Help needed with stun system

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#1
  1. What do you want to achieve? Keep it simple and clear!
    I want to make a stun system, Basically, there’s an intValue placed in every player’s char, every time it changes its supposed to substract 1 every second and stop when its at 0 again
  2. What is the issue? Include screenshots / videos if possible!
    It does it way too fast, you dont even see the difference, the stun doesnt even last a milisecond!
  3. What solutions have you tried so far? Did you look for solutions on the Developer Hub?
    I tried adding a wait() but when i tested it, it doesnt stop, i also tried making a while loop and breaking it when it reaches 0 but it had the same result

This is the script im using:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		local stun = char.stunned
		stun:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
			print("new value is" .. stun.Value)
			repeat
				stun.Value -= 1
			until stun.Value == 0
		end)
	end)
end) -- yes its pretty basic, i know.

what do i do to fix this? thanks!

#2

if you add a wait() it waits 1 frame, add a wait(1), the number in the brackets is the seconds

#3

It gives me the same result it doesnt seem to stop when the value is at 0, why is this happening?

#4

The reason is that the repeat until runs once before checking if its 0, you’ll need to use a different loop for this.

#5

Could i use a for i,v in pairs for this?

#6

No, a in pairs loop is used for looping through tables, you could use a for loop though, like this:

local stunval = stun.Value

for i = 1, stunval do
   stun.Value -=1
   wait(1)
end
#7

It keeps giving me the same result somehow.

#8

I see, that’s cause you fire it again cause the valueis changed and the for loop runs over and over, multiple times at once

you can fix this by doing something like adding a debounce:

game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(plr)
	plr.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(char)
		local stun = char.stunned
        local debounce = false
		stun:GetPropertyChangedSignal("Value"):Connect(function()
                   local stunval = stun.Value
                   if debounce == false then
                      debounce = true
                   
                      for i = 1, stunval do
                         stun.Value -=1
                         wait(1)
                      end
                      debounce = false
                   end
		end)
	end)
end) -- yes its pretty basic, i know.
#9

This does work, Thanks alot!! (i added some changes but pretty much the same thing)