How do I slowly subtract a players health

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#1

Hey there,

I am currently writing a script and are in need of assistance. They script should slowly start to kill the player.

The Script:

repeat
		character.Health = character.Health - 10
		wait(5)
	until
	character.Health == 0

(That is only part of the script, it is also the only part I am having trouble with)
Every time I run the game I get this error in the output

Workspace.pinchpotmonster.E-005Effects:9: attempt to perform arithmetic (sub) on Instance and number

The script is located inside of StarterCharacterScripts.

Thank you for the assistance. :slight_smile:

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#2

Could we see the full script? Maybe you defined something wrong :thinking:

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#3

Yeah sure,

local character = script.Parent
local E005 = game.Workspace.EntityZones.WhiteClassSector.WhiteClassEntities["E-005"]

game.Workspace.EntityZones.WhiteClassSector.WhiteClassEntities["E-005"].ProximityPrompt.Triggered:Connect(function()
	E005["E-005"].Position = character.Head.Position
	game.Workspace.EntityZones.WhiteClassSector.WhiteClassEntities["E-005"].ProximityPrompt.MaxActivationDistance = 0
	
	repeat
		character.Health = character.Health - 10
		wait(5)
	until
	character.Health == 0
	
	
	-- Welding the Entity to the player
	local weld = Instance.new("ManualWeld")
	local P0 = E005.PrimaryPart
	local P1 = character.Head

	weld.Part0 = P0
	weld.Part1 = P1
	weld.Parent = E005.PrimaryPart
	
	if character.Health == 0 and E005["E-005"].Position == character.Head.Position then
		E005["E-005"].Position = Vector3.new(-131.236, -122.347, -389.214)
	end
end)
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#4

try this

repeat
	character.Humanoid.Health = character.Humanoid.Health - 10
	wait(5)
until
character.Humanoid.Health == 0
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#5

Ah I see the issue

You only defined character as a Instance value, but not the actual Humanoid of the character that has that Health property which is resulting in that error

Just change your repeat loop to this:

	repeat
		character.Humanoid.Health = character.Humanoid.Health - 10
		wait(5)
	until
	character.Humanoid.Health == 0
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#6

Thank you, I accidentally forgot to add .Humanoid

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