Recently I’ve been trying to figure out how to create a script that would allow certain players to view a billboard gui and other not to.
Here’s what I’ve gotten so far, I’m not really sure how to approach this as I’ve never used billboards before.
Local Script
local list = {"VaIuent"}
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
for _,v in pairs(list) do
if v == player.Name then
script.Parent.Enabled = true
end
end
To go in more depth of what I’m trying to achieve, in short, I’m trying to make a AFK Billboard UI that will only show to certain members in a group, and if they are not in the group then they cannot view it. Note, I am using a billboard gui like I have mentioned before.
For Checking if player is in group you have to use this i think
local list = {"VaIuent"}
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
for _,v in pairs(list) do
if game.Players:FindFirstChild(v):IsInGroup(0) then -- your group id here
if v == player.Name then
script.Parent.Enabled = true
end
end
end
you would need to handle this on the server side. have the server fire a remoteevent to the individual players that can see the billboard gui. the players would then construct the billboard gui and display it within a localscript.
local remoteEvent = replicatedStorage.remEvent
local plrsWhoCanSee = {
for _, plr in pairs(plrsWhoCanSee) do
remoteEvent:FireClient(plr)
end
local remoteEvent = replicatedStorage.remEvent
remEvent.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
-- create/clone billboard gui and then parent it to character, or whereever u want
end)
Thank you for the help but, I am aware of the :IsInGroup() function, but that’s not exactly what I was asking for. Apologies if I may have worded it wrong.
alright then, when you want to show a player’s afk tag, you can use a remoteevent and loop thru the list of players you want to make visible to and call :FireClient()
the client would then pick it up and make the afk player’s tag visible via a localscript
local afkPlr
for _, plr in pairs(plrToShow) do
remote:FireClient(plr, afkPlr)
end
--- client side
remote.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(afkPlr)
afkPlr.Character.AFKTag.Enabled = true
end)
Yes, though I tried your idea and I could not get it to work in the slightest. What I did however find was BoolValue’s to be quite useful, as they can be changed Client side and Server side. So this was actually the solution for me. Here is the code I used:
Server Script
local nametag = script:WaitForChild("AFKGui")
c = 1
local event = game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.ShowGui
local list = {"VaIuent"}
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(player)
player.CharacterAdded:Connect(function(character)
c = nametag:Clone()
c.Enabled = false
c.Parent = character.Head
end)
end)
game.Players.PlayerAdded:Connect(function(pls)
event:FireClient(pls)
end)
Local Script
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local list = {"VaIuent"}
local allowed = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Allowed")
local rp = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local breakloop = rp.Bools.BreakLoop
game.ReplicatedStorage.Events.ShowGui.OnClientEvent:Connect(function()
for _,i in pairs(game.Players:GetChildren()) do
for _,v in pairs(list) do
if player.Name == v then
allowed.Value = true
print(i)
if allowed then
i.Character.Head.AFKGui.Enabled = true
else
i.Character.Head.AFKGui.Enabled = false
end
end
end
end
--[[if breakloop.Value == true then
break
end --]]
end)
print("loop broken")
