Despawn timer won't begin when player resets

[grimmerschool2 (PartyNoob)]

Hello. Attempting to put a despawner in a vehicle owning script, every time I reset with my vehicle, the despawn countdown does not begin.

script.Parent.OwnIt.Occupant:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
	if script.Parent.OwnIt.Occupant.Value == "NoOccupant" then
		for _, billboard in pairs(script.Parent.Parent:GetDescendants()) do
			if billboard.Name == "DespawnGui" then
				billboard.Enabled = true
				for i = 80, 0, -1 do
    				if script.Parent.OwnIt.Occupant.Value == "NoOccupant" then return end

    				billboard.TextLabel.Text = "Despawning in: " .. i
    				wait(1)
				end
				script.Parent.Parent:Destroy()
			end
		end
	elseif script.Parent.OwnIt.Occupant.Value ~= "NoOccupant" then
		for _, billboard in pairs(script.Parent.Parent:GetDescendants()) do
			if billboard.Name == "DespawnGui" then
				billboard.Enabled = true
				billboard.TextLabel.Text = "Despawn timer starts when player resets"
			end
		end
	end
end)

[Dragonfable6000 (Dragon)]

Have you tried using print statements to see if the event fires? Have you also checked to see if the condition is satisfy in order for the code to run?

[grimmerschool2 (PartyNoob)]

I used print statements.
The prints were not sending in the output.

[Dragonfable6000 (Dragon)]

For both the condition and event? If that’s the case, the problem relies on your event. You must find a way to fire the event by testing some other ways, and later implement back the code so you can continue testing the other conditions inside your code.

[grimmerschool2 (PartyNoob)]

Ok nevermind, managed to fix it by replacing the == to ~= in this part:

if script.Parent.OwnIt.Occupant.Value == "NoOccupant" then return end