For i - How can I make a counter with it?

[tacticaIspell]

Hi there, I’m Crystallityy and I started learning to script on Roblox and I’m trying to make a counter on GUI.

local counter = game.StarterGui.Counter.TextLabel

for i = 1,20,1 do
	wait(1)
	
	print(i)
	
	counter.Text = i
end

Does someone know how to make this work?

Thank you.

[ShutzCh (Shutz)]

Does the output say you are attempting to change the text to a number value instead of string?

If so, do the following:

local text = tostring(i)

this will convert the number value to a string value.

[IEnforce_Lawz (Mystic)]

@tacticaIspell

local counter = game.StarterGui.Counter.TextLabel

for i = 1,20 do
	wait(1)
	
	print(i)
	
	counter.Text = i
end

The extra 1 isn’t needed in my experience, try removing the 1 as demonstrated above.

[IEnforce_Lawz (Mystic)]

Another issue is you are doing it in a server script and changing the startergui.

Create a LocalScript parented to the GUI and define the gui by doing
local counter = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild(“Counter”).TextLabel

then add the rest of the code.

@tacticaIspell

local counter = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui:WaitForChild("Counter").TextLabel

for i = 1,20 do
	wait(1)
	
	print(i)
	
	counter.Text = i
end

[tacticaIspell]

@ShutzCh

local text = tostring(i)

There’s no error in my output, I’m only getting prints from my counter.

[ShutzCh (Shutz)]

@IEnforce_Lawz just pointed out the Starter Gui problem.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local text = player.PlayerGui (your Gui and text here)

Starter Gui is the Gui players gets upon spawning, for already existing UIs you need to get the already cloned one as described above.

[tacticaIspell]

Thanks, you helped me to solve it. It is working now.