How can I make a script wait until a remote event is finished?

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#1

I have a main server script that runs a remote event, and i’d like to pause the script until the remote event is done running, how can I do this?

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#2

RemoteFunction.
However, this can be bad in practice because you can run into situations where the script that calls the InvokeClient method will never resume. A better approach would be to implement some sort of timer where if the server does not recieve a result within say 10 seconds, then it errors or catches this error and continues accordingly

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#3

What are u trying to do it will help us alot

#4

Or just use a variable. Set it to true before u fire it and set it to false on the server script or smthg idk

#5 
local enabled = true

if enabled then
enabled = false
— what you want
wait(5) — record how long it takes to fire then set it to that time + 1 second
enabled = true
end
#6

it’s simple!

local remote = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent

remote.OnServerEvent:Wait()
--whatever you want to do

this script waits until the remote event is fired.

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#7

local remoteevent = game.ReplicatedStorage.RemoteEvent
local running = script.Parent.Value
remoteevent:FireServer(running)
repeat wait(1) until running == false

#8

Like @East98 said, you should be using a RemoteFunction if you need your script to yield until the event is finished, not a RemoteEvent.

Also make sure to carefully consider what you are doing. Is it possible to re-create whatever you’re trying to do without having the server invoke the client? If so, use that instead as invoking the client can be troublesome for the reasons described in @East98’s post.

#9

Thanks, this helped. I just fired a remote event at the end of the current remote event and waited until the final one fired.

#10

Okay, i’m not too familiar with RemoteFunctions but i’ll look into it tomorrow. What i’m trying to do is a dialogue script. So from the server, a string is sent to everyones client and then I want it to wait until the dialogue is finished before sending the next dialogue and etc…

#11

why dont u do it all in one event?

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#12

What @Pure_Bacn said.

Just send all the dialogue needed in a single event (in a table), then handle the dialogue on the client using a LocalScript

#13

Oh yeah, you’re right. I’m so used to using different RemoteEvents for different tasks… Fixed it.

#14

Good Job fixing it!!!

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#15

Remote functions can’t InvokeAllClients that’s why I can’t use them, I simply want to display some sort of GUI on all clients and after it’s done I start round it’s overall bad practice to use them as you run into risk of client not getting result from client
Thanks for the tip tho

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