How could i make a timer system?

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#1

Hello friends,
I am trying to make a timer system, where it will count from 30 seconds to 0. (All players will see the current countdown of the server. Like a server script.)
Once the timer is 0, it will print something.
Does anyone know, how could i make something like this? - Thanks :slight_smile:

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#3

But how the time for everyone is the same?
If someone join the game, while someone is already playing, they will have different time

#4

Make it a server script that fires a remote event to client to change text or loops through players and changes text

#5

@iekqg @ItzBloxyDev
This won’t change the text of the Lable until the timer reaches 0, no need for if statement after while loop, no need to use while loops at all, use renderStepped or Heartbeat and calculate time using DeltaTime.

#6

do you want the timer to be in a local script or a server script?

#7

Hints are easy to use but they look ugly and are deprecated:

local banner = Instance.new("Hint")
banner.Parent = workspace
for t = 30, 0, -1 do
	banner.Text = i
	wait(1)
end
-- do something

If you plan to use a text label you would have to use a remote event to sync everyone’s banners to show the same time.

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#8

It’s not recommended to use a Remote event for any of this. Remotes are only required for TextBoxes.

Here’s the message replacement from BaseAdmin:

function notifyplayersystemmessage(msg, plrname, customTime, makeSound, hintmode, forceError)
	if not plrname then warn("Message not sent; did not get plrname variable!") end
	local plr
	if typeof(plrname)=="Instance" then
		plr = plrname
		plrname = plrname.Name
	end
	plr = plr or game.Players:FindFirstChild(plrname)
	if not plr then return end
	local old = plr.PlayerGui:FindFirstChild("Notify")
	if old then old:Destroy()end
	local gui = Instance.new("ScreenGui")
	gui.IgnoreGuiInset=true
	--gui.ResetOnSpawn=false
	gui.Name = "Notify"
	gui.DisplayOrder = 2
	local txt = Instance.new("TextLabel")
	txt.TextColor3=Color3.fromRGB(255, 255, 255)
	txt.BackgroundTransparency = 0.5
	txt.BackgroundColor3 = Color3.new()
	txt.Text = msg
	txt.TextSize = 12
	txt.RichText = true
	txt.TextWrapped = true
	if hintmode then
		txt.Size = UDim2.new(1, 0, 0, 30)
	else
		txt.Size=UDim2.fromScale(1, 1)
	end
	txt.Parent = gui
	gui.Parent = plr.PlayerGui
	game:GetService("Debris"):AddItem(gui, customTime or 6)
	if makeSound then
		if makeSound == "random" then
			local t = {}
			for _, obj in pairs(script.Sounds:GetChildren()) do
				if obj:IsA("Sound") then
					table.insert(t, obj)
				end
			end
			makeSound = t[math.random(1, #t)].Name
		end
		local ding = script.Sounds:FindFirstChild(makeSound)
		if ding then
			ding = ding:Clone()
		else
			ding = script.Sounds.notify:Clone()
		end
		ding.Parent = plr.Backpack
		local notifyScript = script.LocalNotify:Clone()
		notifyScript.Parent = ding
		if makeSound=='e' or forceError then
			txt.BackgroundTransparency = 0
			ding.Name = "Error"
			if forceError then
				ding.Name = "fError"
			end
		end
	end
	return txt, gui
end

I think a hint is necessary. Roblox should consider updating them.