BoolValue doesn't register as true

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#1

Ok so I have some code for my game that requires a BoolValue to be ticked. When it is ticked, nothing prints even though the event was fired.

local UserInputService = game:GetService("UserInputService")
local Players = game:GetService("Players")
local LocalPlayer = Players.LocalPlayer

local character = LocalPlayer.Character or LocalPlayer.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local head = character:WaitForChild("Head")
local distanceMin
local distance
local closestPlayer


UserInputService.InputBegan:Connect(function (input, IsTyping)
	if input.KeyCode == Enum.KeyCode.E and IsTyping == false then
		distanceMin = math.huge
		for _, player in pairs(Players:GetPlayers()) do
			if player ~= LocalPlayer then
				local iscrawling = player:WaitForChild("iscrawling")
				if iscrawling.Value == true then
				distance = player:DistanceFromCharacter(head.Position)
				if distance < distanceMin then
					distanceMin = distance
					closestPlayer = player
	                print(closestPlayer.Name .. " is the closest player.")
				end
			end
		end
	end
		if distanceMin < 10 then 
			print(closestPlayer.Name .. " is the closest player.")
		end
	end
end)

This is a local script in StarterGui.

#2

Try using a function when the BoolValue is true, use the BoolValue’s .Changed event and connect with the function

Sort of like this

iscrawling.Changed:Connect(function() -- here it is
				distance = player:DistanceFromCharacter(head.Position)
				if distance < distanceMin then
					distanceMin = distance
					closestPlayer = player
	                print(closestPlayer.Name .. " is the closest player.")
				end
			end)
#3

Is the boolvalue directly parented to the player or in a folder?

Try putting a print over here:

local iscrawling = player:WaitForChild("iscrawling")
				if iscrawling.Value == true then
                                    -- here
				distance = player:DistanceFromCharacter(head.Position)
				if distance < distanceMin then
					distanceMin = distance
					closestPlayer = player
	                print(closestPlayer.Name .. " is the closest player.")
				end

and maybe try changing this:

if distance < distanceMin then
#4

It is directly parented to the player

#6

When I put the print after the bool check it doesn’t print

#7

Then it must mean the value is false.

#8

But I check in game the value is true

#9

Is it stuck to true? the boolvalue? if it is then you need to set it false again inside the function right after when the function is done

#10

You should use :GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function() instead

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#12

You don’t need to use :GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value") for ValueBase objects since they have a modified .Changed event that only fires when Value property changes.

#13

How did you set the value? Did you set it in a script, local script, or manually? I had a problem where I set a value in a local script so it was registered as false by the server, which may or may not be the problem.

#14

I set it with a local script and another local script is checking if it is true

#15

If a player changes the value on their client, it will not replicate to other clients.

#16

That’s probably the problem then. If you set it in a local script it won’t replicate to other clients or the server so you would need to use a server script to set the value (or send a remote to the server to set the value).

#17

But if I set it with the server, all of the players will have it to true

#18

If you change the value in that player then It will be true for them.

#19

Yeah, just set the value for the specific player.