Hi, i’m using this new way (don’t know what it’s called) to countdown instead of a for loop because of how it runs better, but how do I detect if 10 seconds have passed? Here is my code:
if i == i - 10 then
print("It's time")
end
while i >= 0 do
i -= 1
endUh, truth is, they’re both equally performant. Regardless, I don’t quite understand what you’re trying to do in this code sample, but I can only assume you were trying to do something like this?
i = 10
while i >= 0 do
i -= 1
wait(1)
end
print("It's time")
It’s a countdown, the for loop has shown that it takes longer to countdown. Length is a parameter I set, so it won’t be 10, more like 600.
Explain what exactly this is supposed to be used for please, because I don’t understand what exactly you’re doing. Your original code has no wait, so I don’t know if this is meant to be something with specific timing, or…
It doesn’t matter how you do it, the performance won’t change.
If you want to countdown once:
for i = 10,1,-1 do
wait(1)
end
print("10 seconds has passed")
If you want to countdown infinitely:
local i = tick()
while wait() do
if tick() - i >= 10 then
print("10 seconds has passed")
i = tick()
end
end
This code is inside a function with parameters. Here’s a portion of the code:
function module.StartFFGRound(length, chosenMurderer, map) -- in seconds
local i = length
if i == i - 10 then
print("It's time")
end
while i >= 0 do
wait(1)
i -= 1
end
endThe best alternative here is probably to use heartbeat from RunService. (If you don’t need the code to yield)
The heartbeat event has a single argument that describes how much time in seconds has passed since last frame. All you have to do is to keep track of the current time and subtract dt from it each frame. Once the countdown is 0 or less, the time has passed.
local countdown = 10
local heartbeatConnection
heartbeatConnection = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
countdown -= dt
if countdown <= 0 then
print("It's time")
heartbeatConnection:Disconnect() --Stop the timer
end
end)
Why are you checking if i is equal to itself minus 10? That will never evaluate to true.
Regardless,
function module.StartFFGRound(length, chosenMurderer, map) -- in seconds
local i = length
while i >= 0 do
wait(1)
i -= 1
end
print("It's time")
end
This should work.
function module.StartFFGRound(length, chosenMurderer, map) -- in seconds
for i = length,1,-1 do
wait(1)
end
print("It's time")
end
I want both of the while and for loop to run at the same time, if I do this the countdown won’t start until 10 seconds have passed. The reason why I am using a while loop is because the for loop is slower with the code inside of it.
How come you want the countdown to start while there’s 10 seconds passing? What’s the point of this?
If you noticed any difference in speed in a simple wait loop between a for loop and a while loop, there was an issue with the code you used.
I probably should better explain this. There is 600 seconds (the length) for a game, after 10 seconds have passed, I want the murderer to teleport to the map. That’s why I need help trying to figure out how 10 seconds have passed.
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function module.StartFFGRound(length, chosenMurderer, map) -- in seconds
local i = length
while i >= 0 do
wait(1)
i -= 1
end
-- Teleport everyone else.
delay(10, function()
-- Teleport murderer in.
end)
delay(length, function()
-- End game?
end)
end
Delay on the last one is optional, only if you don’t want code to yield
Then just teleport all the players (excluding the murderer), then teleport the murderer after 10 seconds.
local murderer = game.Players:GetPlayers()[math.random(1,#game.Players:GetPlayers)]
local countdown = tick()
for _, plr in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if plr ~= murderer then
plr.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = --spawn
end
end
local connection = game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function()
if tick() - countdown >= 10 then
murderer.Character.HumanoidRootPart.CFrame = --spawn
print("Time has passed")
connection:Disconnect()
end
end)
I’m lost, I’ll just provide the whole module at this point since I am not explaining it well:
function module.StartFFGRound(length, chosenMurderer, map) -- in seconds
local outcome
game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.IdentifyPlayer:FireAllClients()
game.ReplicatedStorage.Values.GameInProgress.Value = true
local i = length
if i == i - 10 then
print("It's time")
module.TeleportMurdererToMapFFG(chosenMurderer, map.PlayerSpawns:GetChildren())
end
while i >= 0 do
local innocents = {}
local murderer = {}
local murdererHere = false
for i, player in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if player:FindFirstChild("Innocent") then
table.insert(innocents, player)
elseif player:FindFirstChild("Murderer") then
wait(.3)
murdererHere = true
table.insert(murderer, player)
end
end
status.Value = toMS(i)
if not murdererHere then
outcome = "murderer-left"
break
end
if #innocents == 0 then
outcome = "murderer-victory"
break
end
if i == 0 then
outcome = "time-up"
break
end
wait(1)
i -= 1
end
if outcome == "murderer-victory" then
local winner
for i, v in pairs(game.Players:GetPlayers()) do
if v:FindFirstChild("Murderer") then
winner = v.Name
end
end
status.Value = winner.." is the winner!"
end
if outcome == "time-up" then
status.Value = "Times up! No one wins!"
end
if outcome == "no-one" then
status.Value = "No one was the last standing!"
end
wait(5)
endA Heartbeat connection would work very well in this situation.
local roundTime = 600
local teleportedPlayer = false
RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
roundTime -= dt --Reduce the delta time from the current round's time
if roundTime <= 590 and teleportedPlayer then
--Teleport the player here
teleportedPlayer = true
end
end)
If you want multiple “phases” within your round, my idea is to store a function to call when a specific timeframe is reached, and then mark it as the phase the round is currently in. I can go more in depth if you want.
Still didn’t work. This situation is a lot harder than I expected it haha
If there is no way to break the wait then you could use “delay”
delay(10, function()
–Delay accepts two arguments. First is wait time and second is a function that fires after the wait
end)
If you have to edit smth like UI, then I believe for loop is the best way.