How do I reference a player I don't know the name of?

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#1

Hi Developers! I am pretty new to scripting so I couldn’t figure out how to reference a player in an obby I am making. I have a code with the leaderstats value “Stage”. I want to reference my player and basically say something along the lines of "if game.Players.(Player name I don’t know that I want to know how to reference even though I don’t knwo their name).leaderstats.Stage.Value = 2 then (Insert effect here) then a block will disappear blocking them from stage 2. This is how I made the leaderstats:

players.PlayerAdded:connect(function(plr)

local stats = Instance.new("Folder")
stats.Name = "leaderstats"
stats.Parent = plr

local stage = Instance.new("IntValue")
stage.Name = "Stage"
stage.Parent = stats

local data = saveDataStore:GetAsync(plr.UserId)

if data then

	print(data.Stage)

	for _,stat in pairs(stats:GetChildren()) do

		stat.Value = data[stat.Name]

	end

else

	print(plr.Name .. "has no data")

end

Please help. Thanks!

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#2

You can put this in your on PlayerAdded event

stage.Changed:Connect(function()
if stage.Value == 2 then
-- Your Code Here
end
end)
#3

Is there a way I can transfer that to a local script because my script with the on PlayerAdded event is a regular script and I want only people who are on stage 2 to be able to see the effects of my code.

#4

To start off you could use a PlayerAdded event. To do this just do:

game:GetService(“Players”).PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
– Code here
end)

Also sorry if my format isn’t correct. I just got the member role today.

#5

Yes you can something like this in a local script:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

local leaderstats = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats")

local stage = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Stage")

stage.Changed:Connect(function()
if stage.Value == 2 then
-- Your Code Here
end
end)
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#6

If your script is correct, then it should show only for those who are on stage 2. The client will not be needed.

#7

They just want the effects to happen on the local player’s screen I believe

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#8

Yes, that is what I want. I only want people who are on stage 2 or above to experience the effects. That is another question I have, how do I write the code so that people who are above stage 2 can also experience the effects?

#9

Change the equality operator == to less or equals than operator >= if that’s what you’re looking for (as you said if it’s stage 2 or above).

#10

I gave you the code here How do I reference a player I don't know the name of? - #5 by AWhale_OfATime

#11

Wouldn’t you just be able to do:

if game.Players:FindFirstChild(plr.Name).leaderstats.Stage.Value == 2 then

#12

I put the code you wrote in a local script and put the local script inside the block I want the effects to happen on and just referenced it as script.parent but it doesn’t work. Here is the code:

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local leaderstats = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats")
local stage = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Stage")
stage.Changed:Connect(function()
if stage.Value == 2 then
script.Parent.Part.CanCollide = false
script.Parent.Part.Transparency = 1
script.Parent.Sign.SurfaceGui.SIGN.TextTransparency = 1
end
end)
#13

Are you sure you are changing the value on the server?

#14

Yes, for me the stage value is at 2.

#15

Are you getting any errors in the output?

#16

No, I am not getting any errors. I checked.

#17

Try adding print statements to debug.

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local leaderstats = player:WaitForChild("leaderstats")
print("found leaderstats")
local stage = leaderstats:WaitForChild("Stage")
print("found stage")
stage.Changed:Connect(function()
print("stage changed")
if stage.Value == 2 then
print("stage = 2")
script.Parent.Part.CanCollide = false
script.Parent.Part.Transparency = 1
script.Parent.Sign.SurfaceGui.SIGN.TextTransparency = 1
end
end)
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#18

Sorry I took a while to reply! Nothing seems to print, indicating it might be something with local player.

#19

Sorry for the late reply, that means you’re not making a folder in the player called ‘leaderstats’, check your code which does that.

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