waiting for a value

[distant vale]

Hey! I was making a selection UI for a game and I ran into this problem where my ui is getting the value before its loaded by the data store, I was wondering if theres a way to wait for it to load the value? I also tried using a repeat untill but it doesnt work.

(Heres my code if maybe I did something wrong.)

local Slots = game.Players.LocalPlayer:WaitForChild("TrollSlots")
for i,v in Slots:GetChildren() do
    local NewSlot = script.Parent["0"]:Clone()
    NewSlot.Visible = true
    NewSlot.Name = string.char(i)
    local Name = v.Value
    NewSlot.Parent = script.Parent.loading
    NewSlot.TextLabel.Text = "Slot "..i.." - "..Name
end
task.wait()
for i,v in script.Parent.loading:GetChildren() do
    v.Parent = script.Parent
end

Again, Im just asking if theres a way to wait for it to load.

It's meant to say the value in the slot ("Troll") like "Slot # - Troll"

this is what it should look like btw

[bitter remnant]

Set a value to nil and do repeat wait() until value ~= nil

Then after the load part in the data script set the value to something else

You can also use boolvalues and other stuff

Kind of a redneck approach tho

[distant vale]

yeah i tried that with the repeat thing but its not nil "" or " " so im just using a tast.wait at the start for until i find a better solution

[bitter remnant]

Alr so what youre saying is that it loads it before the data can load?

Can you print the data for me?

Like in the gui script

[distant vale]

now it works when i do that

bro what 😭

print(Name) just fixes it

now its not

[bitter remnant]

Alr so

Can you send full code?

@distant vale

In ss form

Im mobile so hard to read

[distant vale]

i made new code to load when the ui is toggled

[bitter remnant]

So it works?

[distant vale]

yes

[bitter remnant]

Alr gl!

[distant vale]

ty

[spiral estuary]

cant we just use waitforchild?

[bitter remnant]

It exist the value just isint loaded

[solemn crater]

what value?

[bitter remnant]

V.Value

[spiral estuary]

then we say if the value isnt loaded we are waiting for the value to be changed and then run the code

[bitter remnant]

I asked too but it appears not to work

[solemn crater]

waitforchild wait for the value to load already?

[bitter remnant]

Repeat wait() until isString(v.Value)

[spiral estuary]

it exists but isnt the right v.Value

we should just do v.Changed:Connect() idk why that shouldnt work

[bitter remnant]

Yh that could work

[solemn crater]

v:GetPorpertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect()

[spiral estuary]

thats what i meant

[solemn crater]

local v: StringValue
local Name

if v.Value then
Name = v.Value
else
local singal

signal = v:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
    if not v.Value then return end
    
    Name = v.Value
    
    signal:Disconnect()
    signal = nil
end)

end

[distant vale]

local v: StringValue
local Name

if v.Value then
    Name = v.Value
else
    local singal
    
    signal = v:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
        if not v.Value then return end
        
        Name = v.Value
        
        signal:Disconnect()
        signal = nil
    end)
end

[solemn crater]

ok singal

[distant vale]

i already fixed it in a way that lets me change it so i can change the values and it changed