Breaking a function from outside the function

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#1

Hello humans(hopefully)! This is my first time posting a scripting support topic, so any feedback is welcome.

Anyway, I was working on a round script for my game. Here it is.

local workspace = game.Workspace
local lobby = workspace.Lobby
local arena = workspace.Arena
local obstacles = arena.Obstacles
local projectiles = arena.Projectiles

local RoundEnd = script:WaitForChild("RoundEnd")

local Timer = game.ReplicatedStorage.UpdateGui.RoundDisplay

local teams = game.Teams
local blueTeam = teams.Blue
local redTeam = teams.Red
local lobbyTeam = teams.Lobby

local players = game.Players

local RoundTime = 600
local IntermissionTime = 30

local function timer(TotalTime)
	for i = TotalTime, 0, -1 do
		local minutes = tostring(math.floor(i/60))
		local seconds = math.floor(i%60)
		if seconds < 10 then
			seconds = "0".. tostring(math.floor(i%60))
		end
		Timer.Value = minutes .. ":" .. seconds
		wait(1)
	end
	RoundEnd:Fire()
end

local function TwoTeams()
	local playersTable = players:GetPlayers()
	local playerNumber = #playersTable
	local redTeamNumber = math.floor((playerNumber + 1) / 2)
	for i, v in pairs(playersTable) do
		if i < (redTeamNumber + 1) then
			v.Team = redTeam
			print("teamed")
			local spawnNumber = 1
			if i > 4 then
				spawnNumber = i - 4
			end

			local character = v.Character or v.CharacterAdded:Wait()
			print("character variabled")
			print("character found")
			local humanoidRootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
			if humanoidRootPart then
				print("root found")
				character.CableHook.Transparency = 1
				character.CableHook.Cable.Enabled = false
				character.CableHook.Weld.Part1 = nil
				character.CableHook.Anchored = false				
				humanoidRootPart.AssemblyLinearVelocity = Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)
				humanoidRootPart.AssemblyAngularVelocity = Vector3.new(math.random(-50, 50), math.random(-50, 50), math.random(-50, 50))
				humanoidRootPart.CFrame = obstacles.Red[spawnNumber].SpawnLocation.CFrame
			end
			
		end
	end
end

wait(10)

while true do
	TwoTeams()
	timer(300)
	--When a team has no players left
	--Stop the timer
end

Anyway, the script works. I just need to know how I can stop the timer function. Is there like a function:Break() statement I can use? (I’m trying to stop the function from outside of the function)
I’ve tried browsing the Devforum and google for help, but I couldn’t find anything that works.

Thanks in advance!

#2

You could use a boolean to check if the timer still has to go or not - set it to false at a point, and it’ll stop, else do it oppositely.

#3

Oh damn. I just realized how simple that was…
Oh and thanks for the idea :smiley:

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