if i had a script that went
while wait() do
print("hi")
wait(5)
print"hi2")
end
how oculd i make it so it still prints hi2 after 5 seconds but instead of waiting 5 seconds to print hi again it continues the loop but still prints hi2
If I’m understanding correctly, initially you want to print “hi” wait 5 seconds then print “hi2”, but rather than printing “hi” on the next iteration, you want to only print “hi2”? If so, this would work:
print("hi")
while wait() do
wait(5)
print("hi2")
end
So now, “hi” will print only once, as it’s outside the loop, and constantly print “hi2” from now on.
i want it to print hi2 after five seconds but not have to wait 5 seconds for it to print hi again i want it to always print hi but print hi2 after every five seconds
like it continues the loop but still prints after five seconds
Ah I see, then you could use two loops? One that constantly prints “hi” and one that prints “hi2” every 5 seconds. With the current way you’re soing it, the script would get stuck so two loops wouldn’t work… That’s where threads come in.
We can simply spawn two tasks, each with the individual loops like so (it’s important to note that these two things will be in their own thread, a pipeline of sorts, that don’t have to wait for the other to finish execution’, really useful things if you know how to use them properly):
-- Our "hi" loop.
task.spawn(function()
while task.wait() do
print("hi")
end
end)
-- Our "hi2" loop.
task.spawn(function()
while task.wait(5) do
print("hi2")
end
end)
heres my script:
i want the part where it said wait(5) to not stop the loop
so i want it where it says wait(5) that what i put after that line still happens after 5 seconds but the loop will restart but the lines after wait(5) still happen
Alright, so putting task.spawn(function() on line 9 (relative to that script) and everything downward until the wait(5) (including the wait 5) and put end) below the wait(5). That will resolve the loop not stopping with wait(5), but right now it’s just going to spawn a lot of tasks and we don’t want that, so we need to have some form of boolean above line 1, to toggle when our task is done, mind sending the script please? 
like this?
wait(6)
while wait() do
for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace.Area1DummySpawn:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then
if v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy") then
for _, dummypart in pairs(v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy"):GetChildren()) do
if dummypart:IsA("BasePart") then
if v:WaitForChild("Area1Dummy").Health.Value == 0 then
task.spawn(function()
for _, playertags in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
if playertags:IsA("StringValue") then
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(playertags.Name) then
print(playertags)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GiveMoney:FireServer(v, playertags.Name)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GiveMoney.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
playertags:Destroy()
end)
end
end
end
v.Area1Dummy.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
for _, trash in pairs(game.ReplicatedStorage:GetChildren()) do
if trash:FindFirstChild("Health") then
if trash:FindFirstChild("Left Arm") then
trash:Destroy()
end
end
end
wait(5)
end)
v.Used.Value = false
local dummy = game.Workspace.Area1Dummy:Clone()
if v.Used.Value ~= true then
dummy:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(v.CFrame)
v.Used.Value = true
dummy.Parent = v
end
v.Used.Value = true
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
Alright, changed the code up, I’ve explained with comments the reasoning for doing this as well.
local runOurTaskBool = true
wait(6)
while wait() do
for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace.Area1DummySpawn:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then
if v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy") then
for _, dummypart in pairs(v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy"):GetChildren()) do
if dummypart:IsA("BasePart") then
if v:WaitForChild("Area1Dummy").Health.Value == 0 then
task.spawn(function()
--[[ What we're doing here is, as we don't want this task to run
every single time, we're adding a condition to return straight away from it,
which will dispose of the newly spawned task right away. ]]
if not runOurTaskBool then return end
-- Then we set our value to false, so no other tasks can spawn until the below code is done.
runOurTaskBool = false
for _, playertags in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
if playertags:IsA("StringValue") then
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(playertags.Name) then
print(playertags)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GiveMoney:FireServer(v, playertags.Name)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GiveMoney.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
playertags:Destroy()
end)
end
end
end
v.Area1Dummy.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
for _, trash in pairs(game.ReplicatedStorage:GetChildren()) do
if trash:FindFirstChild("Health") then
if trash:FindFirstChild("Left Arm") then
trash:Destroy()
end
end
end
wait(5)
-- After our 5 seconds are up, we're happy to spawn a new task in the future again. :)
runOurTaskBool = true
return
end)
v.Used.Value = false
local dummy = game.Workspace.Area1Dummy:Clone()
if v.Used.Value ~= true then
dummy:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(v.CFrame)
v.Used.Value = true
dummy.Parent = v
end
v.Used.Value = true
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
This should do the trick, forgot to toggle the task spawning off, along with returning (to escape the task, I’m sure it implicitly returns anyway, but just to make sure).
all that script does is not wait adn just run the stuff after wait(5) infinitly
The code here would run infinitely, yes:
v.Used.Value = false
local dummy = game.Workspace.Area1Dummy:Clone()
if v.Used.Value ~= true then
dummy:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(v.CFrame)
v.Used.Value = true
dummy.Parent = v
end
v.Used.Value = true
But the code inside of the task.spawn() is its own independant code flow, which won’t ever run, until that ‘runOurTaskBool’ is true. So for a 5 second period of time, it’ll only be running the above code. Is that not what you were after?
i want to switch it around so that the top code runs infinitely and the bottom after wait(5) only runs after the top runs if the health == 0 is true
Ah gotcha, we just need to literally switch it, will do so now for you.
local runOurTaskBool = true
wait(6)
while wait() do
for i, v in pairs(game.Workspace.Area1DummySpawn:GetChildren()) do
if v:IsA("BasePart") then
if v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy") then
for _, dummypart in pairs(v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy"):GetChildren()) do
if dummypart:IsA("BasePart") then
if v:WaitForChild("Area1Dummy").Health.Value == 0 then
for _, playertags in pairs(v:GetChildren()) do
if playertags:IsA("StringValue") then
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(playertags.Name) then
print(playertags)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GiveMoney:FireServer(v, playertags.Name)
game.ReplicatedStorage.GiveMoney.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
playertags:Destroy()
end)
end
end
end
v.Area1Dummy.Parent = game.ReplicatedStorage
for _, trash in pairs(game.ReplicatedStorage:GetChildren()) do
if trash:FindFirstChild("Health") then
if trash:FindFirstChild("Left Arm") then
trash:Destroy()
end
end
end
task.spawn(function()
--[[ What we're doing here is, as we don't want this task to run
every single time, we're adding a condition to return straight away from it,
which will dispose of the newly spawned task right away. ]]
if not runOurTaskBool then return end
-- Then we set our value to false, so no other tasks can spawn until the below code is done.
runOurTaskBool = false
-- We'll wait for 5 seconds initially from this point.
wait(5)
v.Used.Value = false
local dummy = game.Workspace.Area1Dummy:Clone()
if v.Used.Value ~= true then
dummy:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(v.CFrame)
v.Used.Value = true
dummy.Parent = v
end
v.Used.Value = true
-- After our code is done, we're happy to spawn a new task in the future again. :)
runOurTaskBool = true
return
end)
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
it still stop the loop and waits 5 seconds
i just want the lines after wait(5) to still happen after 5 seconds but the loop to restart right away and not wait 5 seconds
This should most definitely not stop the loop entirely, after the task.spawn() code runs, it should instantly go back to the while wait() do at the top and work it’s way down from there, and because we have a task.spawn() still running (thanks to our runOurTaskBool keeping track of this), it will run the top bit still, but not our task.spawn() bit, UNTIL runOurTaskBool is true again.
In that case, there must be something else making it re-loop. Try and add a breakpoint and step through the code to check what’s happening.
A post from the docs explaining breakpoint debugging, saved me a lot of trouble with things in the past and I hope it does the same for you as well: Debugging | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub
shouldt there just be a way to restart the loop and still continue it at the same time
Alright, done some changes on my end, found a few issues of which I’ve commented/tagged as such. I’m convinced it shouldn’t halt the loop, I’m removing my boolean I put above to stop the task from running, so this implementation WILL constantly create tasks but just want to see where it goes.
local WS = game:GetService("Workspace")
local RS = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
wait(6)
while wait() do
local areaOneDummySpawn = WS:FindFirstChild("Area1DummySpawn")
if not areaOneDummySpawn then continue end
for i, v in ipairs(areaOneDummySpawn:GetChildren()) do
if not v:IsA("BasePart") then continue end
local areaOneDummy = v:FindFirstChild("Area1Dummy")
if not areaOneDummy then continue end
for _, dummypart in ipairs(areaOneDummy:GetChildren()) do
if not dummypart:IsA("BasePart") then continue end
if areaOneDummy.Health.Value > 0 then continue end
for _, playertags in ipairs(v:GetChildren()) do
if playertags:IsA("StringValue") then
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(playertags.Name) then
print(playertags)
local giveMoneyEvent = RS:FindFirstChild("GiveMoney")
if not giveMoneyEvent then continue end
giveMoneyEvent:FireServer(v, playertags.Name)
--[[ Initially, you would have been constantly connecting a function to a client event,
creating multiple connections you didn't need. This still will and might be worth a tidy-up,
but now at least we dispose of the connection. ]]
local giveMoneyClientEventConnection
giveMoneyClientEventConnection = giveMoneyEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
playertags:Destroy()
giveMoneyClientEventConnection:Disconnect()
giveMoneyClientEventConnection = nil
end)
end
end
end
areaOneDummy.Parent = RS
for _, trash in ipairs(RS:GetChildren()) do
if trash:FindFirstChild("Health") then
if trash:FindFirstChild("Left Arm") then
trash:Destroy()
end
end
end
--[[ This should definitely not halt the loop... It should instantly go back to 'while wait() do'
after this, it won't have even finished the wait(5) before it gets back to the while wait() do. ]]
task.spawn(function()
wait(5)
v.Used.Value = false
local dummy = areaOneDummy:Clone()
if v.Used.Value ~= true then
dummy:SetPrimaryPartCFrame(v.CFrame)
v.Used.Value = true
dummy.Parent = v
end
v.Used.Value = true
return
end)
end
end
end