Countdown stopping after just subtracting 1 number

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#1

I was making a countdown script (for a friend), however just a bug. The countdown stops after just subtracting 1 number.

Script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer or game.Players.PlayerAdded:Wait()
local countdownNegation = 1

player.Chatted:Connect(function(msg)
	local splitmessage = msg:split(" ")

	if splitmessage[1] == ":cd" or ":countdown" and splitmessage[2] == "%d" then

		local CDGUI = Instance.new("ScreenGui")
		local Frame1 = Instance.new("Frame")
		local CDnumber = Instance.new("TextLabel")
		local CDValue = Instance.new("NumberValue")
		local CDName = Instance.new("TextLabel")
		local Frame2 = Instance.new("Frame")

		CDGUI.Name = "CDGUI"
		CDGUI.ZIndexBehavior = Enum.ZIndexBehavior.Sibling
		
		for _, players in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
			CDGUI.Parent = players.PlayerGui
		end

		Frame1.Name = "Frame1"
		Frame1.Parent = CDGUI
		Frame1.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(0, 0, 0)
		Frame1.BackgroundTransparency = 0.100
		Frame1.BorderColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		Frame1.BorderSizePixel = 3
		Frame1.Position = UDim2.new(0.008688787, 0, 0.811352253, 0)
		Frame1.Size = UDim2.new(0.150078982, 0, 0.176961601, 0)

		CDnumber.Name = "CDnumber"
		CDnumber.Parent = Frame1
		CDnumber.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		CDnumber.BackgroundTransparency = 1.000
		CDnumber.Position = UDim2.new(0.121052638, 0, 0.264150947, 0)
		CDnumber.Size = UDim2.new(0.75, 0, 0.469452888, 0)
		CDnumber.Font = Enum.Font.GothamSemibold
		CDnumber.Text = "COUNTDOWN"
		CDnumber.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		CDnumber.TextScaled = true
		CDnumber.TextSize = 14.000
		CDnumber.TextWrapped = true
		
		CDValue.Parent = CDGUI
	
		CDName.Name = "CDName"
		CDName.Parent = Frame1
		CDName.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		CDName.BackgroundTransparency = 1.000
		CDName.Position = UDim2.new(0.0263157915, 0, 0, 0)
		CDName.Size = UDim2.new(0.947368264, 0, 0.0920945257, 0)
		CDName.Font = Enum.Font.GothamBold
		CDName.Text = "COUNTDOWN"
		CDName.TextColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		CDName.TextScaled = true
		CDName.TextSize = 14.000
		CDName.TextWrapped = true

		Frame2.Name = "Frame2"
		Frame2.Parent = Frame1
		Frame2.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(42, 42, 42)
		Frame2.BackgroundTransparency = 0.100
		Frame2.BorderColor3 = Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
		Frame2.BorderSizePixel = 3
		Frame2.Size = UDim2.new(0.99999994, 0, 0.0920870528, 0)
		
		CDValue.Value = splitmessage[2]
		CDnumber.Text = CDValue.Value
		
		while true do
			wait(1)
			CDnumber.Text = CDValue.Value - countdownNegation 
		end
	end
end)
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#2

Try doing

while true do
			wait(1)
			CDnumber.Text = ToString(CDValue.Value - countdownNegation)
		end

The issue might be that you are trying to insert a number value into a string property

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#3

You’re not updating the CDValue at all. After the line with CDnumber.Text, add this:

CDValue.Value = CDValue.Value - countdownNegation

And also, remove the - countdownNegation from CDnumber.Text.
By the way, your code never stops, even at 0. Replace true with CDValue.Value > 0.

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#4

Oh wow I totally forgot about that, thanks.