How to make a dropper in a tycoon subtract a leaderstat?

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#1

Hi! I’m making a tycoon in which you make peanut butter but to do it you need peanuts. So i want to make it so that the droppers will subtract from your peanuts.
The problem is I’m new to scripting and it’s my first time making a tycoon so I don’t know how to access a player and their leaderstats without a touch event with hits and humanoids and stuff.
This is my code for the dropper.
local Values = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Values

if Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild(“leaderstats”).PB.Value >= 1 then
while wait(3) do
local reference = script.Parent:WaitForChild(“reference”)
local drop = game:GetService(“ServerStorage”).PeanutDrop:Clone()
drop.Parent = game.Workspace
drop.Position = reference.Position
drop.Name = “drop”

local pbamount = Instance.new("NumberValue")
pbamount.Parent = drop
pbamount.Name = "pbAmount"
pbamount.Value = 1
Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").PB.Value -= 1

end

end

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Btw I accessed the player through a object value set when you claim the tycoon.(it was a tutorial by GamerM8

I couldnt find anybody doing this so idk what to do. I thought of making the dropper have a map covering invisible block that gets the player.

#2

Ps

is supposed to be one line in code. I just accidentaly left it out of the post and added it in so its like that.

#3 
local Values = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Values

if Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild(“leaderstats”).PB.Value >= 1 then
while wait(3) do
local reference = script.Parent:WaitForChild(“reference”)
local drop = game:GetService(“ServerStorage”).PeanutDrop:Clone()
drop.Parent = game.Workspace
drop.Position = reference.Position
drop.Name = “drop”


	local pbamount = Instance.new("NumberValue")
	pbamount.Parent = drop
	pbamount.Name = "pbAmount"
	pbamount.Value = 1
    Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").PB.Value = 
    Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").PB.Value - 1
end

end

try making like these because it’s hard to read

#4

Try changing this to:

  Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").PB.Value -= 1

It won’t fix the code, as far as I can tell, but it’ll neaten up that one line, as “x -= 1” has the same effect as “x = x - 1”.

#5

Ty but do you know any ways to fix the problem?

#6

Is PB the amount of peanuts the player owns?

#7

Its the value of the drops. The more it is the more peanut butter you get

#8

So you’re sutracting the value of the drop by 1 each time?

#9

yeah each drop is worth one. But its only the first dropper

#10

If the dropper’s value is above or equal to 1,

if Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild(“leaderstats”).PB.Value >= 1 then

Set a loop that cycles every 3 seconds…

while wait(3) do

… which sets up a drop at reference’s location,

local reference = script.Parent:WaitForChild(“reference”)
local drop = game:GetService(“ServerStorage”).PeanutDrop:Clone()
drop.Parent = game.Workspace
drop.Position = reference.Position
drop.Name = “drop”

sets up a NumberValue within the drop,

local pbamount = Instance.new("NumberValue")
	pbamount.Parent = drop
	pbamount.Name = "pbAmount"
	pbamount.Value = 1

and reduces whatever this is by 1.

Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").PB.Value = 
    Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").PB.Value - 1

I don’t know what that last bit is.
To add on to this, the loop won’t stop, even if that value drops below 0.

#11

PB is the leader stat for how much peanut butter you have. Pbamount is the amount of peanut butter you get from the drop.

#12

There’s the issue. For every tick, you’re losing one peanut butter.

#13

no it only subtracts every three seconds when it drops.

#14

Also, I’d replace this:

with this:

while wait(3) do
if Values.OwnerValue.Value:WaitForChild("leaderstats").[the actual peanut stat].Value >= then
 [code]
end
#15

The issue is the fact you’re subtracting from the peanut butter stat, not the peanut stat.

#16

Thanks for pointing that out, i didnt realize that xd. But it now gives me an error saying im indexing nil with the waitforchild:(“leaderstats”)

#17

Values.OwnerValue.Value is showing up as nil. Check if it exists when the Script runs.

#18

robloxapp-20210830-2250048.wmv (958.6 KB)
ok so i realized that it was showing nil cuz i didnt claim the tycoon. So i claimed it but it still
doesnt spawn anything

#19

Add code between the comments:

local Values = script.Parent.Parent.Parent.Values

-- ADD THIS
repeat
wait()
until Values.OwnerValue -- or whatever sets to the player when they claim
-- END OF ADDITION

while wait(3) do
#20

This will yield the code until the plot is claimed.