Battery Adding Issue

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#1

You can write your topic however you want, but you need to answer these questions:

  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I’m making a flashlight for my horror game. I already have a working system for draining battery.

  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    When I try to use a battery to regain some lost power, it thinks the flashlight has full battery.

  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I have asked ChatGPT
    I have tried SO MANY different methods of adding back to the value.

Drain Battery LocalScript

local Flashlight = script.Parent
local Battery = Flashlight:WaitForChild("Battery")
local Light = Flashlight.Handle:WaitForChild("SpotLight")
local plr = game.Players.LocalPlayer

-- Wait for GUI to be ready
local bar = plr:WaitForChild("PlayerGui"):WaitForChild("FlashlightStats").Background.Bar
local Active = false
local debounce = false

-- GUI visibility + equip sound
Flashlight.Equipped:Connect(function()
	plr.PlayerGui.FlashlightStats.Enabled = true
	Flashlight.Handle.equip:Play()
end)

Flashlight.Unequipped:Connect(function()
	plr.PlayerGui.FlashlightStats.Enabled = false
	Active = false
	Light.Enabled = false
end)

-- Toggle flashlight ON/OFF
Flashlight.Activated:Connect(function()
	if debounce then return end
	debounce = true

	Flashlight.Handle.Sound:Play()

	if Battery.Value > 0 then
		Active = not Active
		Light.Enabled = Active
		print("Flashlight Active:", Active)
	else
		print("Battery is empty.")
	end

	task.wait(0.3)
	debounce = false
end)

-- Battery drain loop
task.spawn(function()
	while true do
		task.wait(1) -- 1 unit per second

		if Active and Battery.Value > 0 then
			Battery.Value -= 1
			print("Battery:", Battery.Value)

			-- Update UI bar
			bar.Size = UDim2.new(0, (Battery.Value / 100 * 200), 1, 0)

			-- Flicker if low
			if Battery.Value <= 20 then
				Light.Enabled = false
				task.wait(0.1)
				Light.Enabled = true
			end

			-- Force shutdown if dead
			if Battery.Value <= 0 then
				Battery.Value = 0
				Active = false
				Light.Enabled = false
				print("Battery dead. Flashlight off.")
			end
		end
	end
end)

Add Battery ServerScript

local remote = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage"):WaitForChild("EKeyPressed")
local flashlightTemplate = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage").Items:WaitForChild("Flashlight")
local Hovering = false
local AlertEvent = game.ReplicatedStorage.Remotes.Alert

local function typewriter(object, text, length)
	for i = 1, #text, 1 do
		object.Text = string.sub(text, 1, i)
		wait(length)
	end
end

-- Hover Enter
script.Parent.Body.ClickDetector.MouseHoverEnter:Connect(function(plr)
	Hovering = true
	script.Parent.Highlight.Enabled = true
	script.Parent.Prompt.Enabled = true
end)

script.Parent.Label.ClickDetector.MouseHoverEnter:Connect(function(plr)
	Hovering = true
	script.Parent.Highlight.Enabled = true
	script.Parent.Prompt.Enabled = true
end)

-- Hover Leave
script.Parent.Body.ClickDetector.MouseHoverLeave:Connect(function(plr)
	Hovering = false
	script.Parent.Highlight.Enabled = false
	script.Parent.Prompt.Enabled = false
end)

script.Parent.Label.ClickDetector.MouseHoverLeave:Connect(function(plr)
	Hovering = false
	script.Parent.Highlight.Enabled = false
	script.Parent.Prompt.Enabled = false
end)

-- E Key Pressed
remote.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(plr)

	if Hovering then

		local flashlight = plr.Backpack:FindFirstChild("Flashlight") or plr.Character:FindFirstChild("Flashlight")
		if not flashlight then
			AlertEvent:FireClient(plr, "No Flashlight")
			return
		end

		local battery = flashlight:FindFirstChild("Battery")
		if not battery then
			return
		end


		if battery.Value < 100 then
			if battery.Value + 10 >= 100 then
				repeat
					battery.Value += 1
				until battery.Value == 100
			end
		end

			if battery.Value == 100 then
				AlertEvent:FireClient(plr, "Full Flashlight")
			end
		else
			AlertEvent:FireClient(plr, "Full Flashlight")
		end
end)
#2

The reduction of Battery.Value is done on a LocalScript, which means it doesn’t replicate to the server. Consider using RemoteEvents to update the Battery.Value

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

#3

OMGG i had this thought but turned my mind away from it :sob: ty for confirming it though :slight_smile:

marked as solution <3

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