I’m making an intermission system and I need to return Value - 1 each time.
How would I do so?
for i = 1,StartingNumber do
wait(1)
return Value - 1
endMaybe just set a variable? I don’t think there is a way to do it. At the top of the script you could just put:
Local value = 0
If you need to return it to another script try using an event?
I may be wrong don’t hate
You will need to give code access to the current value a different way. What you are doing currently is impossible 
Here are a few options:
Option 1 – Return the a table or value object that gets updated by your tick method.
function API:TickDown(StartingNumber)
local Countdown = {Value = StartingNumber}
-- or Instance.new("IntValue") and set the value
-- run this code in parallel (will still run after function stops)
spawn(function()
-- you can count down using a for loop by setting the third parameter to a negative number
for Value = StartNumber, 0, -1 do
wait(1)
Countdown.Value = Value
end
end)
return Countdown
end
-- OTHER SCRIPT --
local API = require(script.IntermissionModule)
local TickValue = API:TickDown(10)
-- if it is a value object, you can do this
TickValue.Changed:Connect(function()
print(TickValue.Value)
end)
-- regardless, you can use the value like this and it will be up to date every time it is used
TickValue.Value
Option 2 – Give the tickdown code a function to run every tick
function API:TickDown(StartingNumber, Callback)
-- if you want this to not stop your other code, wrap it inside spawn()
for Value = StartingNumber, 0, -1 do
wait(1)
Callback(Value)
end
end
-- OTHER SCRIPT --
local API = require(script.IntermissionModule)
API:TickDown(10, function(Value)
print(Value)
end)
Option 3 – Return a BindableEvent (or Signal) for the script to use
function API:TickDown(StartingNumber)
local Bindable = Instance.new("BindableEvent")
spawn(function()
for Value = StartNumber, 0, -1 do
wait(1)
Bindable:Fire(Value)
end
end)
return Bindable.Event -- return a signal for ease of use
end
-- OTHER SCRIPT --
local API = require(script.IntermissionModule)
local Ticked = API:TickDown(10)
Ticked:Connect(function(Value)
print(Value)
end)
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Return stops the entire function at all times, unlike break which stops its loop or the function. Therefore, it’s impossible to stop return from stopping a function. You should consider the aforementioned alternatives.
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