[cyan patio]

aliens have an script that attacks marines

[cyan patio]

yes

but

im trying to fix another script.

this one

im just explaining the spammed wait()s

[warped wraith]

alr... whats the problem with that one other than the looping sound

[cyan patio]

a memory crossed by

ignore that

it was another problem

this part

is not working

im trying to make all the players die

then change team spammed by wait()s together

[cyan patio]

btw i talking about the loop sound

that was another problem + i was delusional.

nvm i found it out

[cyan patio]

i actually fixed it all

yay

[warped wraith]

Good 😊

[cyan patio]

also

i think its kinda enough since

like yesterday.

just one last script fixing pls

[warped wraith]

Yeah I’m always here to help

Lmk if something else comes up

[cyan patio]

oh

like

you know you helped me right?

the main script, which you helped on me too, i edited it.

i edited some part but

for some reason it continues after being enabled again.

[carmine osprey]

** You are now Level 9! **

[cyan patio]

so if you make the math

5+5+5+5+5+5 would be 30.

so when it reaches 30 seconds

the script somehow puts the victory message

making the game glitched

even worse it has the msg and hint

it looks weird

but im gonna show an video of that

[warped wraith]

Alr

[cyan patio]

please wait.

the video is being converted

please scroll at the end

not too far

or maybe watch the whole thing

[warped wraith]

So the problem is it keeps starting?

Or

[cyan patio]

no

[warped wraith]

Oh wait

The alien thing isn’t supposed to be there right

?

[cyan patio]

what

what alien thing

ohh you mean the uh

team when death?

its supposed to be there

a random player gets choosen then dies

and becomes Alien

[warped wraith]

But the “aliens wiped out the planet” message

[cyan patio]

because there is no players in the marines team

[warped wraith]

Okay wait so explain what you are trying to fix one more time

[carmine osprey]

** You are now Level 4! **

[cyan patio]

did you see the full video

[warped wraith]

Yes

The xenomorph screen?

[cyan patio]

at the end

you see the messages are together...

and it isnt supposed to be like that

since i made an 30 second wait

to make the victory thing happen

if marines survive long enough.

wait(30)
local msg = Instance.new("Message", workspace)
msg.Text = "Humans Won."
workspace.ambiencecontroller.Enabled = false
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
local char = v.Character
char:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Health = 0
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()

end
game.StarterGui.Victory:Play()
wait(3)
msg:Remove()
workspace.Gothic:Play()
workspace.Close.CanCollide = true
workspace.Close.Transparency = 0
script.Enabled = true

``lua wait(30)
local msg = Instance.new("Message", workspace)
msg.Text = "Humans Won."
workspace.ambiencecontroller.Enabled = false
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
local char = v.Character
char:WaitForChild("Humanoid").Health = 0
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()
v.Team = game.Teams.Marines
v.leaderstats.Status.Value = "Alive"
wait()

end
game.StarterGui.Victory:Play()
wait(3)
msg:Remove()
workspace.Gothic:Play()
workspace.Close.CanCollide = true
workspace.Close.Transparency = 0
script.Enabled = true``

Ill Wait.....

done?

WHAT

I FIXED IT

NVM NVM

[warped wraith]

sorry im at work rn so it takes a minute

[cyan patio]

its ok.

also im kinda sorry wasting your time since i already fixed it all completly

[cyan patio]

@warped wraith Hello.

today i wanna ask one question.

Why is my script only giving one player gun instead of all the team?

[warped wraith]

clone the pistol for each player

[warped wraith]

each player

make the clone inside the for loop

[cyan patio]

ok

[cyan patio]

also, why is this script not working?

im trying to make it so when you click it

it first detects if you have an gamepass.

then it gives you the item.

[warped wraith]

is it a local script

[cyan patio]

no

[warped wraith]

put a print inside the buy() function to make sure it runs when the button is clicked

[cyan patio]

ok

wait

it isnt working because i didnt enable that api thing?

[warped wraith]

you should prob allow API access

idk how it works with MPS though

check your console

[cyan patio]

should i put the print like

[warped wraith]

first line in the function, just to see if it even runs

[cyan patio]

:Connect(buy, print("Buy"))

[warped wraith]

no no no

in the buy function

function buy()
print("Function ran")

[cyan patio]

uh

wai

Market"place"service

not MarketPlaceService

[warped wraith]

Marketplace

yeah

[cyan patio]

it works

i ddint notice that

[warped wraith]

👍

always check console first

you can enable it in studio by using the 'output' toggle

[cyan patio]

oh ok

[cyan patio]

sorry for pinging too early but.

i noticed that my script detects if an value is true

along with an wait(480) in the top.

so i assume that

when the wait completes

it detects if the value is true

and makes an event happen.

it can happen any time when a round starts

or ends