Trying to change text based on leaderstat value

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#1

Hello,
I am trying to make the text on a TextButton change depending on the time someone has spent in the game. The time spent in the game is saved as a leaderstat. However, the script I have used is not working and I have no clue why. Could someone help me?

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local Time = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Time.Value
local Redeem = script.Parent.UGCFrame.Redeem

if Time >= 17 then
	Redeem.Text = "REDEEM"
	Redeem.LocalScript.Enabled = true
else
	Redeem.Text = "LOCKED"
end
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#2

is this client or serverside, and is the code that changes the value/makes the stat client or serverside

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#3

This is client but the code that changes the value is server side

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#4

Are you detecting when It updates?

Time.Changed:Connect(function()
if Time.Value >=17 then
--Stuff
end
end)
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#5

its not working because theres no loop or update checking on the stat
missed that the first time sorry
Edit: devnotewastaken beat me to it

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#6

this is probably the most efficient method, it will only read value changes

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local Time = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Time
local Redeem = script.Parent.UGCFrame.Redeem

function Update()
	if Time.Value >= 17 then
		Redeem.Text = "REDEEM"
		Redeem.LocalScript.Enabled = true
	else
		Redeem.Text = "LOCKED"
	end
end

Update()

Time:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(Update)
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#7

Nope I wasn’t. Thanks for the help

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#8

you could probably shorten this to

local players = game:GetService("Players")
local player = players.LocalPlayer
local Time = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats").Time
local Redeem = script.Parent.UGCFrame.Redeem

Time:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(Function()
	if Time.Value >= 17 then
		Redeem.Text = "REDEEM"
		Redeem.LocalScript.Enabled = true
	else
		Redeem.Text = "LOCKED"
	end
end)

I never understood why people do the way you did it

#9

that would update it from the beginning, so my code works more as intended. this would only update after the value changed

#10

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