GUI PopUp issue using math.random in a Roblox GUI Quiz Game

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#1

I’m working on making a local script that functions to when you click a button, the menu disappears and a folder of quiz screens has quiz screens to be randomized in the script. I can’t get the quiz GUI to randomize. I’ve tried looking at videos but there aren’t many I can find.

local button = script.Parent
local QuizScreen1 = button.Parent.Parent.QuizScreens.QuizScreen
local QuizScreen2 = button.Parent.Parent.QuizScreens.QuizScreen2
local QuizScreens = {
	QuizScreen1,
	QuizScreen2
}
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	button.Parent.Parent.Enabled = false
	local quiz = QuizScreens[math.random(1, #QuizScreens)]
	quiz.Visible = true
end)
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#2

any errors? does it not work ?

#4

It doesn’t work, there is nothing in the output either.

#5

Debug your code with print statements

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#6

since you said that there is no error, you should try adding a print at the start of the buttonpress event. You should also add a print that print the quiz that is chosen. if you receive non of the prints, means there is something wrong with the event . if you receive both , that means there is something wrong with making the quiz visible. you can check the parent of the quiz and the visible value.by right quiz should not be nil

#7

I debugged it, it all printed. The randomized quiz screen still didn’t show visible though.

#8

Are you sure the quiz screens are correct or they show in studio?

#9

They are all right. I’m trying to play with quiz screens in the explorer because it was originally in a folder but its still not working.

#10 
local button = script.Parent
local QuizScreen1 = button.Parent.Parent.QuizScreens.QuizScreen
local QuizScreen2 = button.Parent.Parent.QuizScreens.QuizScreen2
local QuizScreens = {
	QuizScreen1,
	QuizScreen2
}
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	button.Parent.Parent.Enabled = false
	local quiz = QuizScreens[math.random(1, #QuizScreens)]
	quiz.Visible = true
    print(quiz:GetFullName()) -- gets path of object
end)
#11

I know the problem actually, I’m unenabling the ScreenGui which is a parent to the quiz screen, which im trying to make visible.

#12

Why are you unenabling it? You could use event:Wait instead

#13

I’m unenabling it so that I don’t see the main menu.

#14

You could just make the main menu not visible

#15

I tried to do it without the ScreenGui shutting it out but its still not working.

#16

your code should be

local button = script.Parent
local QuizScreen1 = button.Parent.Parent.QuizScreens.QuizScreen
local QuizScreen2 = button.Parent.Parent.QuizScreens.QuizScreen2
local QuizScreens = {
	QuizScreen1,
	QuizScreen2
}
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	-- button.Parent.Parent.Enabled = false
	local quiz = QuizScreens[math.random(1, #QuizScreens)]
	quiz.Visible = true
end)
#17 
local button = script.Parent
local QuizScreen1 = game.StarterGui.OneQuiz:WaitForChild("QuizScreen1")
local QuizScreen2 = game.StarterGui.TwoQuiz:WaitForChild("QuizScreen2")
local QuizScreens = {
	QuizScreen1,
	QuizScreen2
}
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	print("Clicked")
	button.Parent.Visible = false
	print("Main Menu Not There")
	task.wait()
	local quiz = QuizScreens[math.random(1, #QuizScreens)]
	task.wait()
	print("Randomized")
	quiz.Visible = true
	print("Visible")
end)

I changed a bit of the explorer since I came up with the theory that the screengui was ruining the boolean values of my script.

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#19

You should set the main menu to visible = false and remove setting the gui’s enabled property

#20

I did that, it’s still not working, I think it has something to do with the randomization.

#21

I see your issue. StarterGui is copied and sent to the player’s PlayerGui, so the player doesn’t get the update.

local button = script.Parent
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local PlayerGui = player:WaitForChild("PlayerGui")
local QuizScreen1 = PlayerGui.OneQuiz:WaitForChild("QuizScreen1")
local QuizScreen2 = PlayerGui.TwoQuiz:WaitForChild("QuizScreen2")
local QuizScreens = {
	QuizScreen1,
	QuizScreen2
}
button.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function()
	print("Clicked")
	button.Parent.Visible = false
	print("Main Menu Not There")
	task.wait()
	local quiz = QuizScreens[math.random(1, #QuizScreens)]
	task.wait()
	print("Randomized")
	quiz.Visible = true
	print("Visible")
end)