GetChildren not working properly

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#1

sometimes i get printed 0 sometimes 2 sometimes 1 or a strange numbes, even if i got 3 checkpoints
this problem started today also with another script eith the same issue
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local currentLevel = game:GetService("Players").LocalPlayer.leaderstats.Stage
local totalLevels = #game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Checkpoints"):GetChildren()
local progressBar = script.Parent
local tweenService = game:GetService("TweenService")
local tweenInfo = TweenInfo.new(.5, Enum.EasingStyle.Linear)
local levelLabel = script.Parent.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Level")
local arrow = script.Parent.Parent.Parent:WaitForChild("Arrow")
local levelString = "Stage "
local endString = "🏆Obby completed!🏆"
print(totalLevels)
progressBar.Size = UDim2.fromScale(1/totalLevels, 1)
arrow.Position = UDim2.fromScale(1/totalLevels, .8)

levelLabel.Text = levelString..currentLevel.Value.." ("..math.round(currentLevel.Value/totalLevels*100).."%)"

currentLevel.Changed:Connect(function()
	
	levelLabel.Text = levelString..currentLevel.Value.." ("..math.round(currentLevel.Value/totalLevels*100).."%)"
	
	local percent = currentLevel.Value/totalLevels
	
	if	percent >= 0.05 then
		
		tweenService:Create(progressBar, tweenInfo, {Size = UDim2.fromScale(percent, 1)}):Play()
		tweenService:Create(arrow, tweenInfo, {Position = UDim2.fromScale(percent, .8)}):Play()
	
	end
	
	if currentLevel.Value == totalLevels then
		
		wait(tweenInfo.Time)
		
		arrow:Destroy()
		
		wait(.5)
		
		levelLabel.Text = endString
		
	end
	
end)
#3

how do i get the amount of checkpoints there are in the game by removing it?

#4

I misread the problem, the problem is that the checkpoints load some time after you call :GetChildren() but unfortunately there’s no way of waiting for all the children of an object to load, you should add a simple yield or just calculate the amount of checkpoints when you need it.

#6

it started working back with no changes on the game it doesnt seem the issue is the script

#7

Well you shouldn’t initialize values like that on the client, I’d still highly recommend adding a small yield (something like task.wait(3)) at the beginning of the script.

#8

thanks i will try this, i hope to find a better way becose the wait time depends on the local device

#10

I am currently updating the count manually

ANY FIX IDEAS ACCEPTED

#11

Is that a local script? if yes, you should at least wait until game method IsLoaded returned true before getting anything.

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#12

to add on to this, localscripts have a tendency to not detect objects in workspace even though they are clearly there.

#13

Count.rbxm (3,5 КБ)

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  1. ServerScriptService
  2. ReplicatedStorage
  3. The location where the script from your screenshot is located
#14

Perhaps use ChildAdded or ChildRemoved to update the level count?

#15

I am making the count server sided

#16

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