Function is not firing with no errors

Help and Feedback Scripting Support
#1

I have a simple function that adds 1 exp point to a player every 2 seconds. It’s just a regular script located in the ServerScriptService. The function is not firing, but there are no error messages.

I tried locating the line of code in a separate script and even placed it in the StarterPlayerScripts. This is my first time creating a level system so I don’t entirely understand what’s going wrong here, it’s probably something obvious.

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
	local level = Instance.new("IntValue", player)
	level.Name = "Level"
	level.Value = 1
	
	local exp = Instance.new("IntValue", level)
	exp.Name = "Current"
	exp.Value = 0
	
	local maxExp = Instance.new("IntValue", level)
	maxExp.Name = "Max"
	maxExp.Value = 100
	
	
	exp.Changed:Connect(function(val)
		if exp.Value >= maxExp.Value then
			-- Do stuff.
			
			level.Value = level.Value + 1
			exp.Value = 0
			maxExp.Value = maxExp.Value * 1.25
			
			function additionXP()
				player.Level.Current.Value = player.Level.Current.Value + 1
				wait(2)
			end
			
			while true do
				additionXP()
			end
			
		end
	end)
end)
#2

By the looks of your code the loop doesn’t start until something changes any value of the instance exp. Is that perhaps the issue?

1 Like
#3

So I need to set a trigger for it to start when a player joins?

#4

Your exp.Changed function is firing but because exp.value is NOT greater than or equal to the maxExp.Value, the code below the if statement never runs.

Edit: I do not actually know if it is firing though because exp.value has to change in order for the code beneath to run.

1 Like
#5

Yes! Silly me, completely disregarded that to be a possible issue.

#6

No problem :slight_smile: . I just want you to know though that the code will not run underneath the event unless the exp.Value changes.